Well, it's actually starting to look like a 'plane now
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Once again, the drawback with a lot of resin kits like this is no locating pins, just simple butt joints. Although, the mating surfaces are very flat and smooth
Of necessity, though, the tail planes are pinned with brass rod, like the wings
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Just have to take car in lining up all the holes, as I discovered with the starboard side. The forward pin interefered with the pin to port, then I realised I had the hole in the wrong place anyway
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One of the biggest troubles with this kit is and will be the struts. While they are all in pairs in the moulding, there's no guide to which goes where other than actually placing them. That and resin struts can be fragile. I will be pinning some of the main struts, probably with .030 or .020 rod, same as i use for
rigging. Luckily, I have a pack of old Aeroclub strut material
And microstrip, which was used for the forward tailplane supports here. They are entirely missing from the kit, as are two struts that connect the engines to the upper side of the wing and two that support the wheels
Apart from that...
I'm now in the process of fitting the windows, which is turning out to be quite laborious fitting. I'm dreading how the windscreen is going to go
Oh, another shout-out to Andrea (Andy the Sheep) for his absolutely invaluable translation work, advice and pointers. If anyone else does Italian aircraft, it's handy to have a helping hand like his around!