Wow, thanks everybody!
Manstein's revenge
Didn't wanna bore everybody with a "Hey look....I put two pieces together" posts!
I didn't do anything special in the rest of the fuse (all closed up), of note though....the instruction make no mention of the waist guns or mounts (IIRC, the mounts are #Q8 or 9), they also don't show any guns going into the turrets (NICE...thanks Hasegawa!), there's a few to choose from, and figuring out which go where isn't hard. Also, for anyone planning on building this kit....all the bulkheads and floor pieces have half-moon pigs that fit into holes in the fuse. I assembled them, in place, inside one of the fuse halves. I think you'd be asking for trouble, if you assembled them, then tried to fit them in.
Anyway.....I reworked the turrets. For the top turret, I nixxed the bar that's supposed to go between the guns, along with the clunky part that holds it in place (so it could be movable......"F" that "S"....moving parts are for toys!) I glued the circular portion of the gun into the slots of the turret, re-worked the inner portion of the turret and added ammo belt. Did pretty much the same for the tail turret.
Wired up the engines
Ready to prep for finish!
The wing/fuse joint is amazing!!!! I will leave the wings off, to make it easier for painting.
Getting ready! Firstly, the nose needed some interior color on the outside...
All appears farely decent there...but clear parts will jack with you! I next sprayed a coat of standard int. green over the entire clear parts area to check for bad areas along the joints......not aweful, but not good either!
With the sad areas cleaned up, I covered the green with a neutral grey, to give a more even "canvas" for finishing.
