Joe,
Progressing on this build well, your 'added' detail, makes a little difference and looks good so far, can't wait to see this one done.
Thad,
Excellent build, [I know the kit, have one 'somewhere'], what do you mean your not good at it, weathering on your model looks fine to me.
NOTE:
Here is something relating to weathering that was built for the RAAF's Officer Training School, the OTS Liason Officer convinced me to enter this in an open competition, it was never judged, in that competition. - it has been posted on the forum earlier this year.
This is the wartime photo that the RAAF gave me to build their 48 scale Catalina into
These two pix are my interpretation of the B+W photo into the replicatiom of the model