G'day John (@johnb),

It has been a while since I checked in and you have made a lot of progress.

it is certainly looking good.

Re the canopy, it does sit nicely on the fuselage in either the open or closed position - I guess it is in scale for an armoured canopy. If you look back at the beginning if this thread you will see that I've built one with a closed and another with an open canopy.

So, if you can't decide, you could just leave it unattached and place it in alternate positions as the mood takes you.

i'm looking forward to the final presentation.

@michaelt, thanks Michael, the fit of the canopy is very nice so I will be trying to not glue it. In that case I can just place it as I like.

@airbum, thanks a lot Erik, good to see you are back. And yes indeed, there are a lot of nice articles to catch up.

@j-healy, Thanks John, RLM71 was applied yesterday evening. Masking to be removed and see how it turned out. Hope to post some images later today if house constructions don interfere.

Looking great, my friend @johnb!
The paint is nicely fainted!

Splendid job on the paint John. Makes me itch to get my airbrushes reassembled! Great methodology you use to fade the paint. Duly noted in my little book.

Thanks for the encouraging words, @fiveten @uscusn @airbum

@holzhamer, thanks Pedro, the paints used are Vallejo Model Air (RLM70,71 and 65)

Last weekend I was able to provide the yellow color marking for the eastern front using RLM04.
Had to apply it multiple times to get it sufficient uniform.

VERY nice my friend ! @johnb

Personally I try to paint white as the base color any time I have to spray yellow on anything. Otherwise, it is such a hard paint to make look good.

Yours looks very good as is. Well done ! I especially like the little changes you did with this one, like the PE parts used for the air exit ramps under the coolers... and how you opened up the vent holes on the sides of the cowlings.

I will definitely use this journal when I get around to building the ones I have in my stash.

Looking fantastic on her feet, my friend @johnb!
Love those green shades, among others!