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Yokosuka E1Y reconnaissance plane 

Hull halves glued together. Bottom was very thin and not very stable, so I added plastic sheet to the bottom for strength and a little extra height for diorama setting. 

Drilled holes into bottom of hull halves to allow Tamiya extra thin glue to travel to the new plastic sheet all along bottom of hull. 

Taped hull plating rows. 

The kit correctly (from what I can tell from grainy B&W pictures) shows the deck at the bow as being a wooden deck. Five Star has a PE deck for the bow, but it incorrectly displays as a metal deck. So, I needed to create a new deck. 

New deck cut out of plastic card with openings for anchor chains, winch, etc. 

I'm using a wood deck laminate on this built. Here it is, placed onto the new deck.