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Nazi UFOs - Vril 1 Jager

Bird Models

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Bird Models Vril 1 Jager comes in a brown packing container with a printed label stuck on with sellotape.

The model itself consists of  11 very hard smelly resin parts
The upper hull
The lower hull
6 pieces to make the landing gear
A blob that represents the turret 
Couple of parts for the cockpit which were not very good.
There are 2 clear canopies provided.

I used a Dremel to grind out the resin blobs inside the cockpit. I decided not to use the kit parts for the cockpit instead using an Aeries Me Bf 109E-3/4 cockpit set.
I Cut off part of the seat bulkhead and glued this to the floor. I then heated the Sidewalls in hot water, bending them to fit the curved walls of the vril cockpit. The rest of the Aeries Kit I built as per the instructions.

The lower Hull was quite warped and needed an amount of reshaping with hot water. I spent a lot of time trying to decide on landing gear.

In place of the turret provided I used a panzer 1 turret left over from a First to Fight Kit.

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