Vance - that's nothin! You should see the other side of the bench. I really need to sit down and get it cleared up. Figured with being laid off I'd have time, but not so much as I'd thought!
As for the other...yep, Tamiya actually gives you two different slipper tanks. Cool thing is they mount into poly bushings with these metal pins (same for the air filter or lower cowl to the engine), so you can put it on or remove it at your whim.
Got so much else back there and offscreen as well. Hispano cannons, gun fairings, prop, prop cap, radiator covers, landing gear, gear doors, tires, stabilizers, cowl pieces, pitots and aerial masts and other fun stuff.
Bit more progress overnight. Late start due to having to get a print job off to Kinkos so it'd be ready by this afternoon. Putting together a portfolio is a much bigger PITA for writers than for designers...
But anyway, got the prop tips and wings painted yellow (MM Deep Yellow...IMO a much better yellow than their Insignia Yellow), and the machine gun ports and prop cap pieces sprayed Insignia Red. Been awhile since I've sprayed that stuff, and I was a bit worried at first to see it come out all magenta, but it turned that deeper tomato red with successive coats, so all good!
Still have to figure out how I want to tackle the wing lines - paint before and mask, mask and paint after, or just be lazy and go with the decals. And whether I want to preshade. Decisions, decisions!