Colors are crazy when trying to match these old numbers. Mfrs never managed to match each others formulas, they were all over the place.
The fuselage is together, a red letter day!
However...... I have found in adding styrene at the wing root to close the gap, in doing so I had forced the wings to have a revere camber, the tips pointed Down, even farther.... not good. I also found the wings right off the sprue had a reverse camber....... So I had to remove what styrene I added, INCREASE the gap and fill all over again. This time leaving a bit of a gap so when glued it would pull the wing tips UP to correct the mfrs faux pas! So I made a simple jig, flat surface, 4 5x5mm blocks, shave the styrene down untill it slipped in easily, then until the wing tips came up and the bottom wing is flat. Gord, dunn.
Next, I didn't like the detail in the door. Since it is going to be open, and down, I want more deffinition. So I have used some tiny square styrene and thin sheet. I think it will look a bit better.
Then the windscreen. The clear doesn't match the "frame" molded in front of the cockpit, so I am taking it off and replace it with more styrene strip. I used a .5mm drill and made a small dimple at the corners and ends. I have filed the frame off and will use the drill spots to align the styrene. Then I'll shape them to match the clear windscreen.
I've filled the glued seams with CA which are very small. I was shown a trick when gluing the seams. It is to add plenty of glue to one side, match the parts, then move tme ever so slightly across the seam to force the glue out of the join. What is moving and protruding is some of the kti material, kind of like a weld bead. When dry it can be sanded down, self filling so to speak. Works a treat. Try it on scrap first to see what happens.
Paul was right about this kit! To put it kindly..... a lot of work.