Thanks Allan @kalamazoo!

Spiros @fiveten, I just found this new WIP of yours now, and I have to give you a high five for getting such unusual kit made. I have not seen neither the box nor any Kit made from it until now. Keep up the good work! I’ll definitely follow along

Thanks my friends!

Pedro @holzhamer, the big box and unusual subject drew my attention and bought this kit many years ago. Having thought of it as not really inspiring, I have to say that the more I build it, the more inspiration builds up!

Eric @eb801, yep, liquefied styrene to fill but also strengthen the weak joint. I believe it is longer than the P-47.

I just busied up the cockpit, where something can be seen (I will take pics during later stages of construction). I left the passenger/cargo cabin empty, just painted it. Nothing can be seen anyway in there.

Thanks for positive support, my friend @airbum!

I found that kit at about 2002, forgotten at a very small toy shop in Salonika (Thessaloniki), together with a 1/48 Avro Arrow and two 1/48 Canucks! For less than 20 Euros each! I grabbed the three of them, leaving only the second Canuck (I regretted that I left it soon afterwards...).

Despite some or more setbacks, there is something tempting in Hobbycraft kits, something magic, I would say. OK, I am carried away now, Mr Admin...I stop!

Onto the build:

Initial coarse sanding!

To my joy, the reinforcements and liquefied styrene held on very well, so I could perform the absolutely necessary initial coarse sanding. The fuselage looks homogenous now, so I can proceed to the wings attachment.

As you can see in the next pic, liquefied styrene did its magic. Few fillers could have achieved this:

Thanks Jordyn @1corsair64!
The more I build it the more hooked I get!

Fuselage puttied, engine in painting process, inner cowlihg painted green zinc:

Thanks, my friend @airbum!