Roofs are important, Carl (@clipper), especially around here. It's either too much sun, too much rain, or golfball-sized hail. 3D printing has proven to be helpful, especially if it is something my limited design capability allows me to design. Complicated things, like ejection seats, etc, are still a way of for me to design. But you can often find print files on line for free or very low price.

Just to show that I am working on this, albeit, not as often as I would like, here are some current progress shots of the wing fold detail that I am "imagineering". The working area is tiny, the parts even smaller still, and the combination of too low of a work surface and my poor eyesight is causing me to get tight in my upper back fairly quickly while doing this. But I am at a point now where I can move on to other detail on the aircraft. There are a few small bits that are not shown here because they will go in after the wing is attached. It's definitely complete fantasy as far as the detailing goes, but it looks busy enough and once painted should look the part.

Part of my delay has been a re-organization and major improvements to my garage workshop so I can more easily do other projects out there (include a few overdue "Honey Do's"). I agree with you George (@gblair). How come it seems that I am busier now after retiring than I was when I was working and still had all these same things to do?

Your imagineering all looks reasonable to me, Carl (@clipper). I often do the same thing. The honey-do list is something that can easily expand into hours of work, and you usually never see them coming.

Excellent progress, my friend @clipper!
Count me in for irregular time spent on modeling, life interferes in various ways.

Coming together beautifully, my friend @clipper! Shimming the gaps created when detaching ailerons or flaps is a great movement, I have skipped it upon detaching the flaps on a 1/48 Macchi 326 I built some time ago and regretted it when it was too late.

You're definitely progressing nicely on this one, Carl @clipper

Thanks Spiros (@fiveten), George (@gblair), John (@johnb), and Alfred (@alfred). I've said it before, but I can say it again, all these little details are what makes the model pop for me. They have a way of combining together to give an overall bigger impression than they do individually.

I had a doctor's visit this morning (nothing wrong, just an annual checkup) so I only got a smaller amount of work done today. The horizontal stabilizers were installed.

I've added the arresting hook, a small tail bumper, and replaced the fuel dump molded part with brass tubing. It turns out the openings at the back of the wings were fuel vents, not fuel dumps. This is the real fuel dump.

Tomorrow I will be adding some additional details to the lower speed brakes.

I've also started looking for an appropriate paint scheme. The kit decals, typical of Hobby Boss, are not that great so I am going to paint as much as I can using masks. So I want to find a scheme that has colorful artwork, but artwork that I will be able to reproduce in my vinyl mask software.

I test fitted the Scale Aircraft Conversions white metal landing gear struts and verified that there is enough nose weight in the model to prevent tail sitting. Starting to get close to painting, but I think I will be tackling the underwing ordinance first, so that will probably take a day or two.

Very nice additions, Carl @clipper
They definitely add a lot more realism to the build.