This is the first time for me to start a build by cutting the kit apart.
Fuselage cut up in order to be able to relocate the cockpit forward, and to shorten the hull in front of the wingroot.
To be continued…….
Metallic Detail engine is a bit too long for the cowling, if the kit‘s exhaust plate has to fit in there as well, so the engine had to be slightly shortened. Exhaust plate is needed, because cowlflaps will be displayed open, so the inner structure of the cowling will be visible to some degree.