Thanks Terry.
To bring us up to date, I've been working on cleaning up seams, masking and adding the canopy, and spraying on a coat of primer to see how it all looks.
I tend to paint my models with the canopy attached so that I can deal with any misalignments without risking damage to the final finish. To enable the canopy to be glued on, I had to start by painting the instrument coaming in flat black which I cut with a bit of light grey.
With the left over paint in the airbrush. I sprayed the wheel wells for a preshading effect under the final coat which will be white.
The tail pipe which had been thinned earlier was attached and also got a shot of black up its arse.
The tiny canopy received a brushed on coat of grey on the inside framing so that the view from the outside won't reveal the Light Gull Grey exterior paint. I was frankly too lazy to mask the inside as I didn't think that I would need to be too accurate with the lines.
The masks were cut using caliper and Mk I eyeball measurements and the canopy was glued in place with Testors Clear Parts Cement. The fit is excellent but some minor filing and sanding was necessary.
The primer was sprayed on and the various areas that I worked on were checked. A pretty good, though not perfect result keping in mind that the model is only about 6 inches long!
And there you have it. I likely won't be able to work on the model until Sunday as I'll be attending full day conferences tomorrow and Saturday. Thanks again for the great comments.