Next you add the cockpit, which consists of the tub, blast shield,  pilot and WSO seats (with photo-etched ballistics shields), cyclic and collective controls, instrument panels (which have very fine engraved detail), and the WSO controls.  Be sure to add the blast shield "glass" between the two cockpits by filling in the opening with clear acetate or Testors clear window glue (which I used). The cockpit was painted black and some minor detail painting done to bring to it to life. After the cockpit was assembled and painted, I added the stub wings, aft end of the tail boom, and the rotor pylon to the fuselage.  The rotor pylon was another area that I messed up while epoxying it in place and required some extra work to fix (I didn't watch it closely as the epoxy cured).  Upon closer inspection the pylon ended up crooked from the front, which would have resulted in the rotor sitting crooked as well (resulting in a very wonky frontal view).  There was no way I could pop the join without substantial damage to the model so another solution was necessary.  I cut a slot three quarters of the way through the pylon with a razor saw, wedged some styrene shims into the slot to level out the top of the pylon, and then puttied over the area and sanded it smooth. I obliterated the moulded cooling vent detail on the front of the pylon, so a photo-etched grille from a NASCAR cooling duct set was used to replace that vent.

 The biggest hurdle to overcome assembly wise is the fit of the canopy.  Extreme care is needed when trimming it to fit the fuselage to insure a good fit, and to make sure it sits correctly as in being level all around.  I messed up the first canopy, so thank you ScaleWorx for including a second one! The rest of the assembly involved adding all of the various resin and photo-etched fuselage bits. There are guides engraved into the fuselage which aid in the placement of the all of the RWR antennas and other sensor bumps.  Masking the canopy was the next item to deal with. There was just a bit of a hint framing to go by on the canopy so photo references were needed to get the exact widths of each section (the side windows do bulge out on the vac-canopy, so that was helpful in determining the frame borders there).  I used thin strips of blue painter's masking tape to delineate all of the framing, while Scotch Tape and Bare Metal Foil were used to mask the windows themselves.  Be sure to spray a coat of black paint over the framing before applying the primer and airframe colors. The main landing gear, tail wheel, and photo-etched antennas were the last items to add before painting commenced.  The longer main gear struts will need to be pinned in place on the fuselage with two flat-head sewing pins.  With most of the major assembly done, a few coats of gray primer were applied to check for flaws and give the model a uniform color to paint over.