I am delighted you have picked up Bernie's build in this way Paul - well done.
Some wonderful photos from Louis - a couple here I took of the SE 5A at the Shuttleworth last year - note the painted prop!

2 attached images. Click to enlarge.

David, those are some great photos ! I never thought about the prop being painted, but on some planes it was... Good catch !

Here's a few more of the basic wing airframe, before the covering was applied. These pictures may help you with detail painting of the interior, as the wood should be the same color.

Excellent work Paul...

So... after whooping cough, a family wedding where I had to double as photographer, and a job interview for the wife... I managed to have another fiddle with the small parts of the SE5a. As the inside bits gradually shape up I am aiming for a growth spurt here as we get closer to deadline!

Thanks Louis, the dramas are subsiding so the builds are receiving more attention. Hoping for some progress this weekend, so up early on Saturday morning spraying some PC10 and doped linen from MRP. Goes on really nicely - thin enough to preserve the preshading. Airing on the side of a little more pre-shade for this one in attempt to keep the blocks of single colour broken up and the feel of wood and cloth. Here are three coats of PC10:

And a couple of doped linen:

And a little more construction on the interior.

With it being armistice weekend there is a little more impetus to this build currently.

Paul this is really shaping up now ! I especially like how you posted pictures of the painting process. You can gradually see the shift in color with each new coat of paint. Any more and all of the pre shading you did would not show up at all. You stopped painting at the exact moment you should have.

It looks excellent and Bernie would be proud.

Today I was standing in line at a restaurant when the minute of silence was here in our time zone. They were offering a free steak lunch to all military veterans which is a great way to show appreciation for our veterans.

At that moment I thought "we are standing on the shoulders of giants".

Freedom is not free. Some paid for it with the ultimate sacrifice of life.

There's a saying that goes:
"All gave some, some gave all .".

Great progress, Paul! That is a busy bench with the Lysander, Hurricane, and Spitfire sharing space with the Se-5a.

Nice work Paul - lovely result on the wing fabric great colour!

Shaping up a little, now. The fit is tight - as with Eduard’s recent kits. Takes a little thought but overall I’m growing into it! Some parts here are still loosely fitted.