Thanks all for the kind comments!!!
Slowly I'm progessing further with this kit. I'd like things to go a bit faster, but due to the complexity of this kit it's not really a possibility.
So, one step at a time...
I've been working on the air intakes for the engines. MPM provides resin parts for these and the Eduard Exterior set has some small brass parts to bring some detail to these. I had some trouble in aligning the front of engine parts, hence the use of putty and I also inserted the engine's exhaust pipes. Not much of these will be visible as these will be covered with flame damper pipes, but these parts need some shaping and sanding or outright replaced by scratch build items...
Next was the back office and tail. Here the typical nature of short run shows itself. Non of the parts fit and require a fair amounth of sanding. Though a bit more difficult since most parts were already painted. Though the "Cockpit glue" I bought for fitting the clear parts proved to be exellent and is far, far better then the PVA based producs usually used for this.
And I also worked a bit on the tail landing gear. Kit parts and some Eduard brass. Still needs the doors and some Eduard detail on the landing gear "fork".
And luckily Eduard provides all the hatch detail that is present on the spine of the aircraft, since I lost these details sanding in order to have the fuselage halves fit. I also decided to detail the upper turret a bit as I find MPM's part underdetailed even when spruced up with the Eduard detail. Both take a short cut. Eduard provides an armour plate for this, but this is not visible in pics of the real thing. So I'm gonna rework this part. The plastic card "ring" I added is scratch and hold the electro engine for the turret and some additional wiring as seen on the real thing.
So, that's all for now. Small steps and still many togo. Slowly but surely I'm taming this beast... I'm really looking forward to get some paint on this thing. I've been drooling over "JKim's" superb Fw 190 D build here and I'm hoping I can snatch a few of his painting techniques on this big Heinkel...