The trainer version of the kit has a full range of optional parts and was chosen for its conversion potential. My intention was to build it as a French 1B1 single seat bomber, but a visit to the TOKO web page reveals that they got there first and a kit is now in the shops. They even supply it in the markings I had settled on. Nothing daunted, and with the joyous prospect of finishing a model in a single weekend, I set about building my strutter almost straight from the box. Because I my model depicts a two seat escort fighter rather than the trainer I ommited the seat and dual controls from the rear cockpit.
Some care is called for when assembling the fuselage as there are no locating pins.
Perhaps it was just my example but the fuselage had a decidedly pinched look about it. Fortunately the plastic is quite soft and is easiley bent outwards to correct the fault and the seperate turtledeck is then a near perfect fit. The exhaust chanel is also a good fit, but rather fiddly so do take care not to lose it. This is, as it were, one of Herbert Smiths design signiatures and can be seen on the Camel, Pup, Triplane et al. I cemented a small square section piece of plastic , cut from one of ejector tabs on the kit sprue, just in front of the horizontal tail.