Paul Juliano
Nicely done!!

Dave Flitton
A shame about the props, but the rest of the build looks great

Treehugger Autor
Thanks 🙂 I want to point out that I never relied on masking the side windows the way one would expect. What I did was to add primer and paint just around the small window openings on the two hull parts on the sides, then gluing on the small windows, then adding a rough mask, then gluing the parts together. I nearly worked but I wasn't careful enough and had some issues with overspray with grey on grey leaving a subtle edge of sorts, but in theory, it would have worked imo. Ideally I should have avoided letting any paint get near the side window areas so as to avoid spraying on top of the rough masking tape covering the windows. The gloss coats just went over the side windows. I did not dare covering the big canopy piece with gloss coat. Any speck of dust or particles and it would look bad imo. On the flip side, adding a gloss coat over masking tape, seems to have the stuff build up against the masking tape edges, which sucks. I should try being more careful not spraying any more paint around masking than strictly needed.

Nathan Dempsey
Even with your build issues, the finish came out well. I have this kit, but I want to build it in different markings than provided in the box. I suppose I'll get around to it some day.

Dave Flitton
YES! Different markings would be great!

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful and clean job, Treehugger! 👏👏👏

Treehugger Autor
Thank you. 🙂
I remember learning the importance of using primer paint to hide seams. I did eventually learn that, the moment you add glue to a seam, even though it might look smooth, chances are that the plastic is "melted/eaten away" at the edges ever so slightly and that a tiny gap will appear along the glued seam.
Later I learned that a simpler way of fixing seams, is to just use a toothpick or something for applying a rich amount of primer paint along a seam, and then gently sand flush.
One issue with Vallejo's primer paint, might be that the primer don't stick to the plastic well enough, and so cleaning the surface with alcohol and maybe sanding it a little should help make the primer paint stick I think.

Edit: The future of scale modeling projects for me, has to include some kind of piece of paper making notes, because I find it annoying that I keep forgetting subtle things I thought about earlier, but forgot as time passed.