Thank you gentlemen. Another week of filling mud-holes in for muppet truckers is done. Decals are on and when dry, the sticky-outy bit will be attached. Press fit on the prop assembly for a test fit and now fearful I might break something trying to get it off so there it now sits. This was painted three times as Tamiya chose to mold the props with the spinner; very annoying trying to get painted.

I chose to leave the area under the rear of the canopy in the original camo colour. The photos show this as a different colour than the rest of the airframe but this may very well be a lighting effect. I've found another set of photos for a different captured A6M5 Model 52 and as I have one more in the stash, I'll start another thread for the GB shortly