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That tail decal is really something. It come as 2 pieces. One is sized to fit over an elliptical fairing I assume the actuator for the rudder. Once it’s on and dry the second decal covers the rest of the tail. It has cut outs for the aforementioned fairing and a small antennae at the top. Thats...

Not brave at all. Just working my way through 40 years of dust collecting.

The wings work but the gear thank god is static.

I got the main landing gear assembly together, wing halves and intake cones glued together.

Ok boys I’m jumping into this one late in the game. But my offering has so many short comings being a reboxing of the Aurora effort with a few feeble attempts by Monogram to fix a dog kit, that I’m not going to make a whole lot of dust trying to put lipstick on a pig. What I will do is assemble...

Thanks Bob! Hang around I’m about to do something really stupid!

Thanks fellas.Finally after 10 days for the paint to dry, actually just got my first day off from work. I got a little bit of bench time this morning before the wife enlisted me for some yard and garden work. which too has been neglected due to my work schedule. So on to an update....... I got...

Thank for all the kindness. Here I am with yet another build on hold till I can get out of overtime at work. I hope to get back to it this weekend now that the paint has had 2 weeks to cure. Speaking of the paint.....you’ll be disappointed when I tell you that it’s a rattlecan job. Rustoleum...

Well Bob you're right about that. but it has to be. Getting time in hits and misses. I do have the visor masked and attached to the nose and the nose attached to to rest of the airframe. and finally I shot a coat of gloss white on the whole bird. Now to let that dry for a few days and...

Thanks fellas! I didn’t think I have as much fun with this as I have! Of course that may change once I get to the decals. Which I hope to start soon.

Here's a pic of todays work. I got the tires touched up and installed on the struts and sprayed the wells with H94. I still have to mask the visor and install the droop nose, it will be in the up position. Then I think it will be of to the paint booth for some overall white.

Thanks Bob.I got some more time at the bench today. I did a lot of little fiddly bits, the landing gear doors that are closed on the ground were glued in place. And the flaperon actuators fairing were glued on too. While that was drying I started hand painting the main landing gear...

That's looking great Bob!

Thanks Bob!Here's what I got to show for today.

Here's a little update on my build. Progress has slowed a bit due to some household chores the Mrs. "just had to have done", and having to put in some overtime at work this week. But today I got to sit at the bench for a bit and did some touch up painting in the cockpit, mainly the PE bits I...

Ive just broken the seal on the box! The sprues... The clear parts such as they are, I really like the dimples in the side windows! And the flash!! not too bad really. I've had a lot worse to clean up. And last but not least the very nicely done Cartograf decals!

I noticed where I had clipped the sprue gate a little too close to the bottom wing and left myself a small divot to fill. I dabbed on a spot of liquid paper to fill it. I just painted the interior of the wheel wells aluminum and sat it aside to dry. I di add a bit of scrap PE to the bulkhead...

I got to play at the bench today. I was able to add the oil cooler scoop, using the the sprue attachment to the grill as a handle because the damn thing was so small. after it dried I snipped it off and glued the scoop to the underside of the nose. Then I got the radiator and it's grills...

Oops! I didnt post one. Sorry guys i know how much you enjoy pics. Ill get you some tomorrow.

Thanks for looking in and commenting. Its been a long week at the workplace, and my little grandson has keep me hopping in my free time so little has progressed so far. I do have the wings on though. The fit there was as good as ive ever experienced. No filler no sanding!! Sunday appears to be a...