Hi everyone,
It's been 50 or so pages since I last put any work up(!!) but now that baseball season is over, golf season is winding down (boo hoo) and my Mother in Law has gone back home, I've had a chance to carry on a bit. Before I bombard you with pics, I wanted to compliment everyone on the fantastic work. It's a real motivator to see what you guys churn out, and inspires me to try and improve with each build.
On with the show.
I left off just after gluing the wings to the fuselage and thanks to an excellent tip from Clemens, I was able to fill the seam at the wing root and remove the excess with a simple swipe of a Q-Tip and thinner. 
I primed everything with Model Masters grey primer and then sprayed the various parts yellow. I used XF-3 and added a bit of XF-7 flat red until I thought it looked similar to other examples I've seen. I really really really wish I'd written down the mixture, as I have a small spot that will require a touch up. Another rookie mistake to learn from. Does anyone have any comments on the colour as far as too yellow etc?
I am doing a JG51 winter camouflage scheme for a couple of reasons: (1) I love the look, and (2) I don't have to worry about mottling for now. I'm having enough adventure as it is. 
I originally wanted to shoot a real quick splinter job, with the intention of trying to whitewash over hairspray. That led me to the great RLM-71 hunt because I had no XF-13 JA Green (which is apparently what that equates to). I found a chart that said to mix equal parts XF62 OD with XF49 Khaki. Done and Done! Mixed, sprayed and wound up with what looks to be more like XF-vomit mixed with XF-earwax.
Ok....it will work out once I do the RLM-70, right?
Ok, so maybe not. Forget the hairspray, we can't have any of these colours showing through! On to the white. I originally started with XF-2 mixed with a couple of drops of light grey to soften it up a bit. I thinned with Tamiya thinner at about 2:1 paint and put down thin coats at around 20 psi with my needle closed off a bit. White is a proper pain! It was drying quickly and almost pebbling. I dumped the paint out of my cup and re-mixed, this time at about 50/50 paint / thinner. Upped my pressure to 30 psi, opened the needle a bit more and I think I had better luck the next time around.
Finally after letting it sit for a day, I could resist no more, and started peeling tape. (It was like Christmas)
I picked out all of the silly putty and here's where it sits at the moment. As I mentioned earlier, I have one tiny little mark on the starboard side on the fuselage band where the paint lifted. I'll have to touch that up. As well, I had a bit of white bleed under to the yellow underside at the nose. Is there a simple technique I can use to take only the white away from the yellow paint?
As always, I look forward to any comments / critiques or pointers, and I promise to be more active around here, now that I'm getting some "me" time back. 
Thanks for looking!
Allen