I think my master thinks I'm crazy, but I feed her so she don't care!
The plane, well at least in one of it's many iterations.
I added the flaps in the up position, one, most Thunderbolts on the ground show them up, two though it would be less of a hassle. Well I guess I was the sucker!!!! There was a major lip on each side on the top. see below.
This caused me to pull out the Evergreen. I cut two section to fit the gap and glued them in place. Once dry I started shaping it to my needs. Got most of it cleaned up and used Mr. Sufacer 500 to clean things up more and sanded to needs.
Back to the cowling. it works but I mah need to curse at it while getting it on. I won't really know until get to the final install how much clean up work there is.
Painting the Identification strips. Calles for 12" stripes, in 1/48th that should be about .25 (1/4)" or 6.35MM. I rounded to 6mm and used a 5mm with a 1mm tape spacer Tamiya tape. then I used wide Tamiya tape to mask with. Gotta sauy I love'n me some Hataka paint. goes on so smoothly!
Well that my present update.... More to follow.