Next up came the badges for the Pilot Training School based at Zerbst, Saxony-Anholt. As these had been treated with Klear, so as not to shatter, they refused to conform to the fuselage shape despite lashings of Micro Set and Sol so I tried something drastic and applied a thin coat of Gorilla Glue Gel, with a needle, to the areas sticking up and pressed them down. This worked to a certain degree but is not perfect. The fuel octane and First Aid markers came from spares and the swastikas from the Xtradecal sheet. With the decals shattering I could use a degree of artistic license on the numbers. There is an an online discussion saying that it is believed the first number relates to the Staffel and the other two to the individual a/c number and as the original decal was 2 for the 2nd Staffel I went with this and added 07 to give 2nd of July (Tracy's birthday, I do have my tender moments, lol!!). When decalling was completed it was on with a some Dark Dirt by Flory Washes. (On the plane Martin, not Tracy).
The kit gives two options a B-1 for advanced Pilot Training and a B-5 for Pilot Gunnery training. I went with the former and one thing to watch out for, which caught me out and meant removing parts and repainting an area, is that the B-1 doesn't have the DF loop or radio aerial which are in the instructions but not labelled as per which version. The instructions also show them in the wrong place and order along the spine. If you want a Luftwaffe trainer in your collection I would recommend this kit, despite it's age, like most old things it just needs a little TLC.