I'm havin' fun! I am at about hour 3, I've got the parts all separated and cleaned up and the prop assembly and resin (sweet!) cockpit put together, plus the wings.
First big issue came up about an hour ago. This is one of those kits where apparently someone took one kit and popped a sprue with replacement parts, in this case the fuse halves, rudder, gun pods and LG. So... the fuse just isn't gonna set down into its space in the wing without BIG steps on the roots, body side. I looked at notching it down, but the nose and tail won't be flush with the bottom of the wing, so I've marked with a Sharpie what needs to be ground off, and masked the body sides for carving. Shouldn't be too hard, wish me luck.
The 'pit is really sweet, it's about to go into the shop for a dark grey coat.
Everyone elses builds- FAB I'm really jealous, I spent most of today on the road but I'll get caught up tonight.
Fuse ready for scraping, wings, props, LG parts, 20mm pods.
Bill