I sprayed the cockpit with RLM 66 and the radio / passenger compartment I used RLM 02. even though th3 insides will not be seen or exposed except through a small opening through the upper gun position. The tail wheel assembly did prove a bit fiddly and the bulkheads made it difficult to close up the fuselage sides.. I had assembled the center part of the wing and engine nacelles and it snapped right onto the fuselage with minor gaps in the wing to fuse joins.

Prior to getting all the parts together I decided too shoot the RLM 76 undersides then put in the windows for the gondola. This kit also has some transparencies that belong to the H-3 variation and they are so closely numbered as to being identical so you have to keep a close look out. The fit of the fuse sides were a bit frustrating because one side was warped ever so slightly . I use the heat from a hair dryer to massage it a bit and with a bit of convincing it came together finally.

The nacelles them selves were another fiddly feature of this kit as they consist of 9 or 12 pieces with no positive mounting features. Only a beveled side to mate the surfaces to each other. This kind of smacks limited run to me but all-in-all this time they went together with out much fuss.

Finally I got to get to the transparencies. The one that always gets me frustrated the most is the nose gun blister. I bit the bullet and ordered the Eduard masks and spent the better part of a whole day masking all of the clear bits.. I also used Micro Ind. Micro Mask, the blue stuff, for that nose piece and it seemed to work the charm I'll find out after painting how well it worked.

That's it for now, kiddies,

thanks for looking

Cockpit looks good. What are the seat belts made of? PE, tape or cloth? Don't you really like green-house canopies! Masking looks good. The starboard wing root gap is going to take a little TLC.

Coming along nicely.