“Dioramafest” with Zebraoutrider

So, construction was not as straightforward as I had first thought and I went wrong a couple of times! I think this was largely due to the way the instructions were provided. I’m very much used to numbered parts and a series of pictorial stages in the construction. In this case there was one main pictorial and this was only from one angle and a series of written instructions. Now I know a bad workman blames his tools, and I thought I followed the instructions word for word, but still I managed to break the propeller shaft and get struts the wrong way round despite offering them up pre-glued to make sure they fitted. The plastic was quite hard and not that flexible.

A gallery of the work in progress takes you through the construction phases…

By the end of the construction, which took about three hours, all parts had been used (none were missing!) although I did decide to discard the pilots as I have in mind a couple of pulp/Cthulhu investigators/adventurers to use instead.

I’ll also use some green stuff to ‘hide’ my construction mistakes before I paint it.

On the very positive side, the kit is really detailed and will custom paint up pretty well and the 1/48th scale will not look out of place with 28mm scale minis. Overall I’m really pleased with the kit and for £20 it’s probably as good as any modern day 3D printer version and possibly cheaper.

Now it’s constructed, it’s fuelled my creative juices for a water-themed, Cthulhu-inspired diorama around no more than 18-24” square… possibly smaller to make the plane the centrepiece?

Next up… measuring up a diorama base and getting the paints out…