Thanks a million khodges. I know that had to take forever to type that all out. Really appreciate it.

Okay, scrap the rib stitching. Too much work for a "stand way the heck off in the distance" scale. It's just an off the shelf kit. Not a super scale model for static display. I'm reallyu glad you told me about how the seams disappear. I'd have been all day trying to make it look right, and the seams would have been dissappearing. [sm=tongue_smile.gif]

I'll post pics when I get to that stage. It's gonna be this summer sometime.