Good to see progress and you have found some time at the work bench.

As you so rightly say, all the extra parts are left over from the previous incarnations of the Kinetic Harrier kits, Sea Harriers and 2 seat trainers. All Kinetic have done is just add another sprue and retained old ones even if only a couple of parts are required. Hence the care that is needed to ensure the correct part is used, ie instrument panels, seat, ariels etc.
In the meantime I have now airbrushed the 3 camouflage colours. Using 'Mr Hyde Masking Putty' from MRP, the bigger gaps are then filled with masking tape.

Next Step. The Harrier is always a tricky painting process. Here you can see the intake bell and inner surfaces have been painted before the outer components have been attached, also I have found it best to paint the undersurfaces of the wings, yes, they are painted!, with Lt Aircraft Grey. The fairings around the nozzles are painted with DSG and DG before attaching the wing. Fortunately the wing to fuselage is a very good fit and it will just be a case of masking the undersurfaces before attaching to the fuselage.

Msea, have you seen that Masterbox are releasing more figures in the 'Edge of the Universe' series which you may find useful for your Alchemists Den

I have been asked if I could produce 4 model RF-51 Mustangs for a friend whose father in law flew them out in Korea. Not too difficult given that they would be built on a production line basis, mounted on a stand in a flying pose.
Once I had got hold of 4 Airfix 1/72nd kits then project started. They needed pilots, wearing Polka Dot scarves and this required a bit of surgery to create a pose with them looking out to poet. The Camera windows were copied from the 1/48th Eduard kit, then it was plain sailing.
This shows the project so far, I'm trying to create the effect of the spinner, spinning and it is covered in polka dots, not there yet. Also I have to print the decals for all the Codes and serials once the paper arrives from the Big H.
Ultimately there will also be a 1/48th scale kit to go with them which will be fully detailed and on an informative base.

Looking very good, I'm quite interested in the Nose Section which is going to be released as a separate kit. It won't get too out of hand size wise.

Sorry, you are all wrong! I may have many collections but Dinky Toys are not one of them!