Hello gang!
First off, now that I know what the sway braces are I was able to tackle that. I have an old F-15C kit that died a horrible death a long time ago. In the spare parts, I found some sway braces for the drop tanks. Too big you say? I cut them into three pieces using a razor blade, removed the center and cemented the outer pieces together. Came out about the right size.
Then the missing gear doors. I mentioned using the Italeri doors even though they were flat. I then had the idea to bend them around the handle of a paint brush to curve them and they actually match the doors found in my other Hasegawa kits!
Now another slight issue: When I painted the underside the gray as called for and made the edge between the top and bottom a straight line as the instructions suggested. Then I found this:
![http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2664/dfst8407308.jpg](http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2664/dfst8407308.jpg)
Not sure if this is a "G" but the photo shows a wavy line, which I think would make more sense. Should this be correct then? I guess back to the paint shop!