I discovered that the top of the fuselage section in front of the canopy was starting to crease where I was turning the model over to rest it on a stand to put the wing it on, so decided to lay carbon weave mixed with zpoxy to the inside.

The powerbox smoke pipe melted where I connected it to a brass fitting at the manifold, so exchanged this for a gas fitting of 8mm external and 4mm compression on the other end. Connected to this is a length of 4mm brass tube which is connected together in a Y before the pump.

Lastly, painted the supplied spinner for a better colour match to the cowl.

Tests on the running temperature will be carried out next.