Thanks for the advice.
The picture maxx1969 posted shows the spirals going all the way along
the entire lenght of the barrel, but he others I've seen show it going
down halfway. I like it half way, so I think I'll try that.
As I've been researching this I've seen a lot of variants. I can always
use the excuse that the barrles had to be changed after crashing into
the swamp on Daggobah!
I've been really enjoying this kit because it has been going
together well, and all the mistakes I've made will be chalked up to
"Battle damage". (plastic cement got under my thumb as I was holding 2
parts together and left a finger print etched into the wing. I filed it
down, but left it rough. Instant battle damage, lol).
If you're interested, I'll show you what I've done on the cockpit so
far. I wanted to put more hoses and wires around the pilot, but it
would have interfered with the opening of the canopy. Pics are a little small, but I didn't know what size to make them.
Cockpit top
Cockpit front