Thanks Red Two !
The tones are more discernible in 'real life', as it were, as without a proper lighting set-up, the 'metal' surfaces are slightly tricky to photograph effectively. This is noticeable where surface detail is 'burnt out' by reflections, and where darker tones appear lighter for the same reason.
I've got a little bit more done on the rear end, as well as some very light panel-line work, although there's still more to do. Just about to get back to it, and paint the wing tanks, plus the 'loose' bits such as the wheel well doors. Hopefully, I might have some more pics later.
I got an old ESCI F-104 kit for a really cheap price off e-bay, and it arrived today, to be built as the same aircraft, '771' after it was sold to Denmark, where it served with Esk 726 at Aalborg, in the overall green colour scheme, as 'R-771'.
I have two minor problems though - first, the kit is an F-104C, with the smaller fin and rudder, which I think I can convert to look reasonably like a 'G', and second, trying to find Danish roundels is like trying to get Jan out of a lap-dancing bar that serves free beer !
I think I'll either have to make some roundels, and touch-in around the edges, as the white decal paper will probably show, or, probably the better option, make masks and paint the roundels, although they're rather small, so masks could be tricky to cut.
Either way, this one is going to be a relatively quick build, OOB apart from the fin and exhaust shroud alterations, no interior detail, and a simple, but fairly weathered paint job, just to stand as a comparison to the shiny, bare metal RCAF bird when it was new.