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Modeling a Lippisch DM-1

We'll be fix'in to put tegether the interior, a cockpit floor and behind it a large, flat, thin thing that the landing gear will be attached to in one of the later steps. Them pictures in the instructions are vague at best and one needs to be Xtremely certain where things are t'go. Some extra support for the landing gear panel will be needed otherwise the weight of the kit will snap it off, an we don't want it ta rattle around inside, now do we?

Top and bottom, slap some glue and forget, not really. Top and bottom are a more unlikely pair than a rattlesnake an a prairie dog at a Saturday night Social. Get set fer a lot of putty and sanding on a flat surface, something AMC should have done when making the master. No CAD, what ever that is, were used in the crafting of this kit, that I'm sure of! Take yer time and build up that filler on all edges, use'n 180 grit paper on a flat piece of glass, like this one I got when the Barclay Boys shot up the Red Dog Saloon last weekend, to get the leading and trailing edges straight. Total time for the top and bottom was about 4 hours of sculpting, slop'in on more filler, etc., etc. And don't forget the tail part, it's best to glue this on and also blend it in. Don't mind the engraved surface features, you'll have plenty 'o time to scratch them back on. There was a couple of sunken spots and hollows where the master maker must have pressed too hard on the mold that also needed to be looked at.