The prop is just dry-fitted at the moment and needs the yellow prop tips added. I was pleased with the way the mounting was sorted. (The engine is resin and had no hole for a prop shaft to go). I very carefully drilled in a hole in the correct position on the engine, starting with a small micro-drill and ending up with the largest micro-drill I had (1.6mm). Even if I had a larger one, I would have started losing detail at the front of the gearbox reduction gear fairing. However, the kit prop had a hole at the back to take a prop shaft which had a diameter of ~2.5mm. So, what to do? Well, I drilled out the kit prop shaft centrally to 1.5mm and inserted a piece of 1.5mm brass rod in the back. I trimmed both the prop shaft and the brass rod to length so the prop would sit where it should. The following may give some idea of what I'm talking about.
Next things to sort are the remainder of the decals (for the serial, I'll have to mask out over part of the rear fuselage white band and paint it the camo colour), then continue detail painting the prop tips, wheels and canopy frame lines and get that on. After that, it's washing, dirtying and adding the smaller parts.
regards,
Martin
