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Desert Marlin
Watch the Cab to Chassis interface on this kit. My GMGC had some difficulty with that!

Jakko ‌
Thanks for the heads-up. I've been dry-fitting the floor and the rear body (main parts already built) and they seem to fit well enough to the chassis, but I won't know for sure until I get the cab built, of course.

Desert Marlin
I was the same for mine! I still think I messed something up. But they look great when finished!

Jakko ‌
I have seen somebody build a Dragon M3 halftrack, and he had some trouble lining up the cab and the back half, so I think it will pay to keep a close eye on fit straight from the start.

bughunter
I'm in!

J35J
In too!

Martin von Schreckenstein
started on too many things at once. it is very difficult to prioritise with such amount of really interesting details. after the nose gear I will try to focus on the cockpit

Skyhiker
My... Those resin pieces really are phenomenal.

Sergej I
top stuff, following with interest 👍

Rolf Rolf
Beautiful detail painting

Alex Rakhimgulov
Crazy detailing! Awesome!

Patrick Hagelstein
Ooh! Following along! 👍🏼

Maciej Bellos
Oh the detailing!

Martin von Schreckenstein
welcome and thanks Skyhiker, Sergej, Rolf, Alex, Patrick and Maciej!

following up with the interior, I wanted to get rid of any and all gloss with flat coat but it made everything brighter. might leave it or ill try to darken the side panels later. gotta let it lie for a bit🙂

Jake Holshuh
not my best effort but I lathered it with the funny decals of the kit.

Alec K
Following 👍

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Bruce Huxtable
Neat work with the tiny decals for the instrument dials. 🙂

Miguel Vaquero
Beautiful cockpit!

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful start! Those dials are amazingly well done!

Mike Volkov
Thank you guys! I will try to imitate the rivets in the next few days.

Mike Volkov
Unfortunately the model has suffered unrepaired damage and will not be completed. 😥 Maybe I will buy the kit again later.

Gergő Takács
Oh no! 😥 After such a good start. What happend?

Miguel Vaquero
Sorry to hear that mate. Terrible when that happens 😞😞

Thomas Kolb
Oh, I am so sorry, it looked absolutely superb! 🙁 But I know, these things happen from time to time, one bad move and it all goes down the drain.

Spanjaard
would the cockpit be salvaged? it was looking great (riveting was looking amazing too)

Mike Volkov
It happened that I overdid the chipping. When it was done, I felt I had chipped too much paint. These Zeroes were not as characteristically worn as the green ones. I thought I'd start over and started washing it off with thinner. The Leveling thinner didn't clean it off though, it just mixed the paint with the metallic paint. I tried to wash it off with Mr. Tool Cleaner, but it immediately dissolved the plastic, deforming the wing.
So sadly, I gave up on it. I dismantled the landing gear, cockpit, propeller and engine cowling, which I was able to salvage and will use in another project later.

J35J
I feel you, have been in the same situation. Great that you were able to salvage some parts. Keep up the good work!👍🏻

Spanjaard
great that part was saved, sorry about the wings 🙁

Frank Brzobohaty
A good rule of thumb when chipping, when you get to the point where you say "maybe just a bit more"......STOP! Leave the model for a couple of days or a week then take a look at it again. At that point you will, in most cases, say just right.

This is a hard rule to master. Even with my super worn Hawker Typhoon I should have stopped sooner.

Yes go and get another kit and use the wonderful work to finish that one or use what you salvaged to add to a diorama. (striped down cockpit trainer with some pilots and instructors observing) There are so many good IJN figures in1/72 these days.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

Landlubber Mike
Glad to have you along!