@litespeed Thanks a lot! Posting build progress online and the resulting interaction with other modellers has been a huge part of the enjoyment of this hobby for me for the last 15 years or so, it does also help keeping a bit of pressure up in the projects, making sure that most of them eventually get finished ! There is also a kind of diary element in it, in many ways the process is more interesting than the final result and I sometimes go back and look through an old build.
@agincajun The Devastator was always kind of a dream kit but I never got it! I have heard that it isn’t a simple build though…
A last look into the cockpit before committing to glue…
…and now I’ll leave this one well alone for a day or two in order for the seams to really settle, I’ll keep myself busy with prop, wheels and landing gear and I might even crack open the second Mustang. Wings and tailplanes are just snapped in place, I’ll do the sanding of the fuselage seam before gluing them in place You can see the filled-in sink marks on the fuselage side in this photo. Use only a thin layer of putty and leave it for a few days before sanding so it doesn’t go on shrinking after you’re finished!
Gear wells! The yellow zinc-chromate ribs were no fun painting, I painted them freehand and then added a wash in order to get a bit sharper borders around them. Not enough space around them to mask them properly so I have no better idea how to do it either…
Magnus