It looks perfect, Michael.

The nose is faired in now as is the tail.
I've just attached the wings and the seams need cleaning up.
It is almost up to painting.

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The beautiful shape is there, Michael.
Looking forward to the camo being applied.

Good progress, Michael @michaelt
Pre shading looks nice.

And now a nice coat of Gunze H414 RLM 23.
I picked this paint up on a whim a little while ago - before I bought this kit - and I am very happy with the shade.
It is a little darker than the sample in my copy of "The Official Monogram Painting Guide to German Aircraft 1935-1945" but it catches the right, slightly muted tone of the red.
I think it is a much better colour for the aircraft than a standard brighter red would be.

This aircraft was painted red over night before the type's first combat flight as a tribute to the Red Barron and a s a surprise for the pilot, Maj Spate.
As such, it would have been a hurried job, so I've left the nooks and crannies of the underside in the original pale blue.

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G'day Spiros (@fiveten),
You managed to reply before I'd corrected my double posting of the top-side photo.
By the way, I was admiring your build of the Shenyang J-5 on Modelling Madness.
Your build is out of my usual scale, but I would like to build a 1/48 Mig-7/Shenyang J-5 one day...

G'day Spiros (@fiveten),

A few of years ago I sat in the cockpit of a MiG-17 (actually a Polish built Lim-6M).

I'm about 1.87m tall (6 ft 1/5in) and sitting in the cockpit (admittedly without having adjusted the seat height) my eyeline was roughly in line with the top of the windscreen. I would have had to duck significantly to close the canopy. That is a very small cockpit to fly such a fast aircraft in, and possibly escape from in an emergency.