Sorry for the lack of updates, the Christmas season was a bit frantic, but luckily the new year has given me a few moments to complete this project.
So let's dive right in. First up, some more masking... hope I didn稚 miss a spot!

Only a couple of small masking errors. Looking pretty good now.

Not sure about the rigging, but after several failed attempts using different materials, I値l take what I can get.

A bit extra around the engine... just because.

A close up on the cockpit. Can't really see the decal instrument panel, but I think the scratchbuilt windscreen works better than the kit part. It's thinner at least.

Tail painted, but I decided to redo the rigging... it never seems to want to come out the way I envision it, but oh, well.

There we are... done.

And a few galmour shots...






All in all a fun little build. The rigging gave me fits, I just can't seem to settle on a method that works for me. This time I finally just used stretched sprue, but I tried various wires, threads and hairs. Oh well, I'm happy enough with my offering to the racing group build.