I think I've almost got the spinner spiral sorted; just waiting for the white bands to dry, then retouch with red and hopefully it'll work! Meanwhile, I've got on with other jobs, including cleaning up and repainting the undercarriage and tail wheel, the latter having broken off during masking. It's now been re-painted, pinned with a length of wire, and glued back in place. Some of the detail painting has been done, and the canopy work is almost finished.
PIC 1. Shows the main gear legs and wheels, re-painted, with the inclusion of the data plates.
PIC 2. The supercharger intake, exhausts, and rear cockpit bulkhead have been painted, and some light exhaust staining added. The exhausts and suoercharger have yet to have the final touches added.
PIC 3. The Hasegawa canopy has had the head armour fitted, along with it's support brackets, made from plastic strip, and the locking lever fitted, made from a piece of melted and carved square section sprue. The framework has been painted, but needs a bit of re-touching, where the masking tape knicked a couple of areas during removal. I'm afraid this shot is slightly out on Depth of Field, but just visible is the knob on the 'sliding' side panel, made with a tiny blob of PVA.
PICS 4 and 5. Test fitting the canopy. A little more sanding is required on the rear glazing, then the canopy can be fitted and squared-up with the windscreen and rear frame, after fitting the retaining cable, looped back to the framework of the rear, fixed section.
Once all this is done, detail areas such as the rudder actuator rods and control horns will be made and fitted, together with replacement aileron mass balance horns, one of which has gone astray ove the years, as has the pitot tube. then it's on to small items such as the tie-down rings, antenna wire mounts, and re-fitting the landing gear. Then finish the spinner and re-paint the prop hubs and blades etc.
Thanks again for your interest and comments.