Very kind Hugh.
The following pics show decal progress. The national insignia are a combination of Tamiya and Eagle Strike decals as the first application of an ICM cross resulted in complete disintegration of the otherwise nice looking decal. After spraying the entire ICM sheet with a decal preserving spray, they are now behaving nicely.
In this close-up shot, you can see the delicate wing walk boundary lines, which are ICM and the JG52 crest, slighly out of register, which came with a Kagero book on JG52.
Here's a close-up of the completed port side. The Chevron is Kagero and you can see a very slight out of register of the lower bar. The frame numbers are all ICM (the 3 broke up a bit).
The tail section features a Tamiya swastika and Kagero victory marks and W.Nr, that latter of which is unfortunately incorrect. Steinhoff's rig was 13144, not 13744 but this is barely noticeable to the naked eye. It may, however, be a simple correction and I might just take the top of the 7.
Thanks for looking in everyone. Tomorrow I will continue with the stenciling and panel lines.