My condition has flared up again so I'm on a liquid only diet for a while to give my gut a rest. This has made me a bit foggy headed so I've left the fiddly details of seat belts and wiring for now and moved on with construction.
Front gear bay was next on the list, which fits to a central spar that helps align and strengthen the fuselage and wing joints. All the parts were given a blast of silver before assembly and the khaki piece at the back (I've no idea what it is!) was masked and sprayed too. It'll get livened up with some weathering at a later stage, when I do the main landing gear bays.
Flipping that over we add it to the lower fuselage. You can see the wheel hump that forms part of the cockpit floor, and one of the 3 ball bearing weights. The fit is so precise on these parts that glue is almost an afterthought. The BB had a few drops of CA to make sure it doesn't rattle around.
Then everything was brought together with the top fuselage section/cockpit and the wing leading edge sections, ailerons, and wing tips were added. Again, fit is nigh on perfect with no ambiguity on positioning and some of the joints between parts become panel gaps that exactly match the ones already scribed in. Very impressive.
I then moved on to the turbochargers. There are two different versions in the kit for the F or G, and of course the early ones I'm doing are slightly more difficult. Construction is easy enough but painting will be a challenge as some parts are body coloured, some not, and some both lol. It wouldn't be too bad if I were brush painting them in a straight colour but I'd like to add a bit of texture and wear to the turbo housings themselves so it will take a bit of faffing about. I've pretty much got a plan but will give it another coat of thinking once my head clears a bit.