Well, I got a day to myself today since the outlaws all decided to go to the Stampede today in the pi$$ing rain. There was no room for an 8th person in the vehicle anyway so I volunteered to stay home, displaying an extraordinary performance of mock disappointment. This allowed my to essentially finish this model.
First, I had to go back a few steps and fix this. I used stretched sprue for the antenna since it droops realistically. The disadvantage is that t's very fragile, in this case dissolving with thinned metallic paint.
The repaired antenna.
Red landing gear indicator added and gun barrel painted. In the background you can see the exhaust staining done.
Step installed, d/f loop added using wine bottle foil, and a stretched sprue antenna post added.
The final antenna was added using the kit PE part but the curved end is replaced with stretched sprue.
In taking these last few pics, I lost one of the trim actuators so will need to either find it or make a new one. Once that's done and a final look over is done, I'll post some final pics of the finished model, hopefully in some natural light if it ever stops raining.