The weathering is looking good. This is an amazing kit, I like it even more as this is one of the only kits based on A New Hope and not Empire. gluing the two halves together will make me nervous as well. When I finally get to mine I want to do as much of the interior as I am able to. I really want the hallway out of the cockpit lit, along with a bunch of lighting in the cockpit area. So Did your kit have over 600 pieces in total?