After laying down a very basic summer camo scheme (since it was getting covered), I laid down some XF-2 Flat White and overcoated some areas with a paint brush some Mig’s Winter Camo White, and also some white oil paints. I liked the addition of the streaking from the brush strokes.
I tried sanding back some areas to reveal the summer camo below, but struggled with it, so I overcoated some green and gray blotches with the airbrush later.
Here are the final pics:
As for the kit… it’s fantastic. Fit was excellent. If you missed my thread about a month ago, Here’s a link to a short video I did during the build, showing the wing-fuselage fit of this kit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C93_Z5zJV6s
Maybe the only fault I have with the kit is that it doesn’t have weighted wheels, but that's a very minor complaint. One problem area
(for my fumbling hands) were the guns. After installing the wing-root cannons and gluing the wings to the fuselage, I looked at those gun barrels and silently predicted I would break them off long before finishing the build. Yep, it happened. Luckily the kit had some unused barrels on the sprue for another variant, so I trimmed them to the right length and glued them in at the end. I think it works.
If anyone has any questions about any aspects of the build, please let me know. I would've shown more pictures, but didn't want to make this already-long post even longer.
Cheers,
Mark
PS. In typical fashion (for me), after posting these pics and randomly selecting one to make sure the links to the full size pictures worked, I noticed I completely forgot to apply ANY weathering to the inside of the clamshell gear doors. D'OH! Guess it's back to the bench for this bird! hahahahaha......