Thanks guys.
A conversion set from 'The Artist formerly known as Bo' would be a very welcome addition, especially if it included the early pointed wings of, for example, Albert Ball's A4850. (There is a terrific build on FB where Patrick Watson has created a masterly Ball conversion out of the WNW kit.)
Anyway holidays over, kids, grandkids etc off home: time to return to A8936. I'd primed it with Halfords White in a rattle can (great value) and now drew in the understructure in soft pencil, to try out something new. Rather than spraying over with my usual MRP Linen, I thought I'd brush paint with Humbrol 74 Linen so I could experiment with working the graphite lines with the brush for a bit of tonal variation.
Also gave me a chance to thoroughly use my mains-powered paint shaker: I'm never happy stirring Humbrol - it usually comes out quite patchy, but the shaker did a superb thinned job. First coat (1) was quite light and rather satisfying to use the graphite mix to work on shades. Of course that 'set' the pencil lines and a second coat (2) was added just for the depth. I quite like the stronger colour and haven't decided if I'll give it a light overspray of MRP or not.
I'm having teething problems with my new Cricut cutter so probably won't cut masks as previously intended. I'll use strip masking tape for the white details lines then spray PC10 and blue either side - thus I've brushed on some Humbrol, gloss white where the pin lines will be.
Sandy