Thanks guys, Vic. Just one more in a long line of anxious moments. I am happy with it in the end.
Finished the plumbing of the wheel wells. Just a bit of faking it in some cases, but Annie will never know..... LOL. I tried something for the exhausts, turning and drilling out some sprue, but it dint work at all. Will have to go to the LHS and get some aluminium tube.
And..... the tow motor is fini. Got my Tamiya AS-8 US Navy blue match spray paint this am. Wow, is it nice. AND it takes the acrylic paints a treat.... as I painted the whole wheel(s) and then painted the Nato black of the tires over it. I think I went a little overboard with the scratching with a wire brush to make it look a little used, I sprayed Tamiya Gloss Alum as an undercoat then scratched the blue as it dried.
Done a bit in the cockpit, that will be next after I do the exhaust tubes.
I sailor on......