Hi Mike,
Your comments are very welcome!
I have already mentioned the engine exhausts, a real headache. But, just to give a couple more examples of the enormous amount of time required, I attach this additional photo regarding the masking work to reproduce the texture on the elevators.
My poor eyes did not thank me!
Then I mention the armaments and the relative pylons (of which I have already published many photos here), with the use of magnets for the plane-pylon and missile/bomb-pylon joints. Only the Kh-31 missiles, I think I’m not exaggerating, required me no less than 4/5 hours of work each.
Dan