Note all the injector pins marks. Lots of filling and sanding ahead. Also, you can see the nose wheel bay that comes with the kit. It's practically non existent - shallow and very inaccurate. That's why I scratch-built a replacement.
This old, old kit lives up to it's reputation as being a royal pain. Nothing fit correctly, sink holes/injector marks were everywhere, and it had raised panel lines. I spent for-ev-er filling/blending joints, rescribing the whole thing, adding rivots throughout, and scratch-building the entire nose wheel bay. I swore I would never build another one of these, then Revell announced a new kit, so, we'll see. This thing is so big that it's difficult to get good pictures of the entire thing. I need to figure out a new way to shoot it in new light. In the meantime, sorry the final pics are avant-garde.
