RAAF CA-19 Boomerang

The kit comes with resin emgine parts that are nicely detailed. 

Cockpit done.. that's about half the model! 

Always a good day to start a new project, and always something interesting from Special Hobby 

As I've found to be quite common with Special Hobby kits, the cockpit assembly lacks positive locating guides and has some fit issues.
But I managed to squeeze it all in with a bit of effort. 

Curious that the propeller doesn't have a freely rotating shaft. So it just got permanently glued on. 

An that's it for the build with aerial rigged. I had some real issues getting the decal carrier film to blend. Not silvering per se, just very obvious tonal difference especially with all the little stencils. Rather than wast time trying to clean them all up, I think I would have preferred to just skip all the stencil marks just apply the main insignia. 

The is the CA-19 Boomerang with a CA-3 Wirraway in the background (both Special Hobby 1:72 kits) 

The Hep Cat nose art was apparently a very stylish nod to the Cats - the Geelong Footy Club.