Those rods do look a bit more sturdy than the ones I broke on the Lancer trying to separate them from the sprue, @jhealy.

John, @j-healy
Thank you for the heads up about the wing joint. I am very impressed with the way this kit looks, and all the details and PE parts , masks, etc. that are included right in the box. Thanks also for posting these detailed photos for us to use as a future reference. I recently picked up another Dora Wings kit, (it was the Curtiss SNC-1), as I am still waiting on the Vengeance to arrive from the Ukraine. I'm not holding my breath for it to show up.

So I started building the little Curtiss plane as I have been chomping at the bit to build a trainer from Green Cove Springs which is not too far away from where we live. The old original buildings are mostly still there, but they are storing newly manufactured automobiles on the runways now that are waiting for computer chips. Green Cove Springs was an outlying field for NAS Jacksonville and Cecil Field. I have a fascination with the local history from the WW2 and Korean War era.

I have received several of the Dora Wings kits 1/48 from modelsUA in Lutsk, west of Kyiv over near Lviv. Ivan Kolenko says they are safe so far and their mail service still works. I've received two orders since the Muscovite invasion. and have the ICM Gotha on order now.
https://modelsua.com/vultee-vengeance-mk-ii-dora-wings-1-48-48044

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Glad to see all this work you're doing with the "map of the minefield." I'll have my hands on one of these Monday.

For those who may be interested in making an order certain to be filled, Scott at "rebelalpha" eBay store has the kit in limited stock now.

Nicely detailed indeed, John @j-healy
Those PE parts do add a lot to it.

Ditto from me, John (@j-healy), looks great. I have built a couple of Dora Wings kits and they went together well.

Nice progress, John @j-healy

Looking superb, my friend @j-healy!