Joining up

 well sort of, worked up from the tail and met up with the working down from the head and it joined in the right place.

Still some dotty filling in to do on the tail and the wing struts. This is confetti filling in and so will be quite slow.

 

wondering about the backstitch now, not sure if the one strand of  normal DMC will be too thick and I think there is maybe a bit much to do with my usual alternative. Plus the availability of the darker strands is reducing and even if I do find sufficient not sure dark brown will be dark enough.