Interesting project ... where is the popcorn?

I think you are right, Spiros (@fiveten). I think what I will end up doing is gluing all of the fuselage together except for the upper portion forward of the windscreen, let it dry, then insert and glue the 1mm strip. This will allow me to assemble the fuselage and test fit the parts that glue to the front of the fuselage. I expect to find that I will need the 1mm strip to make things fit correctly, but test fitting will confirm that. If I do the Revell fuselage first, then I will know what to expect for the other two. It is cool that Revell gives you a heads-up.

Hi John (@johnb). The Revell instructions are interesting for several reasons. The Italeri instructions appear to be a direct copy of the original MPM instructions. The steps and diagrams are identical. So Revell did their own instructions. Also, if the Revell parts are from the original MPM molds, then any fit problems from the original kit would still be present in the Revell parts. Perhaps Revell is just acknowledging that the fuselage needs this 1mm strip to make the other parts of the nose fit correctly. I will bet that the other two kits also need the strip, but it isn't in the instructions. This goes back to the idea of checking the fit on limited run kits before committing to glue. We will know more as the kit progresses.

I plan to use the Revell kit as my lead plane. I will do some work sub-assemblies, test fit, and so on. Once I feel good about where I am, then I will replicate the process with my other two kits. These kits seem like high-end limited run kits, I plan to do a lot of the check fit, sand, measure, check fit again until everything looks like it will fit. I built some cockpit sub-assemblies. Paint will be next. There are some stairs that lead down to the nose from the cockpit which are missing. I may add these later. I have the dentist tomorrow to finish repairing a crown, and my checkup with my doctor on Wednesday, so I don't know how much time I will have for the next couple of days. More soon. Cheers.

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Excellent steps, myfriend @gblair! Test fit, sand and repeat sounds like the go-to process here. I believe the clear nose width will determine how "wide" you should leave (how much gap you will allow) at the fuselage front. This is an amazing project, clearly they are limited run kits, not for everyone, easily tackled by your excellent skills, though.

Hope all is good with the doctors and looking forward to your next installment!

Hi Carl (@clipper): My original plan was to use the 3 Airfix Hudsons I have in the stash to do this project, then I realized I had the MPM and Revell kits also. So, then the plan was to use 1 Airfix Hudson along with the 2 newer kits. Then I was on Ebay looking for some canopy masks when I found the Italeri Hudson for a really good price, so I bought it and added it to the other two. It works well because they all come from the same molds. Plus I still have the Airfix kits to do some more Hudsons later. I missed your Hudson build. I need to find it so I can follow your Airfix creation. Thanks for stopping by.

George, @gblair, I haven't put up anything on the Hudson build so far. Too early in the process.