Old (1964)vintage Monogram 1/48 P-38

I like the Bondo filler for filling big seams. Mr. Dissolved Putty is great as a finishing filler.

Gun bay doors fit very poorly.I will have to glue them in and putty them to profile.

Wow! It is unbelievable that a model would be allowed out of the door with misfitting parts such as that.

Tooling wear I guess .

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How heavy are those weights?

Not sure the weight is not listed on the box.  

I saw this thread last week and was going to give you a heads up about the gun bay doors. I always wondered if they fir that bad 50 years ago with brand new molds. It took me a long time to get them to look "ok".

I built this last year for Stik's Mafia GB. It's the "good" side....good luck!" target="">

Looks great to me!I must have got a bad kit .

Okay now I have the nose section whipped into decent shape.  

Yes had to wet sand quite a bit!

Canopy parts fit is poor .Iwill glue in clear acetate panels to salvage the situation.

Wow that’s alot of putty! I love the bondo spot putty myself. You can really feather it out on flat surfaces. Excellent looking build so far!

Wow can't remember the last time I had to do so much body work !including custom cars!well after the canopy conundrum is sorted out I can primer and paint!

Clear filler panel fitted up.I will mask it off prior to painting.

The od I will use is darker but I wanted to see how well I did on the seams

.I am pleased with the results but the canopy is a disappointment.

I am amazed at how quickly you are able to move forward on this model. How much time in a day do you work on it?

Well I work nights so I can work about 3 hour s on it a day throughout the day.

I was thinking if the seams weren't so bad and the canopy fit I might well be just about done by now!