I think that more or less all of us have similar stories to tell, my friend @ssgt. Most of us have stashes of kits "to be built sometime", in essence we have become, apart from modelers, kit collectors: nothing wrong with that, as some of these kits can be pulled out and built whenever we feel like.
Your Privateer is an awesome entry! I remember this kit built by a Greek modeler back in the early 80s (I was a high school boy back then) and published in the Greek equivalent of FLIGHT magazine (no dedicated Greek modeling magazines back then 🙂 ). I LOVED it (and the builder praised Matchbox back then - those were the days).
Really interesting that you have a short shot fuselage, I wonder how the guy who packed the kit passed this discrepancy. Nevertheless, I think you are doing a great job building up the missing area and I really look forward to see this beauty taking shape!
