Panda Phil

Beat me to it. Paint can always be removed and reapplied. What's important is how much detail these little darlin's have. Personally I'm rather partial to the SD type ship. Clone fighter isn't bad either.

2lb nylon fishing line for my 1/48 kits.

Lots of different methods really. On the extreme end, some buy aftermarket decals of control dials, drill out the dials on the plastic control panel, put the decal behind it and add a drop of clearcoat to the holes. Me, I'm not that patient. I just paint the control panel its overall color then lightly run a white coloring pencil over it to bring out the highlights. I do the same with a silver pencil when I want to add weathering and paint chipping.

I did a search on this topic and came up empty, so here goes. I decided to take a shot at an old 1/48 Pro Modeller Me-410 that's been sitting on my shelf for about four years, only to discover that both cockpit windshields (kit comes with two different versions) are damaged. Apparently when it was made a hot piece of plastic fell across the bag holding the clear sprues, melting right through the bag, shattering one windscreen and leaving a big burned dent in the corner of another. Since I haven't been able to find a replacement kit anywhere, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to