Thanks George, the camo looks just a bit too new and bright at the moment, shall tone it down with a wash and weathering. The cooling vents are just inscribed lines on the kit , so I drilled them out , its a pity it doesn't have an engine as all you see is empty space, I am hoping that when the front is closed off that it will be too dark inside to notice.

Looks excellent so far, my friend @firelockg! Strange that the windscreen was molded in solid styrene.

This looks very nice, Ian @firelockg
Your newly build windscreen looks great.

Took the "new" off it today with a light brown wash, before the rigging gets in the way.
I am waiting for some Gaspatch turnbuckles, got to pick up at the PO tomorrow, but started the rigging today. Tail rigged, undercarriage completed and cabane struts started. Start the rest when I get the parcel home. The photos show dust on the model, from drilling rigging mounting points, forgot to blow it off.

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Thanks Spiros, the turnbuckles arrived today ,so onward and upward.

Thanks John, have to make a heap of mounting eyelets and secure them before any rigging takes place. The SPAD has allot of complex rigging so have to go carefully so as not to make a mess of it.

This is impressive rigging, Ian @firelockg
Looks great.