My 1st Tamiya kit. Be gentle folks, I'm still a noob. I never do the crew members, but I thought I will give it a bash. All brush painted:
I have two schemes planned, either a RAF bird fro, North Africa, or SAAF one out of Italy. Will have to decide when the new decals arrive, as the kiy ones just disintegrate.
Some progress, all buttoned up, engines, collector rind and undercarriage painted: The collector rings seem to be quite a contentious issue, with lots of model displaying a solid copper look. In my opinion this is wrong, and it is closer to a rusty steel look. I tried my best to emmulate the color after looking at photgraphs. I used a metallic black base and then a thinned coat of broen enamel to achive the look you see here.
The weathering on the undercarriage and bay doors was done using Tamiya broen and black panel line wash.