Some aluminium got painted.

I later added the glass to the spine and painted the bulb, but forgot to take a pic.

The instrument got a bit of kristal klear, but it hardly shows.

Then I started to assemble the cockpit.

I started with the rigging. Using wire from a broken cable.

Adding bulkheads as I worked my way backwards. So far it looked alright.

While drying, I glued the upper wing halves.

I sorted the radiator and glued it in place.

The rigging was quite messy, as it was hard to keep the wires straight.
I gave a few spots a little black wash, and if I’m not re-doing the rigging or something, I’ll start to put things together.

Not sure what else to use, unless I get some stretchable tread, but I guess it have something I’ll try on the next kit with internal rigging.

The instrument panel got decals (most of them anyway).

Then the side panels.

It’s very nice decals with hardly no surrounding film at all. The problem is that some are very small, and some of them failed. The main most visible decals are there anyway.

Now I need to let them dry properly and the lay a protective cote of varnish over them. I’ll probably use kristal klear on the instruments to make it look like glass.

I started this as my probably last project this year. Not sure I will be able to finish this year though.
As usual it starts with the cockpit. There’s a lot of parts to the cockpit and cleaning them up took a while, even if the parts are very nicely cast.
I’ve also glued a few parts together, but the rest have to wait until after they’re painted.

There are a few more parts to sort and the side walls should also have a few parts glued to them. I had to sort a few ejection pin marks as they will be visible and I think one decal goes on the back of the fire wall.

Not sure how much will be visible after the cockpit is inserted into the fusalage.
This is how far I got the first evening.