![]() I have not yet built the Tamiya kit, so I've never had to fit these parts. In this photo, you see it just above the vent door, filled with tissue for painting: ![]() That is the second problem with the kit-the flight deck did not fit properly, so the end of the piece did not fit, and I have a large rectangular hole aft of the vent and in front of the tail wheel compartment. You can follow along, but the instructions were unclear on the exact fit of the the flight deck, that is, the piece that makes up the cockpit floor, the radio deck, and ends with that piece of the fuselage immediately aft of the radiator vent. One is that the instructions are very poor, consisting of exploded drawings, but no real notations. There are two main problems with the kit, which may or may not be indicative of ICM's quality as a whole. There was also an extra instrument panel and some other parts for variants of the exhausts, prop spinner, blades, and cockpit seat, which was also nice, always good to feed the spares box. Plastic is a little softer than with Tamiya or Hasegawa, so sanding and scribing take more care than usual. I've got their 1/48 P-51B on the bench right now it's a copy of Tamiya's kit, so, details are as good as on the original, and the boxing I picked up had an extra fret of ground crew and a standing pilot, which I believe are original to ICM. ![]() Do you mean that you've never built an ICM kit before, or this particular kit? I can't speak to this specific kit, but if you've never built an ICM kit before, I'll offer my impression.
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