Thanks for your comments Spiros (@fiveten), Greg (@gkittinger).
Sofar this is a really nice kit, every progress steps seems to go without issues, hopefully Murphey is not around the corner to step in.
Currently applying the decals, main decals are ready and next up are the tiny ones.
Still being able to choose for open and closed canopy.
Did also experiment a bit on the exhaust stains and I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
The spinners were painted with a technique I learned from our friend Rodney @f2g1d which worked very well.
Enjoy the weekend.

@fiveten, Thanks Spiros, this is the article where I found the technique used by Rodney.

British Typhoon

Very nice, John.

Such a beautiful build - looking forward to the last bits!

You’ve rounded the last curve and heading down the straight away to the checkered flag @johnb! You’ve done an excellent job here. I built the Hasegawa version with the underside canon and winter camo. Your build has inspired me to pick up another one of these and do a better job.

Yank those canopy masks off so we can see it in all its glory!

Turning out really nice John, @johnb, the paint looks great. The the camo looks great and flashes of color add interest and to the generic Luftwaffe paint scheme.

The Henschel looks fantastic, John. The perfect result of a lot of very careful, skillful modelling. Interesting that you learned the prop masking technique from Rodney. Without knowing about Rodney's article, I came up with a nearly identical approach for my Buffalo build, making a paper tube kept to the right diameter with a cylindrical marker with masking tape on the inside.

I also showed a perhaps easier technique (which I haven't personally tried yet) using rubber heat shrink tubing that works well at smaller scales. In any case, the effect of the masking you have done is great. You went farther than I did in getting three colors, keeping the white band exactly even in width. BTW, I am not sure you necessarily needed a more matt finish. Just my humble personal opinion but , based on photos of real warbirds in the field, I think it looks quite authentic the way it is. I've also found that models I have matt coated look a bit glossy when the paint is fresh and fade to more matt/eggshell after a week or so. Just my two cents worth.