The copyright on the bottom of the port wing says 1982. It's a Revell kit, and it's pretty much out of the box. The seams under the wings I'm aware of, I'm waiting for a 1/32 gun bay kit to show up to see if I can get it to fit. The decals seem to be about a foot thick, and I bathed them a BUNCH with decal setting solution, but I'm afraid they're a lost cause....
Thanks for the compliments, even though it's an old kit, I tried some new things: First time I ever built and then painted (a monoplane), and I did the canopy paint with no masking, head loupe and very small brush. I also tried weathering for the first time, and I think it looks okay, but the engine looks too new, I need to "weather" it some as well.....