Thanks Spiros, ---------
Thanks Erik, mostly cleaned up now with my trusty #10 scalpel blade, Pledge is mainly around the edges and joins of the side panels, ---------------- wings on one at a time, not completely happy with the alignment, too late now !

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Thanks Spiros my friend, not apparent from this angle, tail planes on, some cleaning up to do then painting !

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Not a rubberband plane any more 🙂

That's some nice masking, my friend @kalamazoo!
Can only imagine how nice the blue will look!

Looking great already though,my friend @kalamazoo!
I usually skip the handle provision, always having high hopes of getting a single colored bird painted at once, using whatever improvised stick stuck into whatever existent hole...
Well, most of the times my results are less than perfect, usually with a dropped model as a desert! 🙂

Thanks Spiros, I will paint it all when possible, -----------
Thanks John, -----------
a bit of work done on the main gear.

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Thanks Spiros my friend, a bit of touching up of the paint.

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Thanks Spiros my friend, still needs more !

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