A little thinking ahead. I want to create the hard edge spots on the rudder that is so characteristics of late war 109K-4's so I tried out a couple of methods using a spare fuselage half. First up was Micro Mask. This is thick blue liquid that dries into a plasticky film that can be lifted off easily.
The results were good except that the Micro Mask is difficult to remove since the edge feathers down so much. I ended up taking a little spot of paint at the point where the Micro Mask is lifted off with the point of an x-acto.
Next I used Blu Tack putty. Once a small blob of blue tack is placed onto the model, I can push it into random shapes using a toothpick.
The Blu Tack also yields good results, minus the lifted painted. The edge is a little softer than the Micro Mask but that is not necessary a bad thing. I think I'll go with Blu Tack.
I replaced the bar on the cockpit sill with thinner brass tubing. The instrument panel, minus the gun sight, is glued into place.
The cockpit is then inserted up from the bottom opening and glued into place in the fuselage. The seat belt attachments points can now be bent down onto the cockpit sill.
Some of the smaller bits were modified... the Morane underwing antenna for the FuG ZY16 radar is fixed up with some stretched sprue.
The pitot tube tip is replaced with some brass tubing.
The loop antenna for the FuG ZY16 is replaced with a strip from a soda can. It's a bit kinky... will have to smooth it out some.