Got up at 0600, had a quick breakfast of raisin toast (sorry, no pics) and coffee, then hit the bench. The grey paint seemed pretty solid so I masked off the red areas. I also had to make the little finlets on the drop tank out of styrene sheet, a task which consumed 20 minutes I couldn't really afford:
By 0750 I'd sprayed the red areas, although for some reason the spinner paint has gone on grainy so needs to be re-done. Sigh. So here's where we're at:
With an hour to go, there's not a cat's chance I'm going to get this done in time. I still have to decal, mask/paint the black walkways and anti-glare panel, mask/paint the metallic areas around the exhausts, add the undercarriage/drop-tanks/aerials/exhausts/tailwheel (still to be painted BTW), give the model a final coat of varnish and remove the masks
(I also realized I made the tank pylons too short, so the dropped flaps interfere with the rear of the tanks).At this point there's no point in rushing it; I might as well accept defeat but try and make a proper job of finishing it.
