Thankyou guys. So - on to other parts of the bird; the engine, gueing the wings, the undercarriage, propeller...some of which had been started alongside the cockpit build.
Pictures 1,23: The engine, which has nice detail on it. But I haven't gone as far as adding anything extra which Ive seen others do. That may come later when skills and ability become better. Plus I'm going to put more effort into the weathering of the craft.
Picture 4: Wings glued together and the wheel wells sprayed.
Picture 5: Drop tank assembled - with the joining line filled, sanded and re-scribing started where needed.
Picture 6: Some damage to one of the combat flaps with a repair started using some styrene and which needs further work on to finish off. (Done when I tried to take off the paint which I'd sprayed on too thickly).
Pictures 78: The propeller. I found it difficult to get what I think is approximately the right colour - which is on both sides, unlike some Japanese aircraft which I 've found out had different colours front and back.
If someone can advise me on that and the colour, that'll be great.
Pictures 910: Progress on the undercarriage so far - sprayed and assembled, bar the wheels which need more work.
Picture 11 The wings glued and held in place, (checking that the alignment was correct before leaving to set).
Pictures 1213 Preparation of the underside - which will be a mixture of aluminium and silver tones. Plus the top side aluminium base coat as stage one of the weathering process. (making sure the cockpit opening was tightly sealed to prevent any ingressing of any paint)
Some of the parts have collected a bit of dust, despite being put in a box, so they'll need cleaning off with the airbrush before any further work and assembly but that's where I've got so far until the weekend.