The only real hiccup I had was the landing gear. They are at an angle, but to my eyes the angle was so slight I couldn't really make it out. trying to fix one, I snapped it, but thankfully my little collection of styrene rod had the correct size.
Giving the build a break, I wanted to make a little vignette representing the alien planet or Goblin Valley UT. I had generic "science" looking figures. But when it came time to find them, they were no where to be seen.
So my vignette will just be the ship. The base was some carved foam, the base was a Michaels 6" round placque with some torn cork sheet on it, and then some Vallejo Ground paste (or whatever it's called). 
Next up was painting the windows. I saw a tutorial about painting windows once and it involved creating a gradient where the darkest color was up top and it got lighter toward the bottom I airbrushed some MIG NASA bluie after a bit of masking, and then added a few drops of the darkest blue I had to the cup, and just shot the upper left corner. It worked out pretty well.
Then came the decals. They looked pretty poor as they weren't solid. But once down on the craft, they looked fine.
And just like that I was finished. Thanks for looking.
