As with most of my models, I started looking for subassemblies. I found several. The first one was the wings. These fit rather well, but there are gaps along the sides of the engine nacelles that you will have to fill. It actually took several applications as a few of them are rather large. The tailplanes were glued together at this time as well. While looking at the fins, I noticed some rather large ejector pin marks that have to be filled in.

Attention then turned to the interior. All of the inside parts were sprayed interior green using the last of my Aeromaster US interior green. The Testors Model Master green is a good match as well, unless you are really fussy about these colors, then you'll have to mix them to your own satisfaction. The cockpit is pretty basic with only seats, instrument panel, bombardier's chair and a bomb site. The instruments themselves are a decal and there is no detail at all on the center console. If you want to spend another $30-40 dollars, Eduard produces two very nice etched brass sets for this kit, one for the bomb bay alone.

After all the various bulkheads and other interior bits had dried, I started installing them into a fuselage half. The fit of these parts is not as good as I'd have liked. Starting in the back with the gunner's platform, this part is actually a bit too narrow for the space it has to occupy. While it fits one side just fine, there is a gap when it comes to the other side. This wasn't true of the aft bomb bay bulkhead. This part is too broad and needed to be sanded down to get the other half to fit! The nose gear attachment point at the very front of the fuselage fit rather well. The forward bomb bay bulkhead also did not fit very well, though did not need any trimming once it was finally in place.

During this operation, the bomb bay doors were glued in the closed position. I know that they were often left open, especially in the tropics, to prevent condensation from forming, but I like a clean looking plane. These fit acceptably well though sanding was needed to smooth things out. I also took this time to modify the bombardier's side windows. On the plane I'm modeling, they are more square than what comes with the kit. An easy enough thing to do with a file and a few minutes.