Thanks guys
I started today by adding a bit of detail to the already nice kit-supplied cowl. Here's how it looked before I started, painted and post shaded:
Clearly, if one is to display this cowl open, the supercharger intake looks inadequate so I set about drilling it out and installing a piece of plastic tube that I had thinned down. I also drilled out the cowl fasteners and fashioned some from plastic card to hang loosely from the openings. When done, all were painted 02 and a black seal ring was painted on the supercharger duct.
Mt attention then turned back to the canopy where I installed some stretched sprue grab handles on the windscreen, the shoulder belts, the restraining cable for the hinged canopy, and struts for the armour plate.
The antenna wire was made of nylon invisible mending thread and the insulator cones of card.
Finally, the cowl was attached along with the strut for holding it open. Also seen here are the fastener posts I added since last time. One is at the base of the strut and the other is just above the forward exhaust stack
Almost done now. Should post some finished pics tomorrow gents.