Thanks Roberto and Giuseppe - I really appreciate your help! I want to get the wording correct as I will likely put the model on a base with a small plaque - I know how bad it can be to get it wrong!
Progress is painfully slow. I've been spending most of the effort at the moment on dealing with the rough exterior surfaces. The fuselage wasn;t too bad, but there were quite a few air bubbles and some roughness around the ribbed areas that I needed to smooth out without ruining the fabric effect (which was a bit tricky...). It's ok under a coat of primer (there is more to clean up but I will do this once the fuselage halves are together).
The interior is not so great - lots of air bubbles; I've cleaned it up as best I can, but I don't really want to completely rebuild the sidewalls. These should be good enough under a coat of paint, fingers crossed.
The wings, however, were far worse. Very uneven surface detail, poor attempts at ribs, and LOTS of air bubbles and rough patches. I guess that's what you get for a limited run resin kit. I contemplated scratch-building the wings, but I persevered with the kit wings. They are largely smooth now, but with subtle hints of the ribs (which will look good fine a coat of paint). On the positive, they are straight and have very thin trailing edges. I'll take the good with the bad
Now i'm at the point of putting some paint on the interior.
Cheers,
BC
