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It's hard to believe it's been almost three years since my last post! 

Not much but, the stairs just dangle past the gun deck, so I made an orlop deck from scratch.

Great Job OC

Great Job Again Patrick, your collection must be quite large by now!

Looks like quite the model, can't wait to see more of your build.

Great  looking plane!

Very cool!

I primed some parts...

Added the weapons...

There was a gap between the rear fenders and body, I'm using styrene to fill the gap...

I put the clear coat on,...

... decals and wheels

Starting to look like a car...

I fixed the water pump and assembled the engine...

Great Build!  Learning a lot from your Riviera.

Truly Amazing Work!

I am trying to do two modification to the engine, sparkplug wires made from 28 ga. wire and correcting the water pump...

Should look closer to this...

Working on the engine...

I managed to get some primer on the fuselage

I'm on a roll, I have finished not one, but two models, first time since 1982!

I am almost ready to prime the fuselage and getting the rest of the part ready too

I have been wanting to build this kit for some time, but the instructions kept me from trying.  Then someone suggested Fotki.com and problem solved.  But, I was still missing the whitewalls and like magic, after many searches, the whitewalls were on ebay, hurray!

I decided on a Burgundy body on Black fenders and frame.  Right now, I'm trying to get the body tight to the rear fenders.

How cool is that!

I got the parts I needed!

I started working on the engine and put a coat of semigloss on the chrome sprue to make it look a little less toy like.

I got this kit a long time ago and it was missing the instruction manual and the four whitewall insert parts for the tires.  So it sat in my stash pile, until I found the whitewalls on ebay for $15.  Still waiting on the parts, but I found the instruction at Fotki.  Now, the instructions for some reason don't show steps 1 thru 8, but I think I can make it work.

So, here we go!

Are you trying to not spoil the finish?

I remember my mom complaining when 'ethyl' hit 35 cents a gallon and a dollar didn't buy three gallons anymore!  Gas was cheap and plentiful.  I remember when three out of four corners of every intersection was a gas station as well.