Heres My Dewoitine D520

Mike, nice job on the bird. Got any other pics of her from a different perspective? Sharp paint scheme. Thanks for posting it. - Ed :)

oooh! look at those awesome tiger shots!!! mike you rock! i'm leaning toward PH Defender just because i want to try out this technique of preshading, and if i paint the tiger camo, you wont be able to see the preshading...but...shark mouth? c'mon! how do you pass up that?! sigh. tough call.

as to your dewoitine, i'm with keyworth got any more photos?

Hey Keywoth,
Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad that you liked my build.
I'll see what I can do about getting a few other shots for you and of course mer!!

Hey mer,
See what I mean about making a decision...!!!! Tough aint it[:0]
Instead of your "normal" preshading technique why dont you try this maybe?
You dont have to put down a base coat of "scale black"(also good for shading,natural shadowing) or anything but first put down the darkest colour(if not mistaken, it would be the green).
From there go on and put down your light colour. Buy doing this, it will assist you w/ your shading.
I know the norm(or for some the correct way) is to paint light to dark but as you can tell I like to do things w/ a twist.
This will also help you blend in the colors(soft edge). Y you ask because as you lay down you lighter color, it will take more to build up the true color and by this you will have a less chance of over spray to appear(if you have the right paint to thinner ratio).
Basically this will help you out in your natural weathering.
O by the way, I kinda like this scheme as well even though it is a restored bird.
If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail me at Falcon42177@yahoo.com or Falcon174th@aol.com
Flaps up, Mike

Very nice Mr. Butz. I've always had a soft spot for the less recognized fighters of WWII. You have done that little French fighter justice. I too wouldn't mind to see a couple more angles of your clean build.

Hey woody,
Thanks for the kind words my friend!! Ya I have always liked the Dewoitine and thought that this scheme would be unique since the only photo that I saw was in the "In Action" book.
As always I did my research and found one other pic simular to the one in book mentioned above.
I'll try to post other angles of this bird as soon as I get a chance.
Flaps up, Mike