Sure wish I could have seen you splendid build BEFORE I started mine. Two modelers, two different interpretations. I only found out about stencil painting the big decals AFTER I had already applied some of them as decals. While I'm not totally bummed by how they look, painting them would have been better. I am awed by your ability to weather realistically. My confidence is not high enough to risk wrecking such an expensive model. Again… I just read you whole thread today and was very pleased with what I saw.