Ok, end of day one.
Here are the original pics meant to go with above post:
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/Weekend%20Build%2001_zpsnq7odfkt.jpg)
I realized that clock didn't show the date, but just said "Today,) which is totally useless, so I started using the lock screen.
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/Weekend%20Build%2002_zpsfqlidrvv.jpg)
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/Weekend%20Build%2003_zpsukqp3irk.jpg)
In the above pic, I had just finished up portions of thecockpit detail painting and they were awaiting a wash.
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/AF58039F-8480-4466-838D-CE8F359DD052_zpspyxk95qo.jpg)
Just before closing the fuselage. Not quite 7 p.m.
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/4684E607-A582-4C15-B500-FA9CE58C543D_zpsjkoizds4.jpg)
And here I have the fuselage closed.
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/68358608-E3E9-43A4-943B-FC6ED49B4E2B_zpsiwevswzs.jpg)
It needed some help being held shut at the top, and then I started masking the canopy. Off and on, when I was waiting for things to dry, I painted the wheels and propeller blade tips and that sort of thing.
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/1DCBE36D-869B-46C1-B540-277B19496A30_zpsssfg3gzn.jpg)
One last look at the cockpit before I closed it up for good (Tamiya doesn't really provide a way to have the Malcolm hood open with this kit, and I'm totally OK with that this time. You can saw off the front piece, as there is a spare one of those, but you'd have to be pretty careful with the Malcolm hood itself, and I just didn't feel like doing that.
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/736B9CC8-876D-4F9C-B37A-3184CBABF2F5_zpsunsfwifa.jpg)
Here there was still a seam along the spine that needed attention. Right after this shot, I layed down some Mr. Dissolved Putty and then took the dog on a long walk because she was giving me that look.
Once we were back, I sanded the seam, re-shot the primer, and since it looked good, I went ahead and sprayed the stripes on the wings and horizontal stabilizers. Tamiya doesn't show these in the color scheme, but the pics I have of this plane definitely show these stripes or invasion stripes, so I figured I should add them.
First order of business for tomorrow is masking the stripes, then spraying the Sky fuselage band. That can cure while I do a run, and then I can mask it and get to work on the main colors.
Tomorrow is my dad's birthday, I basically realized that if I don't get this thing ready for a clear coat before I head over to my parents' place in the late afternoon, it isn't going to make the deadline of 3 p.m. Sunday (I have to pick up my girlfriend between noon and 2 on Sunday.
But at the end of day one, I'm cautiously optimistic.
![](http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag71/bcd1983/23FC7683-6BEC-4255-9EBF-E2CA7089F89A_zpsknhjujxp.jpg)
Thanks for letting me take a crack at this one this weekend, Lewbud. This is the most fun I've had modeling in a while.
-BD-