Engine and cowling mounted. Fitting was not too bad.

As you can see in the previous picture, I removed the rudder. This, to be able to paint it instead of using the provided decals for the red/white lines. The provided drawings are 1:1 with the kit, making it more easy to apply the masks in correct dimensions.

Progressing well, John. I really like this project.

@gblair, thank you, George. So far this kit is pretty nice to build. Only issue was the front upper piece of the fuselage, but it was not that bad to get it fit nicely.

@j-healy, thanks a lot, John.

@fiveten, thank you, Spiros. Usually painting gives much better results on rudders than the lager decals.

@johnb
Nice work, or should I say very nice work so far John.
Much like Chuck a few days ago, only now did I spot this build log…and got stuck looking at your progress so far. Keep it comin’

Great that you can use the kit supplied canopy, my friend @johnb! Looks great on!

@holzhamer, thanks a lot for the motivating comments, Pedro.

@gblair, thank you, George. Since I have no experience with vacuform yet, I wanted to give it a try on this one. But when I saw the nice fit of the original one, I don't want to take the risk and play with vacuform. Maybe another time.

@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros. There were even two included in the kit, at first I thought they were different but both are exactly the same. I was lucky with that, because the first one had a crack at the frontside, second one is still fine.

@tcinla, thank you, Tom. Apreciate your compliments a lot.

Landing gear looks great, my friend @johnb!