Yes it is. No additional mods were made. Just what you see here.
Yes. I did not modify the original nose structure @jerac has in place. I did however remove 2 of the forward-most “Modified 1x1 brick with headlight” in order for the landing gear to get more flush with the bottom. It does not compromise strength to the nose at all.
I haven’t done decals per se, but I Had used yellow electrical tape to get some of the yellow accents of red 5. I since decided against this and went back to Jerac’s dark tan pieces instead.
Hey @Jerac, what’s new with V9? I believe I got V8, is there anything worth modding or rebuilding?
I joined this forum just to give props to @Jerac on such an amazing build. I just finished Red 5 with my 7 year old son and we are absolutely blown away by this MOC. This is our 3rd MOC together and the most challenging. Obviously my kid couldn't do some of the steps, but after 4 evenings with it, he was definitely intrigued by all the interesting connections and techniques. Well worth the price of the instructions and I only had to fork over $70 to BrickLink since my two boys were gracious enough to donate a large portion of the LBG pieces I needed. I'll have to upload some pics soon. We came up with a pretty cool front landing gear mod I think you all will like.