Mold line on the top side of the canopy. Sanded it down with 2000 sand paper after scraping it with a knife. I believe one should use even finer sandpaper, up to 12000 and more, but 2000 is the best one I have.
After sanding I used Tamiya polishing compounds, from coarse to fine to finish.
It's hard to see on this picture, but the canopy is clear again. It's not perfect but good for my first time.
Still, should have testet it first on some clear part I had to spare.
Dry fitting some parts. I need to think about what parts I should paint before glueing them together. I fear I won't be able to reach some places if I put everything together first.
Used the wrong decals on the engines, should have used the black ones. The white ones were supposed to be attached to the gun pod.
And I screwed some of them up. I should never lever the decals alone until they are set perfectly.
That was an interesting kit from one of my favourite aircraft (mecha) of the Macross franchise.
I made a lot of mistakes and gained some valuable experience working with Tamiya Mark Fit.
Sadly, I screwed up the cockpit, especially the decals of the instruments aaand some other decals but I feel like I finally get the hang of using and thinning Vallejo polyurethan varnish (after one bottle 😄)
