Some additional filling was needed on the lower airbrake. Better do this earlier on your kit!

The wing fuselage joint also needed some extra filler and sanding. 

The version and scheme depicted required the standard older style US NAVY colours of Federal Standard 
FS16440 Gull Grey upper areas; 
FS16875 White lower areas and flying surfaces;

The Mr. Hobby Gunze Sangyo paint brand is exceptional, and as an acrylic, it's a much healthier alternative to enamel paints. To achieve some subtle color differences later on, pre-shading was done on the wing and fuselage using black paint. The smaller parts such as doors, brakes, flaps, and slats were also airbrushed at the same time.

For the FS16440 I used Mr.Hobby Gunze Sangyo acrylic #315 and for the white Gunze Sangyo #1 

With the Harder Steenbeck airbrush, the paints were applied. 

Decalling was done on these gloss surfaces  using this method...

Fitting the windscreen went OK but takes a lot of time tomake sure that nothing is damaged with the resin frame of the ZACTOMAN set. Inside, some extra detail was added as well. 

Fitting the glass section of the canopy must be done verry carefull. The area was masked for spraying light gull grey. 

Some extra detail in the various opened up bays. (The LOX bottle still to be fitted).