OK I THINK I can knock this out in 48 hours! I've done one before in about 3 days when I wasn't confined to home. Surely with nothing much else going on in life I can do this...
Anyhoo...I love this kit. It's not perfect, but to me it goes together well and looks good on the shelf. So I kicked it off tonight at 8:30 PM US Eastern Time. Hopefully I am posting finished pics by Wednesday evening.
What will it end up as? Well there is a slight chance I will veer from whiffery and make it a USAF bird, since I absolutely love USAF Starfighters and haven't built one as a Real World build in about 20 year. But most likely it will be an RAF machine. I did one as a colorful bare metal 74 Sqn Tiger Meet version many moons ago, but I think this one will be decked out more in war paint, maybe like RAFG Lightning F.2s with dark green on top. Maybe with a colorful fin for airshow season. Also a slight chance it will end up as a Mirage alternative wearing 'Roos.
Progress for tonight...about 4.5 hours worth of build time. The wings, H-stab, and nose are just dry fitted for now.