I've spent the last couple of days sanding, fine filling and priming etc.  Finally got some colour down.

Yes, I went with a gloss black.  It was a spur of the moment change, as I was planning to go just flat, but its only for me so don't care.  I had forgotten just how much work goes into these and the last full rebuild I did I just purchased a new cab, already painted and decaled from Tim at HRP.  In hindsight a much much easier option!

I managed to get rid of most of the timber grain and is a reasonable base for the decal.  I could have gone down the sand / prime / sand / prime path probably another 4 times to achieve a glass finish but kinda pointless  

Anyhoo, a couple of pics with colour on.  Bit of orange peel in the paint but I'll flatten it down prior to decals going on.