Subject: BAC Canberra B1 Mk8

Manufacturer: Frog

Constructed in 1980

The Canberra must be one of the most successful and long-serving aircraft ever to be operated by the RAF. This kit is typically Frog. The plastic is quite thick and the panel lines are raised but fine and few in number which wouldn't do for some. Stand 50 meters from the real thing and the panel lines are all but invisible. I can live with Frog's surface detail.
Building this was fun. I used gloss paint - the RAF kept theirs clean - but as gloss dries so slowly I would now use matt and spray a clear gloss prior to applying the decals to avoid silvering of the carrier film caused by microscopic trapped air bubbles.
The photograph doesn't do the model justice. It looks magnificent.