Pic.1. In the last 2 days I have had to strip the paint from the fuselage, used Dettol and a soft brush in the Dremel, workshop smells like a hospital now.

Pic.2. New undercoat on the fuselage, ready for the camo decal application, could be interesting.

Pic.3. Decals on the wings, have to be at 45degrees, I think they did it that way so that the fabric would not tear , as the warp and weft would not be at a right angle to the wing. ( Fabric tears along the warp or weft easily )

Pic.4. Bottom wings , upper and lower lozenge decals. Now to put on the rib tapes, another long fun job.

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A lot of work done, Ian @firelockg
Some good progress.

Solid progress and excellent looks so far, my friend @firelockg!

I am still working on the fuselage, my first impression of the kits instructions was that they seemed quite good, how wrong I was. The instructions leave some parts out completely and you have to read pages ahead to see what is what.

If anyone has one of these kits , I would suggest that the front cabane struts are fitted before the fuselage is closed , otherwise you could be in difficulty in fitting them. I have not fitted them yet but have tried them out and got them to where they will fit after much fiddling about and cutting the cowling away.

Started to fit the rib tapes to the wings, have competed the underside today, maybe the top side tomorrow.

Put the fuselage decals on also.

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You are progressing nicely on this one, Ian @firelockg
Definitely not an easy build.

John,
the build has challenged me several times , but have been able to fix the problems so far.

If it wasn't for the groups encouragement Spiros, the model would probably be sitting in a dark corner gathering dust.