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John Nice progress and hopefully from here on issues are lurking in the shadows.

Mark Nice to see no issues at all in closing up the fuselage. Looking mighty good.

Carl Nice solution for sure

John Surely looks as if you have the nose weight issue covered. Good POA, for a kit that is a constant struggle.

Rest in Peace as you fly west.

John Another terrific Corsair build - absolutely perfectly done - simply a gem. 🏆

John Awesome build - another spectacular Corsair ... fit and finish is absolutely perfect. 🏆

Rob Holy smokes - incredible progress.

Rob Amazing work ... delicate and absolute precision. 🏆

Love those LHS accidents. Enjoy.

Jeff Congratulations to the both of you - that is quite an accomplishment.

Gus Looking so good and glad the decal issue is working itself out now. Mothing more frustrating then reaching this point in a build and to experience decal issues.

Rob Congratulations on being one of the very, no extremely lucky buyers for the MFH Williams FW16. Also some mighty nice WWI decals and accessories for your future build projects. Looking forward to following all of them down the road.

John Some terrific air brush work and you'll be decaling by tomorrow night. Looking mighty good.

Chris You're on a roll and all the various sub-assemblies and small parts are coming together nicely. Carl's help and suggestions are both timely and a big help. Nothing like receiving top notch help and advice.

Phil Looking mighty good and the Hornet being twin engine, figuring out where two props go is a lot harder then a single prop. Of course, maybe they would be counter rotating and helping solve finding the location. 😉

Mark The world of modeling sure is changing. I have no doubts the future of the hobby will be all 3D printed kits and software, with the tradition injected molded kits a thing of the past. Technology just keeps moving forward and who knows, most likely an advanced 3D printer will also print the model in full color to how ever we want, including weathering. It's just where the world is going.

Thanks Rob so much. I'll check out the instructions on Scalemates to make sure I have it sorted out correctly. Just over on Scalemates and downloaded the instructions - excellent info. - Thanks Rob for the heads up.

Thanks Chris, very much appreciated. Glad my very light/slight weathering efforts paid off and for the most part, the kit is terrific. Been really fussing with the windscreen as I must have done something amiss as there a few fit issues - but I'm working on it.

John Looking mighty good. Your progress always keeps amazing me - so perfectly done.

Thanks John. You hit it right on the head as the more I researched the canopy issue, that's exactly what happened. It seems the later styles of canopies were curved more on the sides, increasing the pilots' side and downward views and the peak of the canopy was moved forward, adding to the pilots' comfort and headroom.

READY FOR PRIMING (ALMOST) With the front office and interior completed, I was ready to close up the fuselage. The wings leading edges were a bit finicky to glue up in front of the gear bays due to the top of the gear bays being flush up against the upper wing panels – just no wiggle room at all. Once done, the wings were joined to the fuselage, while not perfect, needing some tweaking and sanding, most likely due to the builder efforts. Tailplanes and the rudder were added and the seams needing a bit of filler. The IP and rudder pedals were now added and the front windscreen needed a lot of tweaking to fit and is now glued in place. An excellent Eduard canopy mask set is included with the kit and ready to go. The kit includes three sets of canopies, all look almost identical and all three were broken off Eduard's round style clear parts fret and just rolling around in the clear bag, including the front windscreen. I needed to identify the correct canopy for the version I am building, identify the second one for the -5 version I plan on building down the road and the last one will be a paint/masking mule. I spent some time online researching the history of Mustang canopies, learned a lot and was able to figure out which canopy should be with which version. I did discover that both the Inglewood and Dallas canopies did find their way onto other Mustang variants after delivery over time as replacements. Ready for priming - almost.

Chris Holy smoke, looking fantastic. I did look very carefully the few fit issues and all seem fixable with time and care. Just seems no matter how good resin AM parts are and the amount of care used to add them to the kit, fit issues seem to crop up later on in the build and need to be addressed. Just go slow, as I know you will wrestle each part that needs adjustment perfectly back into alignment with no gaps at all. 👍 And absolutely, the Phantom F4-E is BIG and BEAUTIFUL. I have a ZM 48th scale F4E in the stash and hope to build it this year, as your build is getting those juices flowing.

Carl Right with Rob and Martin - amazing build.

Kev Terrific progress on your Scharnhorst and the scratch crane details is amazing. I am blown away on how much work has gone into the base, surely the equal of any piece of fine furniture. Looking forward to seeing your custom display case in a few weeks.