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Thanks Dave. Glad to have you hangin' around in here.

Really coming along on this one. That whole chassis looks the part brother.

Dive Nine made on in 1/24 scale in 2016 but finding one right now will be a bit tricky. Hiroboy has them listed but is currently out of stock.

Thanks for the input Rusty. I've still got a clear coat, cals and a flat coat to go but all of the finishes that I end up with have a slight sheen to them. 262's and late war German aircraft fall into a weird category in regards to color and finish. At that stage in the war materials of all kinds were very scarce so some of these 262's didn't have any paint at all and the paint that they did manage to get onto the aircraft was applied in super thin coats which didn't stand up to weather very well. You'll see some birds that have a noticeable shine and those seem to be the ones that hadn't had paint on 'em very long and others that look like hammered doggy doo because of the accelerated weathering. Another thing to consider was that late war camo was often applied in the field because they went from a lighter camo (for camo while in the air) to darker camo colors because of aircraft grounding due to lack of fuel. Basically they went from air concealment to ground concealment and those paint jobs were hastily applied rough due to the constant unit relocations. On those birds you'll see bad and splotchy color coverage. Factory paint jobs included color on top and lots of times no color bottom side so instead you'll see bare aluminum there.

That's turned out great Scott!!

Jeez!!! Where tha heck have I been??? Will be watching this one Mike!!

Thanks Rusty. Dunno bout that home stretch but we're getting there. lol I had a chance to do the sides over again as it just didn't look right to me. I reapplied the RLM 76 (light blue) on the sides and came back over it all again with the gray mottle pattern. Now....it looks a little more like it.

No problem Jerry. Sourcing those decals should be fairly easy to do.

Man this is looking GREAT!!! Very nicely done on that paint. Doncha just love this modern age of technology that allows us to put cool stuff like that front wheel you've got on there. Nice!!!

You make this look all too easy Marcin.

This thing just keeps getting better and better every time I see it.

Honestly Jerry, while there are some really good paints to use for bare aluminum these days I'd stick with camo for now so you can get the feel for building aircraft again. I was always pretty partial to the G variant as it just looked bad a$$. I've recently ventured back into the aircraft realm myself after switching to cars 7 years ago and am having a really good time with it. Looking forward to your build. If you need anything input wise lemme know and I'll do my best to help you out, Joe

You guys and these figures just blow my mind. Great job on this so far Dave. One day I'd like to try my hand at one. Actually I'd like to try a few and then tackle a Mad Max figure.

Got the topside colors on and was hoping for a little better definition on the mottle pattern. I might come back over it with some more over the weekend. Disregard the hard demarcation line between the upper and lower colors on the gun bay doors as that one piece panel is temporarily in place while the paint work is going on. I'll be going with the opened up panel piece after all that's done. Here we are as of now.

aaaand started on the topside......

Looking forward to see your progress on this Dave.

Pure perfection........

You've sure got my attention pal.

This turned out really good GB! Being a big Maverick/ Comet fan I am SO wanting a Comet kit to add to my Maverick kit stash and this is a good inspiration to build one of these. The one thing that I don't really care for on Jo-Han kits is the lack of any shock towers but hey....you did a great job with what you had. Two thumbs up bud. ??

Good lookin' Mustang Scott!

You guys, you guys , you guys! Folks like you and Francis are really bringin' out the big guns with these builds of yours. Pure awesomeness.

Really on a roll with this one now Francis. That rear diff and suspension are lookin' mighty spiffy. Very good attention to detail and fantastic fabrication work brother.

Yessiree. You'll see what I'm talking about in this update buddy. 'Preciate you stoppin' in Tim. So far it hasn't kicked my tail yet. Alright gang, I got a very light coat RLM 76 (light blue) applied to the bottom of the aircraft as of yesterday morning.

Amazing paint work goin on here. Gloss job on that paint looks flawless!