So, it's yellow.
It actually went pretty well, even though it took a good part of the day. I ended up putting 6 light coats on altogether and followed my usual working practice of giving each coat longer to dry than the previous one. That gave me time to help the wife put some wallpaper up in the kitchen between coats
She cut & pasted, I applied & trimmed.
I gave it about 3 hours to dry in the house, in the (occasional) sun in a window sill, then threw on 3 coats of Vallejo gloss varnish. Gave it around an hour then removed the masking before it all set too hard.
There are a few bits that need cleaning up but not too bad I reckon. I have made a boo boo with the canopy frame though. The instructions indicate that most of it is black so I masked accordingly. However looking at a few images of the real thing it seems most of the frames are in fact yellow! Oh well, should have done my research first I guess.
Will give it a few days to harden up before I start to tackle the
decals and final assembly, since there is so much paint on it. I'm hoping to paint some of the black areas like around the engine exhausts rather than using
decals, but will use them to create a stencil, and may even try my hand at some light weathering. Pictures show they are generally in a very clean condition but almost all show exhaust streaking down the sides, so might give that a shot.
Thanks for looking.
Andy.