Boeing EH-47E AEW. 'ECLAIR '

[McColm]

I'm using the 1/72 Italeri No.1218 MH-47E 'SOA' Chinook as the donor kit. The only additional piece has come from the Italeri EH-101 Merlin HAS.1 radome which is in similar appearance to the Italian EH-101 AEW configuration. I have glued this under the chin.
I somehow managed to twist the interior so the rear right side landing gear doesn't touch the ground which reminds me of the Citroen DS with its ability to run on three tyres if one has a puncture.  I also made a hash of the right rear window but I have rectified this by using both goldfish windows to fill the gap. Other than that all the parts fit together without any major issues. There's a small gap on the underside floor towards the front.
A little filler/puty needs to be used before the fiddly aerials are added.
The Royal Navy decals from the Airfix Sea King AEW will look good on this build.
There's a photo of my unfinished build on Facebook under the page ' Greatest Planes That Never Were'.