Rick,
Just went through your thread here and I believe all you have used out of the kit was some of the plastic. You have a really great looking build going there. Hope to see the finished ship soon, real curious how it will look with paint on it.

Very impressive build so far. You have come about as close to a scratch build as one can without it being totally scratch built. I sure hope you can finish it in time, I think the amount of work and effort you have done is prizeworthy.