Sorry for the lack of up-dates - hands and wrists have been too painful to do any work until today. However, the pain has eased off a bit, and I've been able to complete the work on the turret fairing, although some "fine tuning" may be required once the fuselage halves are joined.
Many hours have also been spent, creating the distinctive Ford "S" fairing on the nose, and engraving panel lines.
The "S" fairing was marked out in pencil, checking against photos and drawings, and then engraved. It's probably not
exactly accurate, and may be slightly unequal, port compared to starboard, but once the model is painted, any discrepancies shouldn't be noticeable, and I think it should look acceptable enough.
The entire fuselage has had the panel lines engraved, with the exception of a small number on the underside, which won't be seen anyway.
The lines were carefully scored, following the raised detail, and then repeatedly lightly engraved until they looked acceptable, using a scalpel, razor saw and engraving tool.
Once the engraving was completed, the raised lines were then shaved off, and now await light sanding, clean-up and polishing, which I hope to do later today (Tuesday), after some kip.
Once the above work is completed, it'll be time to start work on the engine cowlings, nacelles and wings. This means opening the rear of the nacelles, enhancing the cowl flaps, and opening cowling panels on the port outer engine, cutting out the landing lamps and the passing lamp apertures, and engraving panel lines.
Although not much of the exposed engine will be seen on the finished model, I've decided that the kit engines can't really be improved in the area of the cylinder heads, so I'm going to order a set of "Quickboost" resin engines which, although not as detailed overall as the "Metallic Details" individual engine, are good enough for my needs, and will look much better, in all of the cowlings, than the kit engines.
Pics show the progress on the fuselage, and I'll be back once there's more to show.