AREA 88: "The Upside Down Bomb" (Kfir)

I like 1+1 boxes... 

The sprues look quite clean and well detailed. 

Let’s start at the bottom. Main pieces cut, wheel doors in place and the engine LED is wired. 

A bit of “aircraft grey” for the cockpit and “dark iron” for the tail. 

Luckily the electronics still fit. Feels strange drilling into the top of a plane... 

Major pieces assembled, and lights work... winning! 

Got the small (C2) canards on, but the holes were much too big for the slots, so a shin was required. 

Welcome Shin and Mickey... 

The cockpit is a bit snug, but luckily I have an extreme weight loss program... who needs legs? 

The canopies both cracked during application, so I'll try to sand them smooth again. I'm glad this is an upside down build... 

After a bit of putty and sanding, the underside is painted "Israeli eggshell blue" - it's a homebrew mix, so hopefully close enough. 

Masking almost everything... 

And the first layer of camouflage is on. FS34227... or something close enough. 

Second layer of camouflage is on... starting to look like a proper Kfir now, innit? 

Taping up some masks for the triangles. 

And... we have black and yellow recognition triangles. Man that’s yellow! 

They look fairly different with a panel wash. 

Since the bottom is up this time, I took more care to get the panel wash done well... I think it works. 

Dry fit the chase to get the placement right... 

Decals on... and we’re done!