JohnB

Thanks. Certainly not shake and bakes since they have some fit issues, especially the intakes which need plenty of attention.

Thanks! I'm pleased that you like it. 🙂

Thanks Mike! I too was concerned about the NMF but it seems to have done okay. Now I'm hoping I can get the tricky vac canopies done satisfactorily. Vac clear parts have always been a PITA for me! 🙂

Decaling done and most everything attached. I still have the canopies to do. I put them in place for the moment to take these photos.

I'm just happy to get it as far as it is since it was such a job to get it this far.

Yep. Getting there. I just hope the vac canopies fit okay. 🙄

Three coats of primer, one coat of Alclad Aluminum, and one coat of Alclad Dull Aluminum.

Making some progress.

Thanks Hubert. I'm glad I decided to follow your tip as it seems to have worked out okay. Now to do some seam cleanup, etc.🙂

Going to need a lot of cleaning up.

Hubert had the right answer. I removed the molded on attachment areas and CA'd the wings on at what looked "right". Now to putty in the cracks and smooth everything out.

I can use that one remaining locating "post" to swivel and adjust the angle.

Hubert After your post I decided to see about adjusting the wing/fuselage attachment areas. It appears that just might do the trick. I attached the nacelles to the wings after carefully aligning them to the wing to try to get the right angle. Now I'll dry fit the wing to fuselage areas and CA them in what looks like the right angle. Takes 3 hands!!! I'll post some pics if it looks like it does the job. Lots of trial and error. John

You might be right Hubert. Fixing that would really be difficult. At any rate, I'm putting it on the SOD.

I hate to do it but this one is going on the SOD. No matter how many approaches I tried to properly align the nacelle's on the wings I just wasn't able to come up with a workable "fix". Not worth the aggravation unfortunately. No wonder I've never seen one of these built. 🫤

I have attached the wings and did some test fitting of the wing/cowling attachment and it looks like there's a big problem. When the nacelles are snugged up to the underside of the wings the front ends, instead of being parallel with the fuselage , they have a distinct downward angle on both sides. Doesn't look like a easy fix. 🙄

For the tail assembly I drilled out some small locating holes in the horizontal stabilizer and the two vertical pieces. Then I installed a couple of lengths of round plastic strip to get a little better strength when I super glue the assembly together.

It's not even close to the nice details we get with some of the other short run resin kits but the dimensions seem to be correct which goes a long way in making it worth the extra effort to build. I'm not sure yet as to how well everything will fit but I'll have the answer to that soon. I just wish they'd give us injection molded clear parts instead of vac formed parts. I built their XB-51 and it built up okay with few headaches. More later.

I started work on this kit a while back but decided to put it aside for "later". I guess now is later. 🙂 The big reason I set it aside was I didn't want to deal with those vac formed clear parts. I pulled it off the shelf yesterday and decided to go on and try to get the clear parts trimmed down enough to give a reasonable fit. Not something I enjoy doing but I went ahead and bit the bullet. I think I have them trimmed enough now for a fairly decent fit but we will see. I like the looks of the "Grizzly" and hope to be able to finish it this time around. Too bad the air force didn't give Beechcraft the go ahead to build a bunch of them.

Agreed Chris. I guess I got lucky! LOL

Thanks Chris. I'm pleased that you like how it turned out. That IP is a decal from the kit. I was a little surprised it came out as well as it did. 🙂

Thanks Scott!!! I appreciate the nice comment. 🙂 Thank you Martin. 🙂

I'm glad you like it Kevin, thanks.

Thank you Dennis. It was a fun "spare parts" challenge and I'm pleased with the results. 🙂