Next, after I assembled and seamed the upper body section, I used MS to sculpt the shirt collar, tie, and coat lapels. For the kit seams, I used a great tip that I picked up online for working styrene seams using liquid cement and baking soda. Just run a bead of liquid cement in the seam and sprinkle generously with some baking soda, press it into the seam after a few seconds, and blow off the excess. Once the cement cures, you can sand and smooth the seam nicely and easily. I sculpted the tie and shirt collar over the molded button on the collar using MS. I laid in the coat’s neckline with rolled out MS and blended it into the chest; then I cut out about a ¼” strip of my scrap plastic for the cross strap and glued it to the right shoulder as if it goes under the epaulet. I also secured it a little farther down the front, enough for me to lay in the left and right lapels (over the strap); I glued pin heads into drilled holes for the coat buttons and what will be a ruby tie pin. To simulate a buckle area on the cross strap, I added another strip of plastic up from the waistline as well as a buckle made out of sections of a staple. I made a stay with a tiny bit of the scrap plastic, and secured another ¼” piece of scrap plastic on the back to simulate the continuation of the cross strap.