Some further progress on both current builds with the Dornier DO 17 airbrushed underneath a light blue but it is the Kamov Ka-15 helicopter which has my focus. Pictured above and the seams filled and some orange paint brushed on as a first light coat. I also added some seatbelts using tape but I am astonished at the instructions. The sprues are not numbered and the parts bear some vague resemblance to those pictured. I thought I had cracked the problem by looking on-line and downloading the kit instructions with the numbered parts on the sprues.

 On closer examination they do not match and there are completely different numbers for the parts as the downloaded instructions are for another manufacturer that bought the moulds. I will build the rotors and associated parts based on the pictures and compared with the parts on the sprue. All fun and games and not the simple OOB build I had hoped for. The little blue and white yolk is a leaf cutter whereby you place paper into the slot, press and various leaf shapes produced for trees and leaf litter in a diorama.

After yesterdays sojourn in the garden with sunshine and a cool breeze, the temperature has dropped again and it is cloudy. Unfortunately they are pile driving again on the building site with an annoying and disconcerting echo following each loud bang. Hopefully they will finish this quickly so that we can enjoy the garden when the sun does return. I have also bought various seedlings to go with the chillies, a cucumber, a tomato plant and a lemon sage. They will stay indoors for now and be introduced gradually to harden off before transplanting them. The garden is looking tidier but still needs work but I would like to make an easy to maintain garden given our physical health issues. Back to researching this little orange chopper...

TTFN.