Well, missed a day....damn. chippin' away though....
got the cooling flaps done, and added a strip of plasticard to give the two pieces a bit more strength and maintain the narrow gap, had to redo one as it finished up with a wider gap so dug out another from the other kit and redid it to match the first one, so the wider one will go in the next kit so i can get matching gaps. make sense?
All flap components are now sanded and fitted to each wing.....i think I now have everything done that will allow me to start painting tomorrow, starting with the Yellow Id markings....hopefully then on Monday I can start the rest of the painting? already a day behind my schedule....