I opened my B-17C kit- surprise!

Not the best photo, but these are the remedies I came up with for the poor fit.

The starboard side was larger top-to-bottom than the port side, by about 1/16" right behind the cockpit. They fit together pretty well back at the tail. 

I made a saw cut along a panel line from the upper rear corner of the windscreen, back to the passenger door on the port side. Then I clamped the two sides together and aligned the top and bottom to fit right. That created a spread gap in my saw cut of 1/16" right behind the cockpit, tapering to closed at the door frame.

I glued a shim behind the cut for it's length, to hold the open gap, and then filled it with Bondo.

I also filled the windows, which are rough recesses for no reason I could figure. My decal set from Mike at Vintage flyer has window decals, which is usual in his sets.

There's a lot to do, but one step at a time.

Don Stauffer

 

That is true.  The nacelles have to be modified to remove the turbos.

 

GMorrison

The 307 did not have turbo chargers, correct? 

 

That is true.  The nacelles have to be modified to remove the turbos.

The 307 did not have turbo chargers, correct? 

Bondoman had a thread in "Aircraft". I'll take his model from there. 

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/117882.aspx

I have an Airmodel vac that may be a better start, but it's not that hot either.  Someday.

I think that's what got me. Maybe it would be possible to cut a strip out of the longitude beltline on one side.

That Maquette kit is the worst kit I ever tried to build.  I gave up, and bought a B-17 kit so I can scratch the fuselage and build a 307.  That Maquette kit had fuselage halves that did not match.  The hieght of one side was considerably higher than the other side.  It would take so much putty and filing that it looked like fixing that would change the fuselage contour markedly.

Nice surprise!