@fiveten, thank you, Spiros. Just some point which require attention. After that a slight polish and a final layer.

@gblair, thanks a lot, George. It looked very unlogical to build this landing gear entirely as instructed and then try to mount it inside the fuselage. In the end the alternative approach did work well, when standing on the struts, the aircraft is even perfectly leveled.

Looks great from here, my friend @johnb!

I agree with Spiros. John you could always look at photos if you can find ones in color for references. At some point in time paint fades or lightens up and if the a/c is in theater and has been used and abused the paints can get lighter. From being exposed to mother nature. The paint on the kit looks good.

This is looking very good @johnb. These Arma kits are indeed the Rolls-Royce Silver Clouds of 1/72 kits. You're definitely getting the most out of it.

I noticed your problem with the broken landing gear, and saw other people's comments about getting small delicate parts off the sprue tree successfully. Allow me to detail what I have found will lead to success:

1. DO NOT cut the part off the sprue tree at the point where you are directly cutting the part off the sprue tree.

2. Instead, cut the bit of sprue connection off at the "tree limb." Use a sprue cutter to do this, not an Xacto.

3. Once the part is free, cut the bit of sprue tree off with a sharp Xacto, with the part pressed against a cutting surface.

With care, you have a very good chance of not breaking the part this way.

HTH

TC

@tcinla, thanks a lot, Tom. The gear was already broken without handling the sprue. Thanks for explaining this great approach on how to remove the parts without damaging them. I usually cut off at the tree limb as you said. The last bit of sprue I cut off with a tweezer which has cutting blades at the end. With this you can quite precisely cut off the last remains.

2 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Masks are off, picture is a bit dark.

Looks wonderful, my friend @johnb!

@fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros.