This one is nearly done, in the first photo I put on a black fin cap and dirtied up the number 6 exhaust in the computer. I promise I will do the same to the model. This is a 1/144 kit, but it is about as big as a 1/48 Me-109. However, take care not to set down one of those itty bitty outrigger wheels without thinking about it, I set one down on a paint bottle lid and couldn't find it for two hours. I did clean up my work bench, though. The kit has terrific fit, almost no filler was used at all, even on the wing fit. The decals even worked. I would like to seal the decals, but I'm looking for experience there, as I don't have any with clear over SNJ. Anybody done that? The walkways need to settle down on the edges some mostly. I cut them in sections and trimmed very close to eliminate most of the clear film. The B-47E's have prettier schemes, but I wanted to do an early airplane so I did the B-47B version this time. I have another Hobbycraft kit, the RB-47H, and have a couple Hasegawa 1/72 kits that will be and E and maybe a WB-47, which used to fly from McClellan when I was much younger. I used to fly with a couple of ex-B-47 pilots. They had a few stories to tell.
