Thanks Patrick. Must keep Dragon lady happy....lol. I like the compressor alot. I does shake the *** out of my bench when it kicks on and makes alot of vibrating noise in the process, so I need to find something solid to put it on.
I'm in for an update. Indeed this was one of my most challenging camo jobs. Perhaps its because I'm used to how Tamiya paints behave as opposed to the Gunze stuff. I find that Gunze tends to be transparent and I was getting some spidering...ugh!. I just kept adding more paint to the thinner until it sprayed right. I started by using blue tac and recreated the scalloped fuselage line. I then sprayed the RLM 81 which to my eye looked just like Olive Drab. I didn't see any purple in it, but what the heck do I know. I added a touch of Dark Earth to brown it up a bit. Late 109s seemed to have scalloped leading edges. I was scratching my head on how to replcate this. I found a hole punch in the kitchen drawer then punched holes in the edge of a post it note.
Then I put down the rest of the RLM 81.
It was then time for the RLM 82. I blue tacked the camo and sprayed this in. Wow....mint green....not what I was expecting. Then again I'm much more familiar with the 74,75,76. I added a touch of XF-2 Flat White and faded out the wings and fuse top to simulate sun fading. I then got to the mottling. Once my spidering issues were resolved, I did my best to replicate the picture, at least on the port side. I think its close.
I had to improvise on the starboard side.
The frame then got a postshade. Its preliminary and will get more later. At this point I also added all the flaps and slats sealed with Tenax. I was tired of them falling off.
The Quickboost exhausts were sprayed XF-64 Red Brown and drybrushed silver. They were added and so was exhaust staining. I'm pleased with it so far.
Time to start the fiddly bits...