Well I managed to get a little bit done.
PIC 1 Shows the two bombs that have been positioned and fixed into the rear section of the bomb bay. As indicated in the instructions, this is a tricky task once the bomb doors are in place, but I couldn't really fit them until I knew where the final positioning of the model would be in relation to other elements of the small diorama.
Another hole has been drilled through the forward, port winching point access, and a flap will be made and fitted in the open position, once a hand winch has been fitted into place. I had already drilled a hole at the centre winching point, not knowning that the bombs could only be loaded into the front and rear sections of the bomb bay!
PIC 2 is the beginings of a hand winch being scratch-built from scrap. Anyone who has built a 1/32 scale 21st Century model might recgonise the 'gear housing' as a screw-hole plug for the fuselage! A winding handle is yet to be made and fitted, then the winch wil be slotted into position and glued, and a winch cable added inside the bomb bay, with another bomb suspended from it, the bomb-loading trolley being positioned below, on the 'carrier deck' of the diorama.
Once the diorama base is made, the final delicate parts will be fitted to the model, which will then be placed on the base, and the 'deck crew' figures added, after they've been converted from Tamiya' Panzer servicing crew'!
I'll hopefully have some more pics of the final stages in a day or two.