Thank you gentlemen. I've neglected the Forum over the last few days as I've been scrambling to get this build finished and I've still a lot to do. I took Erich's advice, and after studying my reference shots of M8+EM, have sanded most of the stencilling off the fuel tanks and repainted, as they don't show on the photos. While waiting for these to dry and be weathered again, I got on with the rest of it.
Photo 1. I was able to attach the undercarriage, the mortar tubes under both wings and add the landing light and slats. The lower section of the nacelles have been 'dirtied-up' to conform to the reference pictures.
Photo 2. A detail shot of the undercarriage and wheelwell, with the port tubes in position. The bay doors have still to be fitted.
Photos 3 4. The port wing with the slats fitted and the tubes slung underneath. The landing light was a bit of a challenge. As I was sanding some flash off the kit part, it pinged off the tweezers, never to be found again. I had no option, other than to scratch-build something. After some panic, I hit on this solution. I found a piece of transparent sprue and cut a section to fit the hole. After polishing, I cemented it into position and added a disc of silver paint to represent the bulb. The 'glass' cover over the housing is a strip of Sellotape, cut around the housing panel lines. Because the wing was highly glossed, this has disappeared, except over the opening. Before the plane gets a matt coat, I'll have to remember to mask the 'glass' section to keep it glossy.
Photo 5. I added the ladder, the large aerial and the IFF aerial. I kept the ladder white because any reference shots I have found would seem to suggest it was a single colour rather than red/white stripes. If this is wrong, it's an easy enough fix.
As well as this, the canopy has now been painted and is awaiting unmasking. The aircraft has been given an overall coat of matt varnish and is drying overnight. When dry, pastel exhaust and gun stains will be added and the remaining parts added. I'm aiming to get this finished by the weekend, as we're almost on the deadline.