I'm officially in

[The Rat]

Model is the Nichimo 1/48th P-51D, probably in Finnish service. Hate nazi swastikas, but don't mind a hakaristi. Definitely will NOT be working up a backstory for this one, after the past few months I am sick and tired of politics. 

Anyway, here's the pit, so far, might do some more work on it. Belts are from wine cork foil.

[Wardukw]

That's a cool beginning Rat man  .
Carry one matey 👍 

[NARSES2]

Nice belts Ratty 

[Wardukw]

    
I'm just trying to figure out why that seat belt idea never popped into my rock hard noggin 
I've got that foil ..man what a wally   

[Joe C-P]

But will you actually Finnish it in time for the deadline?

[The Rat]

But will you actually Finnish it in time for the deadline?

     Not sure, a critique of the kit will be included in the final reveal.

[NARSES2]

   
I'm just trying to figure out why that seat belt idea never popped into my rock hard noggin 
I've got that foil ..man what a wally   

You and me both 

[The Rat]

   
I'm just trying to figure out why that seat belt idea never popped into my rock hard noggin 
I've got that foil ..man what a wally   

Those buckley-looking things at the end of the lap belts are actually just the decoration on the foil. Should have taken more time and effort with the shoulder belts.

[perttime]

For back story... what if Germany and the Soviet Union went further than the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and became real allies.
... and then there's the one that I've used before, with Germany losing WWII early and the Soviets becoming the new common enemy. I used that to put Spitfire and Napier-Heston Racer derivatives in Finnish, Scandinavian and Baltic hands.

[The Rat]

    
    
    

I'm probably binning this, and I don't think I've ever done that before. You need five hands to assemble this, and the fit is worst I have ever seen. It tries to be a quality kit, which is represented by finely recessed panels lines and excellent rivets, better them many other kits you will find. But it also has toy features, like retracting landing gear and operating control surfaces, which are very poorly designed and make construction an excercise in futility.

Stand by for a substitute, which I've just found in the stash. New post inbound...

[buzzbomb]

Well given the large amount of nice kits available these days, being a bit more particular in what you do build is a consideration.