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Originally Posted by PAPER FAN
I always paint my lower hulls. I also leave as much paper past the upper seam as I can to provide a gluing strip for the upper hull plates. Older models like this one are especially prone to mismatched parts. Painting the lower hull covers up all that. The upper plates will be over the lower not butted but nobody looks at the model from underneath so that edge is naturally hidden.
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Or as I discovered as I did the rest of the hull the last piece has a panel gap which I will fill with a thin strip of leftover material. I made one more mistake during the assembly and put two panels on backwards. First one has stayed like that as it's a middle panel and almost symmetrical but as I was putting on the third panel I realized I needed to razor off the second and pull the third 30 seconds after putting it on. I've since put them on correctly but some sanding, testors contour putty, and painting will now be definitely required.