As said, with much head banging we finally got some more images to post.
the fit is FANTASTIC... so far. what you see id dry fit for clearance and I am happy. The white on the gear doors is Tamiya putty on the original kit part. I have some small issues with the putty cracking and some shrinkage, no cold weather jokes please:), so before final paint I need to address them. Thanks for looking in and keeping me motivated to continue to post pix.....practice practice practice.
ALso since I like to be honest and precise, Joe is retire Air Force not Army, unimportant to anybody but me but I do not like posting non factual information. More to come later.