Special Hobby 1/48 Martin Maryland.

[Guest]

This is coming along nicely Dave.

[monica]

that would look very good but so much work,

[Guest]

Super detailed great work loving it.

[monica]

say all Dave,

[Richi72]

Nice plane Dave,

I really like the details you are putting in and on the plane, cockpit looks very good, like those decals.

Cheers Richi

[Dave W]

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This evening I've glued the landing lights to the wing leading edges.Needed a bit of work with a file to get them to fit.And as they weren't a perfect fit I had to sand them flush with the wing.Then I polished them back to clear.Ive also done a lot of sanding of fuselage,tail and wing joins.Nearly finished and then I will need to rescribe lost panel lines.Ive also assembled the engine cowlings which are made up of five pieces each.Ive tried the engines in them and in true limited run kit style they don't quite fit.As the cowlings are quite thick I will sand a bit off the insides with my motor tool.

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Dave. The landing lights look quite effective and flush now.

[Guest]

This is coming along nicely Dave

[Guest]

Looking good Dave

[monica]

coming along nicely and looking good Dave,

[Dave W]

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Done a bit more filling of fuselage seams this evening.And I glued the pilots canopy on after masking it.The forward canopy section isn't a very good fit.So I've glued it on with superglue gel and filled the gaps with the same stuff.I took the precaution of coating the transparency in Kleer before hand so the glue wouldn't fog the canopy.

[eddiesolo]

Some great work Dave, coming along really well.

Si

[flyjoe180]

Nicely masked Dave.

[Lee W]

Great stuff Dave

Lee

[colin m]

Looking good Dave, but oh, masking canopies. I don't think I've ever done one without drawing blood. Sharp things those scalpels............