And they told me they had bad eyesight and were too small to fight!
I was so stressed that I had to stop for some food:
It's not quite sushi but still basically raw fish... yes, I love anchovies!
And some salmon..
And so this is where I am after a couple of hours, which has included an early stop for food, washing the sprues in soapy water (years ago, when using enamels I wouldn't have bothered but I find that now using acrylics it's essential), a fair bit of flash trimming and sanding and some minor first aid.
I've ignored the generic paint scheme for the crew and based this colour scheme on early WW2 photographs of Japanese pilots. I don't know why but I'm fussy about crew uniforms, even though I'm not one for bothering with scratch built cockpit details. In fact, I'm more than happy with the old bench seat and 'paint it all black' approach.