Thanks!I painted the spirals by first painting the spinners white added masking tape and then airbrushing them semi gloss black.

Looking real good from here Eugene! Sitting on the edge of the chair waiting to see the finished bird.

Stay safe.

Jim 

Test fitting the spinners and props..  

Has to do some touch -up work but I think it will work! 

Hoping that the results will be acceptable!

You're more of a man than I, I'd have never tackled a vac-form kit! 

But your results look really good! Looking forward to seeing how she turns out! 

Airbrushed the yellow..

Thanks!

Coming along great Eugene! Would never think it's the same model! Keep up the great work.

Stay Safe.

Jim 

Cammo applied ,I may paint a  red and yellow defense of the Reich band around the fuselage.  

Ok painted the light bkue underside...

I went to the Bay to find spinners and props and I found a set of quick boost for 20 bucks .Then I found a complete Promodeler kit for 14 so I went with that!

Wet sanded the primer with 320 grit and layed down some primer.Not perfect but acceptable in an iffy kit.  P

Well,unlike Airmodel, Contrail and Rareplanes vac kits,Combat Models kits have thin plastic and not very crisp details .Not really meant for the beginning modeler  

Wow! That's enough work for a body shop to tackle. More power to you Eugene, . I've had a couple of kits that looked like that. Would rather not tackle any more like them.

Stay safe.

Jim 

Thanks;it is worse on the bottom!   

Eugene-You're making nice progress on a project that I would not want to tackle.

Ok let the body work commence!  

Yes it will require extensive body work for sure!

Hi Eugene! Looks like your build is coming along nicely. Are you going to need a lot of filler on those seams or is it the camera playing tricks on the eyes? I've only tried a vacuum formed kit once years ago and it was a total disaster. I guess all the filling and sandind just got on my nerves and I gave up. I have one or two of them in the stash and after seeing your tip on the strips in the fuselage I just might pull one out and give it a try. Keep up the great work.

Stay safe.

Jim 

They are interesting change of pace .Wings and horizontal stabs attached 

Looking good,I never attempted a vac-u-form kit

Getting the wings on ...

Getting the fuselage together,I have found that the styrene filets stabilize the vac form parts and provides a flat surface to make joining the fuselage halves easier.  

I will try !

After seeing what Piers (Lostagain) did with the "Winnie May", vacuform kits can be built into nice subjects.

https://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/190895.aspx

Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one!

Gary

Fit of the engine nacelles was iffy ,body work will be necessary.