@inflames, thank you, Sebastijan. Those tiny elements are nice details to a build.
@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros. It sure does.

Finish line is definitely in sight. Nice detailing @johnb.

Calling it done after adding the antenna wire, the landing light, applying the final matt coat and removing the canopy masks.
Having a closer look brings always points which could have been done better.
Nevertheless I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
She will be presented on the headlines soon.
Below just some quick pictures to get an impression.

Looks great, John (@johnb), and it was a pleasure following along. Now that you have tried the "Washable" paint, I should dig mine out and give it a try. I am always amazed at the end of a build when I take one last, detailed look at the plane, think everything is fine, take the final photos, and discover several things I missed. Oh, well. They say the camera sees everything. Well done on a complex kit.

@fiveten, thanks, Spiros. Hope to get some good moment to take pictures today.

@gblair, thank you, George. Cameras do indeed capture all those little imperfections which are missed by human eye. Or does it simply mean my eyes are not that good anymore 🙂

@tcinla, thanks a lot, Tom.

Now that I am feeling a little better, I've made some major progress. Unfortunately the join between fuselage and wings wasn't the best so some surgery was required there. Machine gun barrels were replaced with insulin injection needles while the 23mm gun barrels and pitot tube were made of brass tubing from Albion Alloys. She's now ready for some paint under the coat of MrSurfacer 1500.

This was a wonderful thread, my friend @johnb!