Before gluing the two halves of the hull we opened up the driver’s hatch and replaced the vehicle’s side mounted grill which is poorly detailed. They fit together well, with a minimum of clean up and there’s plenty to do on the rest of the kit so you can do one side then return to the other a few sessions later. Buy Louis Vuitton Artsy GM. As usual for Osprey Publications, 15 colour profiles fill the centre pages, as well as two four view plates which show the original and post mid-1990s colours schemes applied to the Tomcat, as well as the two-tone grey scheme adopted in the mid-1990s which is particularly attractive. Modem tanks in western countries are always well maintained and they do not use to show rust or chipped paint, much more so on this one that was prepared for a photographic session. Buy Louis Vuitton Artsy GM. If the model is built from the box, it takes on the appearance of being on tiptoes and so needs to be adjusted around the nose leg to have it sit properly. This Thunderbolt had been supplied to Brazil and was reallocated to the USAAF but still carried Brazilian national markings under the wings.