Amazing how all these pieces will come together systematically. Looks iconic already! This is a fantastic build.
P.S. I CAN see at some spots some plain texture between the ejector pins (lol, apart from a beauty, she's also an ejector pin queen!).
All the best, my friend @yellow10!

Looks like you are in for a busy weekend!

So not much progress, but waiting for some bits and pieces to turn up I started to think about the undercart. At the time of release I hoovered up the aftermarket parts and have just had a look at the metal ‘struts’ as ZM call them. Here are a few snaps of the kit parts next to the metal parts.

And the standing pilot. Not convinced that the test pilot of a prototype would be ‘packing’ a full sword, but who am I to quibble with a bit of fantasy building. This whole build feels a bit ‘manga’ anyway!

I’ll clean up both sets of undercarriage and see which ones work best. Although the metal ones don’t look wonderfully convincing at the moment!

@yellow10, I have the same discussion with myself - metal or originals. I have yet to use the metal ones for any of my builds, but have them in the stash for various planes. I shall be following the result here with interest!

Prop looks really great Paul. This is amazing attention to detail!