Well, finally time to call her done. Rather than focus on all my screw-ups, I am going to take away some good things. Hopefully the diorama will hide some of the flaws. She started to tire me out and I think going forward I need to slow down along the way and do some more dry fitting. The canopy was a bear with this one as it didn't want to fit very tight.
I finished it by getting the yellow faded look to the RLM79 by adding some sand colored pastels to the final matte varnish coat just as it dried. I lightly brushed it on with a wide soft brush. I actually like the way it looks. I will try to take some pics this weekend outside with some natural light.
John