@Russelle Aslan? I thought you were in Australia, not in Narnia 
? Do you have a printer or do you use it for hand cutting? Both works fine and in some cases I can cut better circles with my circle cutter than the Cameo does!
Finished the day before Christmas Eve after only about three weeks of work, without doubt a record for me!
I kept weathering to a minimum imagining this is what it would have looked like after the world speed record, Fritz Wendel having a beer (he was from a brewing family and took over the business when the war was over!) and the 209 about to be taken to the museum!
However, I think the aircraft was much darker in real life and it also was very glossy, on period photos one can see the almost glass-like finish. But I like mine as it is ! And I’m convinced that at least the beer part of the story is accurate!
As for the kit, it is very much a standard Special Hobby kit: It is good without being overly so. You won’t be able to build it without putty but there won’t be any need for excessive amounts either, fit around canopy needed a bit of work (a bad place for these kind of problems but manageable in this case) and some coarse details (scissors links are from an old Eduard Spit etch set, don’t tell anyone…). I really enjoyed the build and ended up with somthing that doesn’t look like anything else in the cabinet!
Finally, I did an avatar for the old site, no use for it around here but I archive it in the build thread:
The text is German for “speeding ticket” !
Magnus