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Thanks for catching the pivot blunder @moon puppy ! I sprayed out what I had done then taped off the wing limit, then using a pencil I held the pencil against the body edge and swept the wing to get the exact arcs of movement. I have tried several colors and methods of application but am not...

I am not done with the pivot point stains yet. I hope to get it looking right when I am through.

Yessir, high shine aluminum from alclad. Much has been done since those photos. Here are all of the colors used so far. I compared some colors and did some tests and decided that RAF Rotal Light Gray would be the filter color. I diluted that more than 50/50 with Mr Leveler and coated all of...

I did mask off the inside of the canopy and blacked the metal parts. I screwed up the lightning strike strip decals and took them off so these guys are screwed if they fly into a lightning storm. I finished out the cockpit and glued the canopy in place after taping off the outside. The black...

I That is astonishing! Well done!!

I know. She is not easy to work on…

RU sure that is the model wheel or is it the reference of the real thing? I can't tell.

A little more paintwork today. First I did a Transparent Red Earth glaze over the skin. Then using light and medium flesh mixtures I lightened some of the top facing planes and added muscle definition. Using Cerulean Blue, Cobalt Green, and white I strengthened the reflucted light on the down...

The kit comes with masks for the outside. I will make ones to mask the interior. Great idea, thanks!

I will go ahead and apologize for not taking photos as I went along making the exhaust. There were probably 50 steps to get them finished. I don't like the way Tamiya made the tunnel because it was very hard to paint being all one piece and closed at one end. Here is my finished interior of the...

An adjustable crescent hammer has always been one of my favorite tools

My favorite plane all time. It was king when I was a kid

Thanks guys. This is the exact plane I am building This version calls for USAF Light Gray above and below. This is the shadow side so I figure it is much lighter gray than it looks. Light gray can mean a thousand different shades! I know that monitors can and do skew colors. I will look at...

First round of oil paints are applied and need to dry. I did not use a lot of thinner as it did not seem to be working well when I tried. Instead, I painted VERY thin layers with a sable flat and a sable round #6, going back and forth between brushes to whichever one worked best for the area I...

Moving on. In case you were wondering, this kits fit so far has been phenomenal. Everything goes into place perfectly. I want to wire the main wheel wells like I did on the front. It was easier to wire without everything put together so I could drill holes from the outside to insert wires...

Thank you Paddy! That is indeed how I have learned from you and others here.

Crap, I see a sloppy red spot after looking at the photos...after posting of course. I will clean the up with white.

The front wheel well is done I think. I primed everything with 50/50 Mr Finishing surfacer 1500 black/Mr Leveler. After a while came 50/50 Tamiya XF2/Mr Leveler in thin layers to build up to white. I "tanned" the braided lines with Tam XF49 Khaki, then bits of XF7 red, XF1 black, and X23 clear...

Front landing gear bay has about as many wires as it needs I think. Next up is painting it white. That is for another day. My eyes are hurting!

I did some prep work before breaking out the oil paint. This is all done with airbrush, and probably will be the last airbrushing she gets. Never say never though, but it is my plan to use a paint brush from here on. These are the colors I have used for this stage. First, I used red where I...