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Where should I begin?...
Since I decided to turn the Monogram prototype kit into a production model, I needed to investigate on the web, what needed to be done. 

After that, I removed the optical-turret, cut the original lounge chairs and replaced with others made of Evergreen plastic sheet.  I added lots of cockpit framing, boxes, wiring, buttons and more scratch things, based on web research and a little on make believe.
I wanted my weapons bay all the way open, so I had to cut and sand to modified it.
The interior bomb bay was detailed with Evergreen sheet, wiring and other things to represent the real.

I made aerials, vortice generators, etc out of sheet plastic.  The radar nose, was detailed, and the aceed engine door open.  My warning, weight the nose down a real good.  To test for center of balance with the wings fully swept, it makes a big difference.

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For painting I preferred  Tamiya Acrylic paints, XF-53;XF-54 and XF-24.  I made the decals in a jet printer, but the nose nose art, I have painted myself.  With the paint and decals complete, a final coat of  Marabu Aqua Mattlack.

I enjoyed it immensely to built this kit, and it looks very good in my collection.
Fernando 

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