Cheers Joe.
I had an email yesterday saying that my masks had only just been dispatched, despite ordering them last week. I can't complain given the current situation but it would have stalled the build and I have nothing else stashed away to keep me busy. Coupled to my comments above, I decided to have a go with the lettery bits and roundels on the side.
Over 2 hours of careful cutting, soaking, teasing, poking and prodding, several coats of microsol, and gently easing the softened
decals down by rolling a cotton bud over them. With a final mist coat of Mr Levelling Thinner left overnight, they seem to have sunk down reasonably well. Hopefully a few coats of gloss and a light sanding should hide the edges a bit.
I never thought I'd dedicate so much time to a few stickers, but if that's what it takes to get acceptable results then fair enough.
By the way, that's the spare antenna just blocking up the hole while I'm painting, so no issues that it's broken. There is supposed to be another hole to the rear of it though for a clear part to pop into. I didn't see anywhere in the instructions about opening it out, the hole just appears in one of the final illustrations, so I've shaved the locating pin off the tiny part and will take pot luck on getting it into the correct position.