Well, this kit demanded attention to build. It was my third attempt at this boxing (including the 29UB) and I really deviated from the instructions that assisted to align parts which reduced struggling to align parts, filling and sanding. I almost had no filling and sanding on this build.
It was a bit of a drain, but no where near as bad as my recent Gripen, in the end I can say I enjoyed the result.
Finding photograhpic evidence with clear detail was stressful, as I got close to the end of the build I found some antenas and probes had to be deleted or added, the kit is for this aircraft, but Academy got it wrong.
Academy's drawing for colours are horribly wrong, they have 3 colour upper surface camouflage, I see 4 in photo's.
Decal detail is crappy, the "604" was missing. Thanks to the forum member who came to my rescue with some good decals.
This aircraft is of the last flight under NVA withe the date in the yellow lightning bolt.
I noticed under Luftwaffe service, they made the date a bit smaller
The underside of these aircraft is filthy from the photo's I saw, DDR out of money to clean aircraft?
First I sprayed some oil colour under the engines. While wiping ink around panel lines, I discovered I could apply convincing streaks. Camera as per usual doe not do justice to what I did achive.
Hope you guys did not mind the head twisting,
I tired to fill the photo's as much as possible.