Well a year and a half later I actually have begun my kit... so far I've been working on the cockpit, I am trying a few new things and also trying to get out a modeling slump I had been in. I was rushing to finish models with no enjoyment at all.
Here is the cockpit in progress, some obvious things like painting the part of the seat support below the seat have yet to be done. (I used the Ultracast seat with molded in belts and the lower parts of the supports broke when I tried to free them from the mold so I cut the legs from the kit support and glued them to the seat. I have yet to paint them.
Nothing is glued together yet, it is just placed together for pictures.
The seat:
Right side:
Left Side
Instrument panel, I used the kit decal for the IP, I am ordering a punch and die set so I am anxious to see what I can do for the IP's with that.
I should be done with the cockpit this week and on to gluing the body together! I am not sure if I will stick to the whole Aztec models set of decals (with all FAM markings) or use some kit decals to represent a plane used during the war. I am using the Tamiya P-47D Bubble top kit which is a P-47D-30 RA so I might go for the "Adele" markings in the AM decals.