Airfix Sea Vixen build - part three

With the seat finally finished off I began putting the fuselage together. The fit of the parts is really good. Judicious use of clamps and elastic bands ensures everything sets up tight with no gaps. The join line between the two halves forward of the cockpit will need some sanding and maybe a little cyanoacrylate to make it disappear but nothing horrendous.

I have continued to use the Eduard etch components where I felt comfortable. This included the air brake and the arrestor hook area.

Here are some pictures of the cockpit after the fuselage halves have been joined.

A few points worth noting. I am using this web site as a color reference for the airframe Thunder & Lightnings so the wheel wells, airbrake inner area and arrestor hook inner area got a coat of light grey before going into the fuselage halves. The air brake door, arrestor hook door and the area of the wings which are under the flaps all got a coat of white.

Following this the areas got some weathering with a very thin black ink wash.