You treat this oldie of a kit in pure excellency, my friend @j-healy!
Looking forward to see it coming together!

I painted the interior and engines and assembled the fuselage and wings. I used a promedeler decal instrument panel fir an F4U-4, suitably trimmed to fit the panel I made. Tape belts painted gray. Simple old time modeling.

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Great old times modeling, my friend @j-healy!
Looks amazing so far!

Not yet on the canopy, Eric. I’ll wait until the fuselage is sanded and ready. These older kits are worth another look.

Thanks, Robert. This is a decent old model. I never saw their B-25. I did build a Frog B-26 when I was a kid. That one reminds me of the Frog Baltimore. Neither are very good. The later Frog kits were pretty nice, but they were scarce on the ground in Chicago. We had loads of Airfix and Heller kits but for some reason Frog was hard to find. I really wanted that Buccaneer! Never got it, LOL.

Those Vac pieces are so much better looking than the Frog kit clear pieces. Nice and clear.

It’s hard to resist saying “you’re turning a Frog into a prince“!

You can absolutely call that a big improvement, John @j-healy
Good luck on getting them on nicely.

Nice progress on the Maryland, John. You are obviously skilled in getting the vac clear parts cut away cleanly and prepped (something I am not so good at). Vac canopies have a way of making 1/72 kits look as finely detailed as 1/48. Since you did the fine interior work on belts and IP, it is good to be able to show it off.