You're making great progress there! 

I'd always heard people tell me to fill holes with CA but if putty works better use what works! 

I have made some more progress. The fuselage is together with the addition of the tail fin. I have filled with Squadron putty along the joint line. It was a pretty nasty seam before the filling. 

I have also filled the offending seam on the engine nacelles. They were also pretty ugly. I will do some sanding once the putty has dried. As to the wings, I wasn't very happy with how the bubble holes had filled with the CA. I sanded that down and applied some Squadron putty to fill it instead. 

As I had mentioned in an earlier post; you can see just how thin the wings really are!

You're doing a great job.  Everything looks good in your hands.

Toshi

Looks like you are doing fine.  I fill bubbles with CA and sand them pretty soon, just as soon as I am sure it has gone off.  Thin CA is best for this.  I use Westley's Bleche Wite for cleaning the resin. It's pretty harsh stuff but it does a very good job.  It's at auto parts stores, it's used to clean white sidewall tires.  Might be hard to find, there's a substitute now called Black Magic Blech Wite but apparently is less concentrated.  May work OK.

I have prepared the parts now to be primed. I will probably end up using some Tamiya fine to prime it, as I haven't read that that would be a problem. 

After closer examintion of the propellers had I found that they were quite chunky. After some intense sanding am I now more satisfied with how they look. However, I am not please with the attachment pins that they have provided. When I dry fit the propellers into the hubs did I notice that the angle was really (I mean REALLY) weird. They sort of flared inward instead of being perpendicular to the hub. I will have to think of what I will do to amend that.

The detail on the tire rims is nice. I am pleased with them.

The fuselage and engine nacelles came together with some difficulties. I tried in vain to get the halves to glue and only after it wasn't working with the CA did I figure out that it was the CA with the problems. That got turfed. There was need of lots of filler along the mating line for both the nacelles and the fuselage, but I am pleased that all my sanding has paid off. Joining the nacelles to the fuselage, and the wings to the nacelles I believe will be another story all together.

I think on the whole the plane looks very sharp, and I like the distinct curves of the fuselage. 

Wow, that is rough. I have a few resin garage kits and thankfully none with holes that bad. Superglue works good for the bigger holes and a good primer as Don said for the smaller ones.

But I guess that's what you have to go though, I've never seen this aircraft in anything but resin and vac-form which is it's own headache.

Resin kits used to be notorious for using an oily parting agent which needed to be washed off with soap and water before any painting or gluing.  Many kits no longer have this problem, but I wash the kit anyway just as a precaution.

If the holes are not too large, a full bodied primer like auto body primer will usually fill those bubble holes after two or three coats, sanding between coats.

I'm interested in hearing how this resin build goes for you.  Last year I bought two expensive resin 1/24 car kits.  I will readily admit that they intimidate me quite a bit.  I've never built a resin kit and look forward to learning from you.Good luck!

Gary

So after seeing all of that ugly yesterday, I am using my newly learned resin knowledge!! I have never before washed any model of mine (and I have made many). This will be a first for me. 

Warm water and soap will do the trick. I also read that it is best to scrub it with an old toothbrush. You will notice that I have also gone through and checked that everything is in order and nothing missing. I have also sorted parts into appropriate stages.

This picture is post-wash, and I am satisfied with how it turned out.

However, I am not entirely pleased with some of the resin parts, most especially the pitot that was included. It is awful!!! Saying it is over-sized is an understatement!! It is very large and not slender in the least. I will replace it with a piece of brass. The only issue that I can already forsee is that I have no space in the wing to drill a hole to inset the pitot in. The wing(s) are paper thin at the location the pitot is to be inserted. I figure it will end up getting attached multiple times after close enounters with fat fingers or careless bumps. :/

Upon closer examination, I see the first signs of what looks to be a long road. The parts are filled with tiny (and some not so tiny) air bubbles. I did some thorough research of resin kits yesterday, and I did find that the air bubbles come from the casting process. Grr....it looks like that is just what building resing comes with. The wing tips seem to be particularly stricken with 'pox'. I have not yet decided if I will fill the holes with gap-filling super glue or try using some Squadron putty.

You can let me know what you guys think.

As to the general fit of the kit, I am not that pleased with what I am seeing. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. The worst culprits seem to be the engine nacelles. The splitter plates either don't align, or are completely missing altogether! There are also some nasty gaps in what seem like very hard-to-get-to places.

Well, I will let you know how it goes!

As a former MAC employee, I have always loved that plane!  That kit has just been a little too much on the pricey side for me.  Maybe your build will encourage me enough to bite the bullet and shell out the money!

All true.  Wet sanding is good too.  Once the dust is in the air it stays awhile.  Just be patient and you will do fine.

There is one thing you should do before you start this kit. Read up on Resin kit building. A complete resin kit should be built verrrrry carefully. You should get a particulate mask to wear while cutting the parts from the plug and working with the resin. The resin dust is very harmful to the lungs. Gloves would help out too. 

Work carefully.

Jim  

I've never built a resin kit before as well.  I'll be following your progress closely as this intrigues me greatly.  Good luck!

Toshi