@v1pro, your level of scratch building is much more satisfying than having preformed PE, Bob.

Gluing the cockpit pieces, engine into place. The wing's upper and lower parts has been glued together earlier and are waiting to be mated with the fuselage.

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Adding some filler and sanding.

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This is the kind of building I think I enjoy the most. It's funny in that back when these kits were all that there was, and especially after some of the better kits started showing up, we all dreamed of having these super detailed kits to build. Now we have them and many are finding enjoyment in tackling the older kits. I'm trying to find some happy medium between new and old.

Nice work on that old JoHan kit. I can see that it is going to look great once its finished.

Looking splendid so far, my friend @v1pro!

Thank you @clipper, @j-healy, @fiveten, @johnb and @ssgt.

@clipper, I agree with you. I think some of these later kits, especially the short run kits, may look great when finished but the ones I have made had some pretty bad fit issues and spent way too much time cleaning up all of the little parts. Plus the parts count goes up with PE and resin parts...the older kits are more fun, even if I have to scratch build parts to enhance the build.

@j-healy, I have all of Jo-Han's WWII fighter planes. I have built their 109F/G and loved it. Their Corsair was pretty nice too. I have never built the Me-262 and Rufe but they look accurate in shape.

Here I made the missing gear door panels from cut small pieces of thin sheet styrene to glue onto doors.

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