Belts in, weighting process started, fuselage closed. I used four bullet sinkers in the compartment under the second cockpit. After fixing them with CA, I filled the remaining area with liquid gravity and saturated the whole compartment with thinned white glue. I balanced the plane out with tail surfaces and wings taped on from the point on the fuselage that corresponds to the location of the main gear struts. I think there’s enough room in the nose to make it sit on all three gear points. Liquid gravity was also useful for filling the rear of the turbine face pieces. I also filled the forward part of the torpedoes with weight. These will sit in the weapons bay under the second cockpit. If need be, I can get extra weight in the wing leading edges, in front of the pilot’s IP, and even a bit inside the spinner. I omitted a small window at the rear of the starboard fuselage to save weight. This can be added with Testors liquid window maker/canopy glue later.

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Very nice progress, John @j-healy
Looks like all the added weigth should be sufficient.

Progressing nicely, John @j-healy
Maybe you can go for a second one and build that with wings folded.

Excellent progress, my friend @j-healy! Always a crossroads when having to choose extended or folded wings!

Thanks, George, John, and Spiros. It’s close to balancing now. Plenty of room in the nose to get it over the top. I’m going to let the glue on the seams set up for a few days, sand them and start painting hopefully on Sunday or Monday. It’ll go fast from here on out. It’s really gone quickly considering how many parts it has. Lots of plastic in that box.

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Wow! You've made great progress. I also got that kit and I'm gonna have to put it at the front of the que.

This model looks huge, John (@j-healy). I have read that it takes a lot of weight in the nose to keep the front wheel on the ground.