well, I've been able to slowly do some more work on it, mostly slowly painting it. I really am an amateur at this. The plastic model is wonderfully engineered, but the painting skill required to fully realize it is WELL beyond me. I mean some of the parts are so small, how the hell is anyone supposed to a single hair brush to apply paint? And the paint I'm using never spreads evenly. The blue paint come on smooth but the white I'm having to do 3 layers to make the color consistent but it builds up, you can see it in the pictures. Next model I'll try using spray pain instead, it's nearly all grey anyway.