Alright, so after a little pushing and prodding by Scott and others I sneaked out to the garage and cracked open this bad boy.

First thing up in the directions, the cockpit.

I also purchased the Eduard set for this I made sure to review the PE instructions as well.

Here's a close up of the cockpit zoom PE

First thing I did was clean up the cockpit tube.  (There's a little bit of flash here and there)

Then a quick dry fit, everything seems to line up nicely.

Here is a quick pic to show the scale of this bird.

On to the shots of the PE.  There were a few spots where I had to shave a little plastic off to get the PE to fit snug but nothing crazy.

The the flight controls are temporarily put in place in preparation for paint:

To finish things up I put a coat of Flat Black on all of this.  I've checked my references and this is accurate.  My problem is this.  How do I bring out the details etc?  I'm thinking to cover this flat black with a layer of Future and then give it a few washes, but with what???  And then what do I do, hit it was a flat clear?  Any suggestions on the next step would be greatly appreciated.  I will post pics of the flat black as it sits now.  It was still wet when I came in from the garage.

Thanks for watching!