Reborn of Tomcat - in-progress pics

A few years back my friend gave me this model (previously assembled by his kids) because there were no space for this big cat in their appartment. 

A year or so back I decided to give it new life because I just can't stand that level of assembling and painting such a huge cat 🙂 

Today... the time has finaly come. 

After two houres in water with caustic soda old paint starts to dissolve .... 

Wings and stabilizers clean but need some old glue removing 🙂 

The cockpit almost ready to prime 🙂