The support is appreciated! A little bit of work on the Dora to report. After a flat coat to seal the wash, some weathering on the drop tank has been performed. Weathering to this point has consisted of very light post-shading of edges with a brown/black mix and chipping with several different colored pencils.
The drop tank may or may not be done. I'm thinking about adding another layer of weathering to simulate fluid stains. From the archive pictures that I have, the Dora drop tanks don't seem to have the heavy fluid staining that the Bf109 tanks were apt to show.
While I'm pondering that decision, I am creeping along on the Dora main assembly. There is a portion of the fuselage bottom that needs to be riveted so I'll take care of that now. First with the pencil guide lines.
The rivet lines are rolled on using the Rivet-R Mini. Along with the lines that run parallel to the fuselage, there are also some lateral lines of rivets that are also applied.
The pencil lines are wiped off using iso alcohol. At this point, I found a little bit of seam work at the shimmed joint that needed to be done.
After that bit of cleanup, I rescribed the panel lines and shot the area with primer.
Flipping the plane over, the wing root cleanup has gone through about 3-4 iterations and is ready to be checked with a primer coat.
Most of the cleanup work has been done on the Dora and I'm all almost to the point of starting the camo painting. Before I start painting, I have a few things to address including: (a) installing the windscreen and masking off the cockpit, (b) masking off the wheel wells, and (c) masking off the wing flaps. I'll also have to consider the order of the painting. I'm thinking of doing some hairspray chipping so I may deviate from my normal order to make sure that the chipping is done relatively soon after the camo paint is applied.