Thanks Wayne, Don. Time once again to show where I'm at.
The decals have now all been applied and a bit of subtle panel line washing was done throughout. Following that, the model was sprayed with a matte coat and the masks were removed. Sorry for the blur in the following pic.
Looking closer in at the engine joint, you might see that I spent a fair amount of time trying to improve the fit here. Though far from perfect, the cowl remains removable to swap the closed one with the open engine insert.
Close inspection of the one reference pic shows a patchy paint application around the squadron emblem. I guessed that this would have been some roughly brushed RLM 02 to blot out what might have been some personal markings (who knows?) and so I masked the patches and sprayed some 02. The effect was a bit too stark so I went over it again with some very thin 82.
Here's the underside. I kept it pretty clean as these little jets saw very little, if any, service. Here the wheel covers have been placed and the shell ejection ports painted black.
Yet to install are the cannon barrels, pitot tube, canopy, and the D/F loop. I also need to get this little circle done somehow (below pic). I searched through my decal stash for a white circle but got no joy so I think I'll be trying to paint it.
That'll be a challenge for another day. In the meantime, thanks for stopping by and for throwing your two cents in.