RE: Modeltech Saphir Build
Excellant!! Welcome!! Will enjoy your build!!
I have a ModelTech Calypso ARC...One thing I noticed was the glue they used for the fuse doublers ect had apparently got brittle from age (I assume)...It was so bad just handeling the fuse during the build stuff would pop loose...I bought that kit new probably 20 years ago...I say this as I'd imagine your kit is at least 15 years old...You may want to consider running some thin CA or something around the fuse just in case??
I also noticed all my factory supplied fiberglass stuff had become hard and brittle...I'm 99.999% sure it's polyester resin and that is one trait of that material...I wound up making a new pipe tunnell out of epoxy/Kevlar...I just did the wing relief out of balsa which is glassed over naturally...
Have Fun!!
Chuck