Update. The "things that go BOOM and make holes in other things" are painted and decalled (well, still have the Rockeyes, but that'll be quick). I think I've got the method I'm going to try for the MARPAT, now just to get the courage to start shooting paint!
I did run into some battle damage a couple of weekends ago, the youngest 'Jello got ahold of my hawg and managed to pop the engine nacelles and the tail off, luckily right along the seam where the subassemblies met the fuselage, so repair should be easy, and it actually helped with putting the first coat of USMC green into some hard to reach spaces. She still got a spanking for getting onto my work bench, but that's a two year old for you...
Edited to add: Weapons are done, even got the flat coat on them. Big news is I finally took the step off the ledge and attempted MARPAT on this bird. Snapped a few pics to share:
It's not perfect, but I think it makes a good representation of the digi pattern we wear now.
A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade...
The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.