@fiveten Spiros, I've seen there's Athens Airshow this following weekend. I mentioned I am thinking about going there over a weekend to my significant other, and I guess I don't have to say she wasn't really amused by the idea 😀 But I'll certainly be exploring more of Greece in the future.

@airbum Erik, haha, well it's a Lacquer cote, so it was cured before I managed to clean the airbrush 😀 But I sure plan to refill the batteries and finish this build soon upon return.

@johnb John, thank you and thank you! 🙂

Your IL-2 looks great, Sebastijan (@inflames). I noticed that you used Mr. Paint on your plane. I had never used it before, but I got some RLM 02 for the cockpit of the early 109 I am building. It seems to work very well. It is a little hard to get where I am, but I think my local hobby shop will start carrying it. The forward to the finish line on your IL-2.

I suspect you're a good modeler because of your skills, Sebastijan (@inflames), but I think finding a paint you like is certainly helpful. I had a hard time transitioning from using Floquil lacquers to acrylics, then I found Tamiya paints and my headaches disappeared. Now I mainly use AK Real Colors, as well as Tamiya, but my local hobby shop stopped selling AK because they said they were hard to get. I like Mr. Paint, but they have a stronger odor than either Tamiya or AK. So I guess you just have to roll with the changes.

G'day Sebastian (@inflames),
Your build, the painting and decals looks great.
I though about building that aircraft too, but have decided to do something different.
I'm not too far off painting and hope the colours look as good as yours.

Spiros (@fiveten),
I've just looked up the airshow website and it looks like a great event.
If (when) I ever get over to Greece I'll have to make it to a show.

Thank you, Michael! @michaelt. Looking forward to seeing your work.

Unfortunately it is the last full day of my vacations.

Looks like paradise, Sebastijan @inflames
Enjoy this last day.

So, while we are doing holiday pics...
Lots of blue sky but not so much water.

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And, back on topic...
The fit of the wing to fuselage is great at the wing root and under the nose with just a little blending required under the rear fuselage.
From my observation the later is not on a panel line and so needs to be eliminated completely.
Not shown are the horizontal tails which also had a great fit.

1 attached image. Click to enlarge.