Some updates. I've removed "sprues" on the tail part of fuselage. Fit between middle and tail parts are quite good, but still it needs some small adjustments. Also, I've drilled bottom camera windows. Later I'll put clear plastic rods into it.

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This is looking very nice! The parts layout for the fuselage seems a bit odd but I have no doubt you will get it together just fine. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your work. What do you think of the casting quality of the resin?

@lee_fogel Thanks, Lee! Regarding quality, compared to other resin kits that I've seen – strong 4 of 5. The main problem is that surface not as smooth as it should be, but no problems with panel lines and other small details, like rivets.

@davem Thanks, David! It's also a very interesting build for me – have no idea, what will be at the end!

And now some updates. Build requires to choose painting scheme right now, so it will be variant F - Spitfire of 681 RAF Squadron, Kuala Lumpur, 1945.

Canopy should be opened, so I've removed cockpit door on a port side, but not so accurate – you can see a piece of styrene there now.

Next was engine cowling.

While fit with the central part of fuselage was ok, it was not ok with the bottom part of cowling. Boiled water and some pressure fixed this issue.

After installing radiator intake there were some rounds of filling and sanding, nothing special. Maybe, there will be something to fix after priming.

It's time to post some updates. I've made bottom photo cameras windows with a clear sprue – it was glued into the hole and then sanded and polished to be clear again.

Interior was painted with AKAN BS283 acrylic paint (base color). I've applied only washes (custom made of oils) and a dry brush. In any case, Spitfires cockpit is so small in 72 scale, that mainly everything will be hidden from a view. Despite that unusual parts layout, painting went without any issues. But you need to paint and assemble simultaneously.

After this, I've glued fuselage parts together.

Model was primed and ready for painting!

Also, I've cut and masked vacuu canopy.

Lovely work! That's some quite nice detail in the cockpit for 1/72. This is really looking good!

@gkittinger Thank you, Greg! Kit provides very good detail level of a cockpit, so my job was just to paint it well.

@mikegolf Thanks, Jeffry! This was my first time with single blade resin prop, and I think I'll go in slightly different way next time – using not only some kind of positioning tool, but also using metal pins for such details.

Washes were applied along with mat coat. Next step is oil stains and pigments.

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