Looking super, my friend @johnb!
Yep, scaling down those antennas adds a lot to realism!

@johnb - what’s your method for the burnt metal look? That’s very realistic.

@johnb just had the pleasure of working my way through the whole thread. This is absolutely outstanding. Shame to lock that brilliant interior away - but the photos were great!

Very good work!

Primer applied, some minor things to be corrected and cleaned.

Up close always look dramatic - especially in this scale. The overall looks are great, and the color helps a lot to make the appearance of the wings look very realistic. I never got around to comment on the progress but let me add that the single-door bonb-bay looks a lot better than the kit-solution. Nice!

I agree with Erik, the black looks very dramatic, John (@johnb). You really did some nice work to get all the corrugations and geometric shapes ready for paint.

@airbum, thanks a lot, Erik. I have to be honest that this additional work on the bomb doors did indeed improve the looks.