After priming, and polishing with Tamiya paste. I used Browning Barrels from Fine Molds, because original barrels was too short and quite poor. Fit was quite good, especially fuselage and wings, bu some filler was required. I used liquid putty from Mr Color, and some CA glue in gel. I must admit that the assembly of the model was designed quite cleverly, avoiding visible seams from joining the hull halves. The upper part of the engine casing, along with the Browning 50 machine guns, was as a separate part. Likewise, the glycol cooler under the model. Much better fit of these parts than in the Airfix model (although I only rely on the analysis of YT films, although I am tempted to build the airfix kit for comparison). Some putty was needed at the point where the glycol cooler was connected to the lower part of the fuselage. But to overcome. After grinding and polishing with paste, it seems to me that the assembly seam is minimized.
2 attached images. Click to enlarge.
