Thank you kind friends for the encouragement. It means a lot.
Chuck- I know how that goes. Strangest one- found an exhaust manifold on my pillow. Parts in pant cuffs, decals 350 days later in Christmas ornament boxes: all par for the course!
Tonight was an old ship builders pleasure.
I spent an hour this morning clearing off the model building table, and rearranged everything for the "Night of 1000 Details".
I put on the Optivisor, pointed a dozen little brushes, opened the jars of paint and went to work.
Here's a general overview of the scene.
General airframe, and 14 interplane struts in the foreground.
Left to right; top to bottom:
Ailerons, elevators, fuselage top, wing tip floats and props.
Trolley parts.
Tail braces.
Engine bearer assemblies.
Gun position rings and PE fret.
Engines and bombs.