Thanks guys! I did some work on the nose wheel well, which is from the kit. The orifice is long, deep and narrow, making it difficult to work with but fortunately it is split in half between top and bottom, which gave me an opportunity to add some wiring. The detail on the top of the wheel well is a photoetch piece from the Aires set.
The nose wheel well, like the main wheel well, is a joint assembly featuring the structures above it, in this case, the nose gun bay. My bird will be buttoned up so I am not going to do any work on the guns.
Here is a view into the painted nose wheel well after assembly.
I've been thinking about how to add the brake line to the landing gear. When attached prior to painting, the brake line always gets in the way of painting so I decided to try something new. I've added small pieces of brass tubing to the nose landing gear leg to serve as connection points for the brake line.
After painting the legs, I can string lead wire through the brass tubing to represent the brake lines. I've added some brass tubing to the retraction arm as well. The photo below shows what the parts look like with the lead wire in place. At this point, the wire pieces are removable.
That seemed to be a workable plan so I did something similar to the main gear legs.