Once the resin parts were fit to the new kit the build was straight forward. I did shave down the inner wings and wheel wells to get the proper dihedral. This is a beautiful kit, I guess my only issues with it are the lack of wing dihedral and the canopy sprues. Moving along through paint I used Mr. Color gloss black and wet sanded it with 6,000 micromesh. The Alclad went on beautifully with a base of Polished Aluminum, I sectioned off various panels for Dull Aluminum, Aluminum, and Stainless Steel. The glare panel and red trim are Tamiya paints. I wish I had matched the red to the decals but I didn't realize until it was too late.
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