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Thanks guys! Not everything I do works as you'll see below! :giggles: I masked off the swastikas and did them before I tackled the chevrons. They turned out decently. https://i.postimg.cc/gJqn17w3/IMG-5453.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/PfyC4Bnj/IMG-5454.jpg You can see how the raised hinge messed up a bi...

Great work! I was going to ask about the shiny look of the flap interiors but when I zoom in on the photo, I can see that they are only partially painted. Optical illusion!

Great work on the Lawn... I mean Thunder Dart! Kick me if that's already been used on this build. Pretty cool how Testors would come up with a kit based on speculative news stories!

You're really cranking on this build, Gary! The metal finish came out very nicely!

The fuselage band was masked off and the rest of the upper fuselage camo of RLM 70 and 71 were sprayed on. I alternated between RLM 70, 71 and 76 for touch-ups depending on how well I could visualize the demarcation lines rather than the more logical lighter-color-first order. https://i.postimg.cc/2...

The upper wing and fuselage crosses were painted next. https://i.postimg.cc/PxYcd9Bq/IMG-5438.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/2yYtyTD7/IMG-5439.jpg Although the Eduard 1/48 Fw190A-5 instructions as well as the Eagle Cals 32-82 instructions call out black and white for the fuselage crosses, I chose to use R...

I'm lost. I understand the outer template for the white on the cross. How is it possible the overspray excess white disappeared after its all done? Did you mask the outer borders on the white cross before spraying the white as seen in 2nd photo? Am I missing something I don't see or understand? Let...

Painting continues with the markings. The underwing crosses are first. When using multi-color masks, my default painting order is outside to inside. This is helps prevent seepage of unwanted colors on the outside of the markings. There are exceptions of course but this is a good general rule to foll...

Here are the yellow panels after the masking has been removed. There is some pebbly texture on the nose cowling, which is from the plastic, not the paint. I am wondering if I should have sanded the entire surface of the model prior to painting. I think the matt coat will reduce that texture to the p...

Question... how thin the consistency of RLM76 at 1.5:1 ratio? It's not too opaque, is it? Not very opaque at all. Relatively transparent. It takes multiple passes to slowly build up the opacity. I used to use thinner mixes... 2:1 but I was getting a little too much paint pooling so I've adjusted th...