From the left: original kit seat, seat of early F-5 from Pavla models and Martin Baker Mk. GQ-7A from Aires. The kit seat has clearly taken inspiration from MB-seat.
I finally decided to paint the white using white Tamiya fine surface primer spray. It spells awful and comes from a spray can, but it works like a miracle.
Time for the decals. I was afraid they would broke easily so I first tested the title decal on a sheet of styrene. It felt quite tough so I proceeded to apply the bottom stribes and canard stribes.