Thanks for the kind words. I thought I'd post some of my progress as of late. I closed up the fuselage without issue and added the lower and inner center wings. The fit was good. Hasegawa includes a wingspar so you can't mess up the dihedral when it's time to add the outer wings.
Next you assemble the outer wings (I added the tips too) then attached them. The wings required some careful sanding at the joint where they meet, but again no issues. I assembled the nose then added it. It fit great without issue. I began to marvel at how big the Stuka was in real life compared to other planes. I see why they were considered "easy meat on the table".
As with most Hasegawa kits, the underside wing to fuselage joint was lousy. This got filled, sanded and rescribed. Sometimes (perhaps more often than not) this company forgets to put the joint on a natural panel line.
Now for my other Hasegawa beef. Panels that don't fit well. These doors, or whatever they are, were too small and left trenches. I tried putty but it didn't help. I ultimately decided to fill the lines in and scribe in new lines. I use Dymo tape and a Squadron scribing tool for this practice.
The rest went together without incident. I added the flaps at this point with Tenax so I get a clean plastic-to-plastic weld, much easier then adding them later. Some primer to check the seams and I'm here,
I got Maketar paint masks for this turkey. I want to see how they compare to Montex. I hope to start painting soon.