I left the nose radiator off because I did not want to glue the nose guns until all the painting was done: I know it's not that easy but still nothing very difficult, and the radiator is a perfect fit and will not be noted if fitted afterwards.
In conclusion I think this is a superb kit, not for the absolute beginner because it require some skill and attention (dryfitting and cleaning of the mating surfaces are mandatories) but almost all can easily obtain a beautiful scale replica of one of the icon of WW2 aviation.
About my particular build, I wanted to replicate the F-4 trop flown by Maj. Gordon Gollob, Kommodore of JG 77, between June 2 and 6 1942 in Crimea: Exito's decal sheet provide lots of information about this machine, WNr. 10266, and point to some references that for once I have! In the two colour photos in the book "Mit der Kamera an der Front" only some parts of the airframe can be seen, leaving the remaining free for interpretation: mine differed from the Exito's and the book's ones because for me, the
RLM70 lines were larger and denser than the one in their profile and I airbrushed them this way.
Nose, port and most starboard wing and fuselage are conjectural, even the yellow rectangle are a guess but was present on his reserve aircraft WNr. 10263, which was flown by Gollob after he had lost WNr. 10266 on June 9, 1942; the starboard horizontal stabilizer and elevator are a replacement parts finished in standard
RLM74and 75 greys, while the remaining airframe was one of the several F-4 trops with desert camouflage sent directly from the factory to the Eastern Front and field modified.
In the two colour photos in A. Urbanke's book, only the point of what it looks like a double chevron marking is visible, but in a low quality photo in Mombeeck's "Luftwaffe Gallery Special Unit Album n. 2" a triple chevron is shown and lead to the more accurate markings in the Exito sheet.
P.s. : I forgot to mention that the canopy clear parts are quite thick, I didn't pose it open for this reason