Painting completed and touched up as necessary, washed with Flory Sand. The windscreen wiper was attached using Klear and the pitot Gorilla Glue Gel. Initially the sit of the a/c was tail high so I removed the nosewheel and put a lump of Blue Tack in the well before re-glueing. The bulged window took a lot of time due to careful trimming. Glue and Glaze were spread around the opening and I postioned it using a lump of blue tack on the end of a cocktail stick.
Completed as Avikat DH Dove serial KAT-19 (ex D 19, c/n number 04013) during August-September 1960. It was one of the Avimil Doves 'liberated' by their Belgian crews and flown to Katanga late August 1960. During an interim period it had no serial and the temporary Katanga national insignia were used, as modelled. The a/c was impounded by the UN in September 1961.
Since obtaining the kit I found out that A Model have released an injection one, so if anyone is thinking of building a Katangan Dove I have a spare set of decals and bulged side window.
I haven't made a silk purse out of a sow's ear but I think I've got a good carrier bag, lol!!!
