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This project started out mainly as an R&D effort to create the perfect shade of ANA 623 Gloss Sea Blue.... However, with the other Corsair done (#3) and with much of the subassembly work done (because i was in temporary housing where i could glue and sand, but not paint), This project started to gain momentum. Presenting El Corsair Grande, Numero Quattro. As many of you know, this time round i am using the Barracuda Studios resin seat. However, i am not using the Barracuda Corsair cockpit placards this time because it seems that they sold out. On one hand, they add a lot to the finished cockpit, but on the other they are time consuming and tedious to install, rapidly sucking joy from the project. But with that aside, the cockpit is installed, the fuselage halves glued together and much of the supporting cast of fuselage parts are installed. Prior to mounting the windscreen, of course i had to paint and mount the armor glass. The -1A incorporated a smaller, rectangle shaped piece of glass towards the top... To attach this, i used a product called Micro Liquitape. Its sort of like 3M post it note adhesive in a bottle. You brush it on, give it a few minutes to dry, and once set it stays perpetually tacky. I was able to attach the little piece onto the bigger piece of glass with no mess. Value Added- DINGG!! I cut the canopy masks using my customary method of sticking them to a piece of .010 sheet styrene, and then carefully trimmed and sanded the tape/plastic composite to final size. The Tamiya masks are quite accurately sized and fit well. Your results may vary, according to age and eyesight. The windscreen was mounted using Mig AMMO acrylic glue and taped in place to dry overnight. It fit well. Many of the components such as wings, flaps, empennage etc. are assembled, sanded, and ready to install. As usual, i will clean up all of the fuselage seams and attend to the wing center section joint first, before the other parts go on. The last "Time-Sucky-Part" of the build is the R-2800 powerplant, but i'll put that off for a little while longer. I'm hoping my model will look *something* like this... That is all for now. Thanks for shopping! -d-