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Modelers can be somewhat obsessed with details when preserving the past either in 1/72 or 1/48 scale.

The instructions say olive drab for the control wheels.

But the man in the video said red was the original color.

While I am pondering how to paint the control wheels I did some dry fitting.

This step of mating the fuselage halves can make it or break it what you are building.The fit looks fine except for aft section.

I know mating the fuselage halves will require to glue them in sections starting with the bow.

But I am not there yet having to decide how to paint the control wheels and the cockpit details.

Spoiler

Control wheels and cockpit details painted and this was finally glued in place…