The "improved" exhaust was attached...

Thanks my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!

Thanks my friend @johnb!

Almost there, Spiros @fiveten
A beauty in progress.

The exhaust gases staining is quite prominent at all Hueys after some hours of operation, so I happily applied some of it...

I also painted on the navigation lights - believe it or not, they had six (!), three at each side, at least during their early years, as later on the tail ones seemed to have been deleted - and the top anti-collision one. Finally, the roof mounted "knife" style VHF aerial was painted black and attached (not shown at pics).

Next is final coat.

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks my friend @johnb!
Who knows why? The only possible answer is for them to be visible from different angles, also when carrying machine guns which would protrude to the sides etc..
Aren't all these details nice, that are discovered through modeling?

Thanks for the explenation, Spiros @fiveten.
Because of their speed it would be good to become more visible as well I guess.
Coating come on nicely.