Hi Richard,
Somehow I completly missed your build of the T-38 untill now.
Read some reviews of this kit some time ago and I believe all trashed the kit due to fault measuring and strange shapes of certain details, but looking at your model it actually looks OK. You did a splendid job with the painting, and thank you for getting the flag properly

and yes the portuguese stencils are badly written, which like you said, is something that can only be attributed to sheer lazyness of the maker.
I remember seeing the T-38 fying and they had a rather prestine look owing of being well kept AC, so your model replicates it quite well. Congrats!
Cheers
Pedro