There’s been a-lot of hype about this kit, execellent fit details and whatnot, well let me tell ya something!, except for the cockpit and engine it’s been nothing short of a pain in the you know what!, you’d think with what they charge for it they would at least get the dihedral of the wing right, the kit wing is virtualy flat, yeah i know there’s a wing spar to correct it but there shouldn’t HAVE to be one just to correct it. If you look at the gun barrels a little to hard they break all by themselves, getting the fuselage to close properly almost requires a vice after the cockpit is installed. end rant\. P.S if you get this kit get a gallon of ca to go with it. you’ll [censored] need it
I haven’t started mine yet, but it seems you are not alone. Eduard recently posted some additional build tips on their web site. From what I’ve read, some placement & sequence of assembly is very critical. I don’t have the link handy, but you might want to check it out.
Regards, Rick
http://kits.kitreview.com/eduard8173reviewbg_1.htm
Some construction tips from Eduard are listed at the bottom of this review, Rick. [:)]