I just started on this kit and am having great fun. Have got the interior done, wings started and attached and landing gear attached as well. I'm having a blast building it and will share some photos soon.

Here are some build pics

I just painted the fuselage in navy blue

It's all about having fun. Oils on your work bench, are you a painter?

that model will need a big hunk of lead in the nose if you want it to stand on its wheels.

@ Johnathan I paint Flames of War 1:100 miniatures. So the paints were leftovers from that project. The unneeded gun barrels for my Stug Gs will be my lead Weight in the Nose.



Work continues leading to a much more complete bomber. It is a USN bird.



Front canopy looks okay but I am only ok at painting these anyway. Any tips for non airbrush painting of these would be helpful.



Yes I managed to frost out the rear canopy so sue me. But I did paint it better than the front.



I really like how the side canopy ceme out. Looks properly lethal.

for painting the bars on the canopies, there are two good options. one, for either spraying or brushing, is to cut little squares ( and triangles) of masking tape, and place them over the windows, so you can paint the bars. When the paint is dry you luck the little squares off with the tip of an exacto knife. This is a very useful skill to have.


The other approach is to use very thin tape on the bars, paint the tape the right color and lay it on the bars. then seal it down with clear acrylic spray. it becomes a permenant part of the model.