"Happy Birthday Buck" Thunder Fighter (1:32 scale)

Here are the parts for the rest of the underside and landing gear.
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The underside components are assembled.
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The components are attached in place.
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The landing gear strut is assembled.
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The landing gear strut is attached in place.
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Here are the parts for both the vertical and horizontal stabilizers.
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The vertical stabilizers are assembled.
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The vertical stabilizers are attached in place.
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The horizontal stabilizers are assembled.
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The horizontal stabilizers are attached in place.
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Moving on to the cockpit canopy. The main canopy pieces will be (loosely) sitting in place. That way, my friend can display it with the canopy open (so that you can see the cockpit interior) or closed.

Here are the parts for the cockpit canopy.
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The rear (anchor) piece is assembled.
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The rear (anchor) piece is attached in place.
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The rear canopy piece is assembled.
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The rear canopy piece is sitting in the "OPEN" position.
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The rear canopy piece is sitting in the "CLOSED" position.
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I attached the center (anchor) piece in place.
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The rear canopy piece is put in place to check the placement of the center (anchor) piece.
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The front canopy piece is assembled.
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The front canopy piece. Both canopies in the "OPEN" position.
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Both canopies in the "CLOSED" position.
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