OK, some more progress -
Due to the snow in the UK at the moment, I have had the chance to spend the time and really get to work on this kit.
I started by painting the cowling and tried to weather as best I could. Next, painted the fuselage white matt (several coats because the rear section of the plane is white) with the black lines added as decals. Once dry, clear coated with gloss. I had previously assembled the lower wings (and filled the join on leading and trailing edges) and did pretty much the same as above.
I could then add on the lozenge decals once I had cut them to size (printed as one so I guess these are used on the other DVII versions) required before applying. All other markings added once these had dried. The paint/decal guide for this version stated applying a brown glaze to tone down the lozenge colours. I achieved this by adding gloss brown into matt clear coat. I think this worked really well making for a darker (toned down) shade and had added benefit of making it all looked a bit weathered. Lower wings treated in the same manner.
Once all was nice and dry, finally fitted the lower wing, installed the MG flash guards and flare rack.
Starting to come together now. The decals are lovely to work with and the fit of other parts has been much better with no build issues (thus far) t report. More to follow in due course.
Regards
Dave
