The application of the photo etch on the photon surround at the head of the ship was fairly easy as I slowly sanded away the kit area testing the photo etch placement as I did so. As I wanted the wing guns to fire flash I had to cut the nice resin barrels off. Replacing them with 2 and 1 mm carbon fiber hollow rods. The ends of the cannon were hand drilled to accommodate the tiny surface mounted leds. The cannon detail were glued onto the barrels. The only problem I had was with the detail photo etch of the underside of both radiator grill covers. Following the instructions I assembled the photo etch as shown but could not understand how it was placed on the model. The set does come with photo etch to replace the 'boxes' at the base of the neck of the ship. After trying them I found them too large. Looking at the actual shooting model, the smaller kit parts seem more accurate to me though, the sidewalls are a little thick and would need a little sanding. 

The instructions were to me, confusing. An actual clear picture of the piece in place might have helped. So I had to kit bash this area using other parts in my spares stash.