It looks like you are getting there with this Dave.

The model looks excellent particularly the brass work. It looks very intricate.

Yes it's a pity that a lot of people do not understand how serious it is.
A personal THANK YOU to you Kevin.

Chris

Just finished this one. A Fujimi kit  (1/72nd) I bought some considerable time ago. When I came to build it the decals had all crinkled up and were totally unusable. After a lot of thinking, head scratching and internet surfing I finally did two things:
I bought a second kit at great expense from the usa  (there seems to be a world shortage of Fujimi kits) which had decals for one and a half models. To get to double up the additional decals I neededI bought  some water slide sheets (both clear and white). I scanned in the decals from the new model and I was eventually able to print some off. These incuded the Japanese roundels and the black roof patches. I was quite surprised how weel the printed decals went on - they were very thin.
The model was airbrushed with mr hobby paints and Fiat white and then varnished.

Desert colours Bob?

I'd have been taking the Israeli Cobras.

Thanks I'll give that a go.