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Of course, nothing is so simple as it looks. I run into some problems while masking various parts for the final clear cote.

The yellow areas received a gloss coat, the grey ones a semi-gloss coat and the black ones a flat cleat coat.

While removing the masks for the anti-glare flat coat, I managed to damage the upper part of the tactical number from the right side.

So again some masking was done in order to repair the damage with white paint...

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Engine cowling installed also.

Because I thinned so much the trailing edge of the cowling, it was a little bit difficult to put it in the right position, since there is no more direct contact between the cowling and the fuselage. So I was forced to glue the cowling directly to the engine - I just put some white glue on the top of each cylinder and then put the cowling on. This left me enough time for trimming the right position and with a pretty solid bond after the white glue had dried.

Also I have some sort of dilemma regarding the top of the engine cowling. More precisely, should I leave it as it is, or should I paint it black, like the rest of the anti-glare area on the nose? I saw both variants for Guantanamo birds...and I'm lazy...so I might just leave it as it is:)  

 

It seems now that I'm on short final with the Texan...hope that pretty soon it will be on RFI.

 

Thanks for looking and regards,

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Finally finished this one.

Although it took me such a long time to finish it, it was a nice and rewarding build.

Thank you so  much Gents for your time and for your kind words.

Hope you like it.

RFI here:

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