Thanks everyone.
Progress is quite rapid thanks to the minimal part clean-up and the fact that this kit is just so compelling... As my missus was away I was able to just keep returning to it on Sunday... She is back now so progress will slow down a bit.... Anyway tonight I will start some detail painting on the interior and I have a couple more progress shots.
I joined the front of the fuselage to the rear and this really underlines the thoughtful engineering of this kit.
You can see the large location pins to make sure that parts is perfectly located with a lot of 'join area'. Some thin cement applied to the join on the inside and when you turn the parts over...
You cannot even tell that it was two parts in the first place!
Next up some lights and before location the fittings into the fuselage I use my chrome pens on the reflectors.
The photo does not show this very well, but the chrome pens really do give a great shiny chrome look. I will next use transparent paint, of the correct shades, on the inside of the transparencies then with Gator Glue fix them into the light fittings. The Montex mask set includes a full set of masks for transparencies including these lights which is handy as the supplied
Tamiya ones need cutting out, not the easiest of tasks.
Detail painting tonight. More pics tomorrow.