Quick update. joined the halves, more sanding and filling. attached the tail wings applied a very thin coat of primer, found some rough bits along the seams mostly, more sanding, rescribed the panel lines before applying another coat of enamel primer. reasonably happy though getting to understand enamels was different. currently in the process of drying.....forgot that enamels take ages to dry......
photos soon I hope, though I like to apply the black and dark grey preshading to some of the panels if I can. I'm going to apply shading to panels rather than just along th e panel lines for this model. though still no sign of the Alclad yet