Last antennas are finally mounted, VOR antenna and a pole antenna (not sure if I use the correct naming for them). Now that everything is in place and the last touch-ups are done, it is time for the final gloss coat. Unfortunately temperatures are below zero outdoors and even in the garage temperature is too low to get a good coating.

Very nice final details, @johnb, definitely best to wait for your garage to warm up a bit, you don’t want to risk the final gloss coat to go wrong after all your hard work on this model.

Looks great, John (@johnb). When you get this close to the end, it is easy to get impatient. Probably best to wait for better conditions.

@eb801, thank you, Eric. Great tip about warming the bottles, I do prefer however to wait for the temperature to rise a bit.

@chinesegeorge, thanks, George. Indeed, I would go mad if at this stage the final coat goes wrong.

@stephen-w-towle, thank you, Stephen. True, current Tamiya builds, the Suzuki and Mustang, make sure I can wait with the final coat.

@gblair, thanks a lot, George. Always difficult to wait at this stage. Would love to see this one finished.

@fiveten, thank you, Spiros. Final major step will be rmeoving the masks.

WOW - it is a really beautiful result John. On a kit this big noone will see those tiny windows being there - the size and good looks will distract people from noticing them. Well done - looking forward to some sunshine for a photo-op!

It looks great, @johnb, I wonder why those windows were removed.

@chinesegeorge, my guess why the windows were removed is that they would be very likely to sustain damage from the frequent bombardment of ice from the propellers, especially in north atlantic conditions.