Missed one day and now nearly all is fitted.
It looks great George.

Time to start painting today. I started out by masking all of the glass with an Eduard set. They went on flawlessly. I usually install the glass on the model first, and then add the masks, but for some reason I did the masking prior to installation. I had something happen during the glass installation that had never, ever, happened before: All of the glass went on perfectly without any need for cutting, sanding, filing, or filler. Yeah!

Prior to installing the the glass over the wing landing light, I wanted to add a little detailing. The cutout in the wing for the landing light was completely empty, so there were three compartment sides and nothing to suggest a light or lens. I got out my dinosaur Waldron Punch and Die that I have had for probably 50 years, and punched out some plastic in appropriate diameter and thickness. I glued the disks into the recess, then painted the compartment with cockpit green, followed by some silver for the lights. After everything dried, I glued the glass over the compartment.

With this done, it was time to add some paint to the plane. I started by spraying cockpit green over all the glass parts so the appropriate color would show on the inside. Since this plane is a prototype, I decided to paint the belly of the plane in a bright yellow. Bear in mind that there are no contemporary descriptions of the colors that this plane carried, and the few photographs that exist are in black and white. So. the colors I am using for this plane are an "educated" best guess. I have done some research on the colors, as well as visiting several British forums that have discussed this topic at length. Since no one knows for sure what the colors were, I took the info I had found, mixed it with a little guesswork, and then added my personal preference.

I didn't use any primer on this plane, so I started by painting a light coat of Tamiya white over all the areas that would receive the yellow color. Since this model has resin, plastic, and filler of differing colors, the white gave me a smooth, consistent base. Also, yellow is much brighter when applied over a light color, such as white. Once this was dry I applied several thin coats of Tamiya Flat Yellow. I then added some white to the yellow and highlighted the center of most of the panels. The really cool thing about acrylics is that they dry so quickly. I was able to paint the cockpit color, the white layer, and the yellow layer in less than 30 minutes. This leaves plenty of time to watch the Cowboys play some football.

Everyone stay safe.

Another nice progress, George.
Those light are for sure a great addition to the build.
The yellow color with the highlighting looks nice.

Oh my. . . - now you're in the fast lane George! Very nice indeed, and your choice of yellow and the twin tail will make this one stand out.

Yesterday was the day to put the camouflage on the plane. If I had thought about it, I would have avoided the British Dark Earth/Dark Green scheme. For some reason, I always seem to have trouble with this scheme. As it turned out, this turned out to be an adventure similar to Goldilocks and the 3 Bears. I was just looking for a brown that was "just right". When I use the "correct" colors, they always seem too light. I grabbed the appropriate colors from AK Real Colors: RAF Dark Earth and RAF Dark Green. I first sprayed a thin coat of the Dark Earth, and then sprayed the Dark Green camouflage freehand. After everything had dried, the earth color looked very light. My first thought was to leave it alone and then use some oils during the weathering process to darken things up a little. I checked the internet, some color chips, and all of the color photos and color diagrams I found had a much darker earth color.

So, last night I decided I would repaint the earth color using Tamiya Dark Brown. This color appeared much too dark. I left it to dry overnight, hoping that the colors would look better in the morning. They didn't, so I decided to paint the camouflage for the third time.

This time I used Tamiya Earth Brown and Tamiya Dark Green 2 (RAF), both diluted with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. The Earth Brown still looked too light in the spray cup, so I added a little Tamiya NATO Brown before I sprayed the brown. Things look a little better this time. I checked the internet again, this time finding photos and diagrams showing a lighter a color similar to what I just sprayed. It still looks light to me, but I am tired of freehanding the camouflage. Right or wrong, I'm sticking with this scheme.

When everything was dry, I used some Jet Exhaust Burnt Iron from Mig Metal Acrylics to paint the front of the nacelles and the exhausts. I also painted the wheel wells with Tamiya Cockpit Green.

Done for today. Clear gloss tomorrow, followed by some drying time, then it will decal time. Yeah!

Three times lucky. . . It was a great effort you put into this, and the results speaks for themselves.

Thanks, Spiros (@fiveten), Erik (@airbum), and John (@JohnB). I took a course for artists a year ago called "Color Theory" where we looked at color matching, color mixing, etc, so you would think matching colors in a model would be easier. If anything, it is harder now. Oh, well. Baby steps...