Ive had a chance to research the light shapes and sizes for the Fury. They are small cornice style lights that illuminate and are visible from both the upper and lower sides of the wing. The wingtips where these lights are located are aboiut 1.5mm thick at their greatest. They are basically triangular, measuringing 2mm lengthwise x 1.5mm width.
Thats not a lot to work with there. in my opinion I am proabably better off given my skillset at leaving the light assembly out for this build, and attempting something like that with a bit more experience under my belt. I risk damaging the wing indeed, the whole model for not much gain.
I have some red paint that is translucent and fishes with a high degree of sheen. I am going to try and get at least some of the effect I want by using this high lustre paint. i will have to source out green paint that is similar. This wont be as spectacular as I had wanted, but its achievable. sometimes its necessary to be realistic about the difficulty of the task and ones own abilities....
I am thinking of the final assembly stage. Contrary to accepted practice which says put it all together, then paint it as a single unit, I am considering fitting all the parts, but not fixing them just yet. i can see that there are a number of discreet subassemblies that are better constructed and painted away from the main chassis and then fitted later. for example, ther is the propellor and spinner sub-assembly. If I were to fit the spinner and prop to the main chassis unpainted, I would not be able to paint all the prop and could not pait the propeller blades either. However, If I dry fit everything, then paint the pro[p then the spinner, and thjen attach to the engine cowling area (which also woud be pre-painted, my paint job will, overall be more complete and less likely to have overspray and other imperfections....
Same rules apply to the undercart area...paint the gear the wheels and then attach to the main airframe Avoids messing up the wheel housing .
The alternative is to hand paint these additions , I would prefer psrayed finishes if possible.....