Thanks chaps !
Close up, the paintwork looks as rough as a bear's bum, due to the use of both gloss and matt paints, and a mix of both, airbrushed and brush painted But the gloss coats (2 applied) have evened things up a bit, giving a smoother surface finish, and once given a matt coat, it should look even better.
Whilst waiting for the clear coats to fully harden, I got to work making the decals for the Esk.726 crest, colouring the B&W artwork, reducing it to the required size, and then printing on to white decal paper. Having printed a strip of nine badges, just to ensure I have spares if things go wrong, I discovered that, for whatever reason, the crest was only displayed on the port side of the fin, as shown on some colour pics of the Danish Starfighters in the green color scheme, including two more I found of '771', both in the earlier matt finish, and the later gloss finish.
Unfortunately, these pics are form 'Air Britain', and need the consent of the owners before publishing or posting, something I will respect, so meanwhile, here's a B&W pic of another aircraft from the unit, which gives some idea of how tatty they looked in the overall green matt-finish - no wonder they changed it to a gloss finish !
Note that some details, such as the colour of the radome, and inclusion or lack of the anti-glare panel, changed over the years, as seen if the radome in the pic is compared to the early finish on the model.
I'm just about to start on the decals, so I might have some pics shortly.