Here are the pics of the finished model, with apologies for my photography and the 1:1 scale background! This was a long journey, but a rewarding one in the end. The kit looks daunting and very complicated, but taken in stages, and pre-rigged where required, it is not as difficult as it looks.
Bits I liked the most - top wing rib effect, propeller, engine detailing, plenty of rigging, bombs.
Lessons for next time (!!) put the bottom wings in first before fitting the engine and undercarriage - the wings can be fitted more forcibly and correctly. Also, Prez re-worked the panel behind the pilot on his model, in hidnsight I wish I had followed his lead. I also broke the undercarriage components early on, so the finished structure is weaker.
The whole assembly is fairly flexible - if the tail assembly looks a little skew compared to the wings, or the wing droops one way or the other, I can carefully twist the model to look more accurate. Ideally I would like to take more pics, in the dark, as this was a night-operated aircraft in this role. I can't really get the pics to show the engine detail and weathering, the weathering on the tyres etc.
Anyway, this was a great adventure and I expect my next WNW to go much quicker! I strongly recommend this kit to all, perhaps not as a first WWI nor WNW kit, but certainly one that most here could build successfully.
Finally, many thanks to everyone for the encouragement and kind words of support and advice during this build.
Ian
