Thanks for your kind words chaps. I enjoyed building this well engineered kit very much.
Tony, yes they are the Moskit 'fishtail' exhausts, and it's funny you asked
I had tried not to touch them for fear of damaging the burnt iron finish, and had kinda assumed they would be a drop-in replacement at the end. I was mistaken! They were far too long and slightly too wide in diameter! If I had've test fitted earlier in the build I would have found this out and probably drilled large holes at the bottom of the indentations designed to hold the exhaust. I would have then fed the extra length into those holes and gone from there.
I want to point out that had I tried to fit them much earlier in the build, then this probably have not really been an issue and the modifications pretty low key. I blame my haste rather than Moskit. As there are no instructions supplied, I had assumed a drop-in situation.
As it was, I decided the path of least resistance would be to try and modify the soft brass rather than drilling and scraping on the almost-finished model. I was forced to bring out my etch scissors (like fine curved nail scissors)and carefully trim about 10mm from the end of the tube. I also had to cut the tube on a 45 deg angle so it would fit appropriately. This was not easy and nor was it neat. I managed to hid most of the carnage but there is still some evident!
The moral of the story? Test fit, test fit, test fit. And early!
nick