This interior looks really nice, George @gblair
It will be nicely visible with this large canopy.

How about moving the seats tad forward, my friend @gblair? Looking at the original cockpit pics, the seats feature a sort of rear ejection rails, and are actually located quite forward. If you move your model's seats forward the looks might be more natural? Even if you do not replicate the rails?

Once the canopy is on it will look great as is, my friend @gblair!

The engines are located in large nacelles that attach to the wings and fuselage sides. Each nacelle is made up of 8 parts, which are then attached to the wing and fuselage. All of these parts need to fit perfectly so that you can get a clean attachment to the fuselage.

Given that this is a limited run kit, I was anticipating some problems. All of the parts fit approximately, but none fit exactly. I am in my third round of fill, sand, check, and repeat. The worst fit was the wing to the fuselage. Once built, the wing is full-span that fits into a saddle created by the fuselage and two engine nacelles. The problem is that if I position the wing to get a clean joint across the top of the fuselage, then the wing leading edges don't fit where they are supposed to be. I decided to cement everything together so that the wings were where they are supposed to be and then fill the resulting depression on the top of the fuselage. I expect more of the same when I add the horizontal stabilizer. The bad news: I was worried about how large and deep the panel lines were. The good news: After all the putty and sanding, there won't be any panel lines left. Ahh...the fun of limited run kits.

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Quite some complex nacelles with eight pieces, George @gblair
A pity that you have to do some much puttying to get everything smooth, but it seems like you are clearly progressing on that stage.

This is a an interesting subject, George. I vaguely remember this plane. Looking good!

It kind of looks like a Saab 105 with an A-10 tail.

I finally got the putty smoothed and ready for paint. I glued the canopy in place, and then discovered that the kit-provided vinyl masks didn't really fit. The canopy sat too high on the fuselage, so it required some cutting and fitting, but nothing too tough. I masked the canopy with Tamiya tape, and then sprayed a couple of layers of Tamiya Fine White Primer. I added the gear struts at this time, and then left them overnight to dry. After 24 hours, I carefully set the plane on its landing gear. After a brief hesitation, both main landing gear snapped off at the base. Dang! I should have replaced the gear with scratchbuilt struts, but my patience with this kit was wearing thin. I cleaned up the joint area on the plane and strut, then reglued the struts. After the struts had dried for several hours, I loaded the base of the strut with copious amount of superglue. The struts now seem very secure. I sprayed clear gloss on the plane and let it dry for 24 hours, followed by application of the decals. The decals are really nice, but the longer/larger decals have a tendency to fold on themselves, never again to take its proper shape. The "USAF" on each wing, as well as the "US Air Force" on the nose, were all lost to folds that made them completely useless. Luckily I had a set of Microscale decals that had the appropriate decals, and these worked well, even though the decals were at least 40 years old. After the decals dry for 24 hours, I will add all of the small parts, spray a final clear layer, and then call it done. More soon.

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