WASP Arrowhead Fighter - part 2

I have sanded all of the filler down and attached the wings and canards to the aircraft... now it's starting to look like something.  I still have some filling at the wing roots to do, and tidy up the canards but as far as the conversion goes that's it.

Some people build this model with the air intakes moved from the sides to under the tail... I'm not sure why.
In this photo from a TV21 cover you can see there IS something under the tail, but it's the centre section from the wing assembly.

Like the smaller Airfix kit the Aurora model had the wings attached to the centre piece.
I could have done this but I felt it was clumsy, and not really showing the plane off to it's best advantage.  So I will attach the intakes under the tail.

So here is the Arrowhead as she is at the moment:

Since I'm building an in-flight model I need a pilot... I will be using a later Airfix helicopter pilot with an old Frog pilot's head.  The seat is from my spares... I think it's from the Airfix Buccaneer.

I still need to build a basic tub and side consoles but that's a fairly painless job... after the filling and sanding on this relic that'll be a pleasure!

To be continued...