The Time I built a Trojan
1/32 scale Zorro – based on Kitty Hawk’s T-28
It was always a surprise what the next kit of Kitty Hawk would be, because they used to pick unexpected subjetcs. When the 1/32 scale Trojan was announced, I immediately thought of building a Zorro, a modified version of the aircraft that was used during the Vietnam war. No national markings, armoured plates behind the seats, a busload of weapons underneath the wings and an interesting 3-tone green camouflage over a black underside. Now, if you’re building this kit, you have to make sure to put a lot of weight into the nose, because the main landing gear is placed very close to the nose wheel. So, every available room there is: fill it up with weight!
The cockpit was detailed – armour plates, electrical wires for the instruments – the radio compartment opened and a lot of additional details to the engine. I enjoy adding scratched details, that’s why I like making photographs of details, I guess. And why I have a huge collection of Evergreen plasticard and lead wiring.
The kit itself is a really good base, with a decent fit. The only thing you have to take care of, is fill the ejector pins on the interior of the large engine doors. Putting on putty, sanding everything down. Not something I enjoy, I can tell you! But if you don’t these ejector pins take away all the work you’ve done on the engine.