To my fellow FSM Forum Members,
This kit was a first for me, not only did it take 11 months to build, the parts count was minimal. But for the cost, it was very fun and understanding that Ezra made a lot of the assembly process by himself. It took a while as you all know by now I had pneumonia that was followed by Covid19 staycations at University Hospital in Portage county.
Thanks to all of you, I want to thank you for your support and help you've given the Toshi family. Today I'd like to share our completed build. I was ready to AB this kit with a NEO by Iwata, but Ezra wanted to utilize the Iwata Eclipse. So he chose the Vallejo Chrome as the fueselauge color 77.707. He then decided to brush paint with a old school Testors nylon brush with Testors Silver Enamel from the square bottles. It was finished with Vallejo Acrylics.
To my surprise, the decals did not want to adhere after it dried so a little Tamiya liquid cement and Testors Spray Clear Lacquer was utilized to fuse the decals on. In between a break with cartoons (Masha and the Bear, Paw Patrol) this kit was finally completed today, it now is proudly displayed right underneath the flat screen TV. Once again, thank you all!!!
Your friend's, Toshi and Ezra
P.S. I submitted this build for the FSM digital readers gallery, I hope it will be chosen as an addition by the editors.