Thanks guys. Going a bit slower than expected as there are a lot of stencils but here's a bit of progress:
The code lettering turned out to be a bit of an episode as the first letter I put on, the "M" revealed a slight mis-register of the decals such that a very narrow band of the sky colour peaked out on the left vertical bars of the "M". This, of course, could not be seen until the decal was applied onto the dark background of the model. I quickly decided that this couldn't stand so I removed the decal while it was still wet and returned it to the backing paper. I then put in a fresh scalpel blade into the handle and, with a straight edge, cut the strips away and then managed to tear the upper left corner of the "M" away. I then gathered the decal up again, wet the paper again, reapplied it to the model and added the torn piece. Thankfully it turned out OK but not perfect as you can still see a sliver of the Sky on the left edge.
As a result, I trimmed all of the remaining decals (the letters and hyphen are all separate) before dipping them into the water and they came out alright, though the middle "E" is missing a bit of the reddish trim on the left edge.
The nose art is made up of 3 pieces. The main decal contains the Buffalo motif, part of the W/C pennant, and the white lettering and base for the strike tallies. The second piece contains the coloured strike tallies, which is applied over the white base. The third piece is the dark edge of the pennant. I like how this one came out.
In the above pic you can see the plastic disc that I applied just aft of the nose cone seam. This will serve as the flange for the whisker antennae that were present on both sides of the forward fuselage and these will be some of the last items to be added for obvious reasons.
Thanks again for stopping by.