I can finally call this build as done! Adding some shots of the model when I was painting it. For this build I decided to hand brush it, first by applying a couple of thin down coats of Tamiya Flat Aluminum. Then I brushed on probably 6 coats of Tamiya flat red that was thinned down a lot. After brushing on a coat of Future, decals were applied from the kit. They were a bit brittle and cracked on me on 3 out of the first 10 decals applied to it. I had to use Micro Scale Decal Maker to minimize further breaking/cracking of the decals.
At the end, a flat coat was applied, the canopy glued into place, cannon barrels, antenna mast, EZ Line for the aerial and painted the navigation lights.
3 attached images. Click to enlarge.
