Got the levers done for the throttle, prop and mixture, and the cockpit installed, with the fuselage now joined. Note that the throttle has the 'ball' type grip, formed using built-up blobs of PVA - the 'twist' type was fitted to those aircraft with the K-14 gyro gunsight. Apologies for the poor cockpit photo, which has been lightened to allow at least some view inside. I found it almost impossible to successfully light the interior for this shot.
Whilst the fuselage is setting, work has started on the wings, with some light re-scribing of selected panel lines, as the mouldings are very fine, and would possibly disappear under paint.
The locations for the landing lamp and I.D. lamps were just very finely engraved, so the landing lamp has been drilled out and backed with plastic card internally, and the I.D. lamps countersunk. These will be painted and glazed once the model is painted. The kit parts show the I.D. lamps beneath both wings, but they should only be beneath the starboard wing.
Although the kit parts correctly depict the fixed balance tab on the starboard aileron, there is also a trim tab here. The trim tab was only fitted to the port aileron, therefore the actuator has been removed, and the tab panel lines filled with CA and then filed and sanded once set.
A few small sink marks gave also been filled with CA and sanded, on the forward fuselage, the cowling, and both wings.
The pics below show how things look to date, and I hope to post a further up-date tomorrow.