F-84G

I am pretty sure they are using the gunbay instructions from their 1/48th set because the 1/72 set does not look like that here. 

These instructions really leave a lot of ambiguity so I am just trying to fit them as well as possible. I had to sand the wheelbays backing to paper thin and also sand out the wings until they were nearly translucent to get them to close over the resin parts 

The amount of sanding, snipping, and dry fitting that had to happen for these pieces to fit was no small task. More resin I think was removed than remains on the actual parts. I am still not 100% confident it will all go together 

Example of how thin they had to be shaved down. It was just under a half inch thick from the cast. 

A lot of trial and error to get these parts to fit. I couldn't get the gun barrels to line up with the ports but it is as close as it will get. 

I had to use a lot of clamps to hold the plastic down around the resin parts but they seem to be holding and test fitting seems okay now 

I ended up leaving the sidewalls off the cockpit because the two half's of the fuselage just wouldn't close. I have sanded the plastic part nearly paper thin to make as much room as possible too but it just wouldn't fit. With how closed up it is it will be hard to tell anyway but it was still frustrating. I will probably be gluing the canopy closed though on this one. 

After filling in the seem lines, it was time to finally lay down the gloss black base. Soon to be followed up with some Alclads. 

Alclad Polished Aluminum used for the main color. I will be doing some panels in lightly different colors to add some variety