Finally ordered the decals I needed for this, and decided to get started. I purchased this kit off eBay last year some time. I'm not going to do the red, white, and blue scheme. Hence the reason I needed regular decals for it.
I can't imagine the 1/48, this thing is huge right out of the box.
Not much to the cockpit. I'm sure it won't really be seen once the windscreen is on anyway.
Lots of ALCM halves to be glued together.
After only a few steps I have an airplane.
I also started working on the seams of the bombs. The fit is pretty terrible. The plane itself is going to require a lot of attention at the seams as well.
One odd thing I also noticed is that the panel lines on the wings are recessed, where as they are raised on the fuselage. Weird. If I had tons more practice, and a scribing tool I would sand them down and redo them, but I know I will screw that up so I'm leaving them alone.
This one could take me a while. The weather is finally starting to take a hopefully final turn for the better, and spring cleaning is overdue. So I'll be working on this on rainy, cruddy days, lol.