Recent content by Darkhorse

Believe it or not, it is called dayglo orange. "The term dayglo originates from the name of a paint company whose primary customers were retail advertisers, but that changed with a big boost from the U.S. Department of War (established 1789-1947) during World War Two, a military supply contract...

Thanks mate! Just ordered the caracal decals, now gotta save up for the replacement engines,

Well yes and that usually is me.....just ask my wife! Just that they have strange names like insignia red...chrome yellow......turd brown....airforce pink!! Plain orange is great, I have that in stock.

Well she turned up today, the decals haven't aged well at all. https://www.victorymodels.com/products/caracal-models-1-72-ec-121-warning-star-part-2-decal-cd72022 Have to get these and get out a loan on my house to pay for shipping LOL I'm thinking about the "Navy" version with the orange on the...

What would go well alongside the big C? Sky warrior etc?

Just waiting for the wife to find out that I bought this lady LOL Any ideas what the equivalent Tamiya paint colour to that blue is?

anny advice on building this bugger

what I was going to do is lightly spray some green around where the stars are. Have some more weathering to do and put the rear turret in.

How's this for a start? SU 2

Yes been having a look, I know the wear and tear on tanks and vehicles, but this is the aircraft I have done like this....

I sadly live in Australia mate. Going to try the hair spray number, do I decant some into a jar and use a brush?

Was thinking, a green coat, then a overspray of white, maybe some green chipping. I haven't really tried hair spray method. Will give the IL2 another spray and see what happens, LOL just stuff one thing and all that work goes down the drain..

So I'm going to do a winter aircraft next, so what do I do spray it green first then a white overcoat?

The single seater seems a tad shiney, though I have hit it with a matt spray. The other IL2 is the two seater from Accurate Miniatures.

That is usually where I have to go and get Trumpeter kits, though at times their shipping costs mystify me LOL