Nice work, John! I’m getting started on the Eduard Bloody Hundredth kit but your’s may turn out to be nicer.
Anyway, here’s my start pics:
I’ll be doing Rosie’s Riveters (because, of course I will):
Getting some pre-painting going and looking forward to the masking I’ll need to do.
Michael 
Thanks Michael.
Engines painted, could anyone advise on what colour the inside of the engine cowels should be ?
I believe they were bare metal silver. That’s what I plan to do with mine.
Michael
thanks for that .
@michaelsatin, I am also planning to do the Eduard kit if time allows - otherwise a smaller 1/72 kit.
I will follow your build with interest - especially around the nose clear parts. I guess the nose has to be painted separately and then added later? What is your plan?
Jesper,
So far so good, though not much “so far” so far. As for the nose sections, it’s pretty clear (get it?) that when Eduard had the new plastic parts added to the HKM kit, they went ahead and molded them all in clear, regardless of whether they have windows or not (for instance, framework for the nose guns is on a clear sprue.) However, they provide a VERY comprensive masking set, including for the inside and outside of the nose pieces. So I went and did what I normally do with these kinds of kits and glued the nose and tail bits to each fuselage half:
Note, however, that while the fit is very good, the nose pieces are not quite the same diameter as the fuselage halves. They’re a litte bigger. This is due to the different top parts for the nose which are smaller in diameter than the fuselage bits. It’s a little tricky to explain, but a close look at the instructions helps. Line them up even with the bottom seams and it should work out fine.
Having masked all the molded in windows, I’m now preparing to paint the interior. Wish me luck!
Michael
Michael, sounds good. I will follow closely 
Good luck!! 
