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And those were from 88mm & 155mm flak shells as well. A man had to have nerves of steel to fly through that and what awaited them in the skies enemy aircraft wise. Towards the end of the war more and more German fighter aircraft were equipped with Mk108 cannon instead of piss ant machine guns and one or two well placed rounds would end it for a B-17. Mk108 round...

Lookin' good so far Dave!! That switch to 40 watt lighting paid off..

I applied a glosscoat to the top side yesterday using Vallejo's acrylic gloss. Dunno what it is about acrylic glosses but it was fairly difficult for me to apply (probably because I thinned it down too much ) and it puddled in a few areas on the starboard wing. Gimme some lacquer based clear and I can work wonders with it. This stuff is like me trying to speak a foreign language. Anyhow.... I sanded the irregularities out of the gloss, touched up some paint where I burned through in the sanding process and re-applied the gloss this morning. Cals are upcoming next....

That's for DANG sure!! Glad to have you along Mike! Luftwaffe colors and camo schemes are hard enough to research and to get right and then we throw in the sheen that they may or may not have. It's enough to drive a builder crazy. But you are right....it's fun to ponder all this stuff Rusty.

Very cleanly and well built car. Just outstanding work!!!!

I'm still here Rog. I'll be back here after my current project. Check the All The Rest WIP section.

You sir....are tha freekin' MAN!!!! Thanks a million for that Roger!!!!!

Lotsa details Marcos! Lookin' good so far ol' buddy.

Right??!! I love the He-111 as well. I've got a 1/48 scale Ju-88/ Fw190 Mistel in the stash. I've been contemplating building that. Ya know Rusty, the more research I do on late war German camo and paint the more I realize that arguments could be made on both sides for the flat and satin finishes. Check it out: Flat finish Satin/ semi gloss finish:

They look rather sinister.

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.