Monogram F7F-3 TIGERCAT 001

 

At this point I decided to start careful dissasembly for a complete do over. 

The Starfighter resin set into the Wheel wells, so far I have found that the resin set is not completely accurate, you need to do some creative cutting and re-positioning to get it to fit right with the landing gear 

Had to split the nose to insert Forward Wheel Well 

Since the nose was split I decided to re-work the cockpit, added a coaming from styrene strip 

Drilled a hole on the top of the nose to add lead shot. 

Adding CA to lock it in. 

New Instrument panel, need to find a decal for that. 

Engine Housing / Main Wheel Wells before picture 

Engine housing and Main Wheel Wells, need to be gutted