Thanks Bernard (@lis). It's been a fun challenge.

This evening, I did something I've never done before, but which actually ended up being fairly pleasant. Normally for Halloween, we would have candy in a bowl and answer the door whenever someone rang the doorbell to pass out candy. But instead, tonight I took a chair and small folding table out on the front porch along with the bowl of candy and some P-47 parts that needed seam work. Also a small bluetooth speaker and a book I am reading on the 49th Fighter Squadron tin the Pacific. Between sessions where kids came around, I either read some from the book or worked on the seams of the P-47.

No one asked me what I was doing, but it did help to pass the time and I got some work done that I didn't particularly want to do anyway. The speaker played some of my music in the background, something I very much enjoy having around.

Tomorrow, I need to restore some surface detail on the wing and then I can start foiling the wing. I'm looking forward to seeing the entire model covered in foil.

The exterior on you P-47 is one of the best I have seen using foil, Carl (@clipper). I have also wondered about how to decal the foil. In my mind I always thought there was a clear coat first, but it makes sense that you could do it right over the foil. I think we were doing the same thing last night. I live in a fairly new neighborhood and it has evolved over the last 3 years that everyone sits outside and hand out the candy. It is almost like National Night Out, and all the adults are visiting and talking between the kids. My 4-year old granddaughter comes to our house to trick or treat, and helped pass out the goodies after she got back from here rounds.

Thanks Spiros (@fiveten), George (@gblair), and John (@johnb).

It's been pretty warm here in Texas this last month so no problem sitting outside. In fact, I had to have a fan on for a little while because it was too warm.

I got the wings glued to the Thunderbolt. There were some fit issues and I had to use taping and some clamps to hold the parts in the position I wanted them in, but after removing those assistants, I found most of the seams to be okay. There are a few gaps, especially on the bottom side and even a small step on one spot underneath, despite my efforts to avoid these. I am going to let the glue dry for 8 hours or so before tackling the seam work.

The wingtip navigation lights fit well enough that I can add them later. They are solid clear pieces, so I will be doing the drill and fill with paint trick on those to simulate light bulbs. But that will come much later. Foiling the wing will be next after the seam work is finished.

Progressing nicely, Carl @clipper

Very nice progress, Carl @clipper
Corrections on those little gaps are done perfectly.

Thanks John (@johnb), and Spiros (@fiveten).

Yes, When I first purchased the kit, I had not read any reviews on it, because I had assumed from my past experiences, that it was a good kit. In comparison to kits earlier than the 90s, it did have better detail, but it is one of the last kits I think that was designed and molds cut using older methods. You can see it in some lack of detail symmetry in the surface detailing and fit of parts. Still, it is a fairly nice kit, just can't be compared to what is available now.