Well, thanks in part to Jamie's inspiration from his near identical Monogram T-6G project, and due to getting some older projects off the bench, I have finally made some big strides on the bird.
First things is... within the week following my last post above, I finished the engine, and installed the wings and tail stabilizer planes.
For the engine, the only thing I did was add ignition wires using conductor strands from some spare wire.
Next for the wings.. Prior to assembly I painted the wheel wells and flap wells, just to ensure that all crevasses are painted, with no red styrene showing through.
In the rear, I installed a tail wheel from a spare P-51, as it had both more detail, and looked more true to pictures than what Monogram provided. This can be seen in later pics. Monogram's signature, since removed..
Wing fitment was not too bad, however, I had to tape the wingtips over-top the fuselage to ensure the correct dihedral and keep the wing roots from having too much a gap, as I didn't want to risk destroying raised details in the cleanup process. No big deal...
Following this, the kit was packed up and set aside. This past week and today, I brought it back out and have since sprayed Tamiya X-1 (I finally figured out how to spray this without it drying between brush and plane... love it now!)...
...Vallejo White Aluminum on top of that, then a with sufficient time to dry, a layer of X-22 Clear on top...
I've also gotten 90% of the remaining pieces painted, just need detailed.
Next up though, once the X-22 is dry.. Decals!
