"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
Nice! I didn't use the invasion stripe decals on mine. Instead, I hand painted invasion stripes on my P-47 since none were perfectly straight on the actual aircraft back then. I use Vallejo's Off white instead of pure straight up white for the weathered look.
Oh yeah, they're a pain to mask for the stripes too. Try achieving perfect even widths on the fuselage part. I can't tell you how many times I've masked, remasked and swore in the process.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Bruce. Yes and no. I did use different shades but I chose to soft edge the panels. And kind of marble the panels. To me a wartime aircraft is not kept pristine. I'm hoping once I get the decals on everything will look like a used but not abused aircraft.