I've been on a bit of a hiatus with this kit for a while - was getting a bit tired of it actually. However, the new resin wheels arrived and, after discovering that the tires were smooth as opposed to the grooved tires seen in the vast majority of referecne photos, I promptly set to cutting grooves across the tread with a razor saw.
Pic 1 is the new set of resin wheels, unpainted, next to the mucked up kit wheel.
Pic 2 is a pic of the finished resin wheels
Pic 3 - Next up are the wheel struts which, after having been painting RLM 02 and a rusty brown colour for the oleo boots, received a copper wire brake line, tiny decals for maintenance labels, and PE straps around the brake lines. Reference photos show the upper brake line to be of brass tube and the lower section a flex hose, hence the colour change.
Thanks for checking in.