thanks Terry-Dan, by late last night got the all the upper and lower surface painting finished apart from the black stripes, going to start panel line work next.
thank you very much Vic, will admit i nearly junked it when i saw the fit of the nose area but as i've said i'm happier now its done and glad i carried on !
stripes are on, i rushed this a bit as i'm short of time due to work at the minute so a feww touch ups are needed, still quite happy how its turning out though !
also need to adjust the width of the "sky" tail band