This evening I did a good amount of PE work on the Mogami. While the glue was curing; I decided to dive into the D3A1 Val. My first task was to enhance details on the kit.

I recently purchased some new rivet tools and thought this was a good opportunity to test them out. My lines are not as straight as I would like, but that’s something that will hopefully get better with practice.

Thank you.

To make these rivets, I used a rivet maker I found on Amazon. I bought 2 different sets ranging from 0.7mm spacing up to 1.3mm I believe.

Prior to this tool, I was using the Trumpeter rivet maker and found it very challenging to handle. The rolling blade on the Trumpeter version is at least 3x larger than the new tool I bought. The smaller diameter wheel allows for more precise control.

Excellent job on the riveting, my friend @greenterrorz! The result is nothing less than astonishing! Thanks for the tool info, as well!

Looks really amazing, my friend @greenterrorz!

Over the past week I was able to get the interior painted and complete. Next step will be joining the fuselage.

Amazing interior, my friend @greenterrorz!

Thank you @fiveten @johnb @gblair

I was able to get the fuselage joined together without much issue. Once I attached the wings, I ran into some fitting issues as you can see below

To remedy this, I added some plastic cement and utilized my paint shaker to pull the wings closer to the fuselage.

After letting it cure for a day, the issue was resolved. I followed it up with a bit of Vallejo white putty where needed and sanded the seem lines.

Next up I’ll be restoring the panel lines and rivets where I had to sand. I also need to do rivet work on the tail.