Well after a fast start, I been down with a pinched nerve in my lower back that kept me from making any progress either because of pain or pain killers. I'm finally feeling well enough to get back to it, and shot some Mr Surfacer 1000 on today. Doubt I'll have it done by the 6th, just have to see.

Thanks Simon, I'm having a procedure done on the 28th that hopefully will fix me up for a year or two any way.

I've made a little more progress, after sanding out the seams, I replaced the lost rivet detail with Archer Fine Transfers rivet decals. I'll do the top later, and post more pictures when I've got the wings mated to the fuselage

Simon, as we say here in the colonies, that was just sick..lol

Hi Gregor. What you are seeing in the photo with the rivets is where I sanded back the initial coat of primer to the dark grey plastic, now that the rivets are on I will shoot another coat of primer to even it all up and protect the rivets. Once I get the wing assembly attached I will start with the invasion strips. I've tested some of the rivets I put on the BT-1 Dive-bomber I'm building and once they been over coated they stand up to masking tape quite well, fingers crossed and all..lol

Regarding cockpit color: fortunately you are doing a GM (Eastern Aircrtaft) built FM-1. Grumman-built airplanes were all Bronze Green in the cockpit, but Eastern-aircraft airplamnes (FM-1/2, TBM-1C, TBM-3) were overall interior green cockpits.

Like Gregor I'm interested in those decals, are they raised so as to show through the paint ?,N.