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Thanks Bruce and Kari! I've still got this thing on the #1 burner right in front of me. All the rest of my back burner projects have been put back into boxes except for this one.

I've been thinking looooong and hard about this one as of late. It has stayed, for the last 5 years, in plane....er plain sight at the right hand side of my work bench behind glass.



While it's true that I stopped building aircraft models 5 years ago in favor of my interest in automotive subjects, I had also reached a point where I started wanting more out of my paint jobs on aircraft. I consider my D-9 to be somewhat of a success story for me but I wanted even more than that. When I took on this 234 I had fears of it being "just another paint job". You know what I'm talking about, one that looked like it just rolled out of 1:1 paint shop and I just couldn't have that. I have recently watched paint jobs come together with processes that have been untried by me on aircraft such as marbling and black basing and feel that I am ready to "tip in" so to speak. I feel really comfortable (and perhaps too comfortable) with the mirror like automotive finishes that I set out on learning how to pull off some 5 years ago now and am ready for my next challenge in modeling.







After finally learning how to get consistent results with a shiny paint job I feel that I am now ready for the next challenge of learning how to master a war/ weather worn aircraft finish. I've got a lot of catching up to do on this build and it IS going to have to wait until the completion of my holy grail Silverado 454 SS build but I think we may be giving this one a "GO" next. Stay tuned........

When I saw the post here...

Go for it, Joe! If it is any comfort, you must know that establishing a blemish-free shiny paint job is MUCH more difficult than a wartime camo finish. You definitely have the technical skillz to bang out the Arado camo.

speedgraflex wrote:When I saw the post here...

I second that, Bruce! Way to go Joe! I’ll be following this one.

Also- those automobiles you posted are rad. That’s some amazing work. And I think it’s awesome that you’re going to level up your game in the arena of weathering. So many huge possibilities are gonna open up for you. War weary piston poppers? Let’s do it! Beaten up tanks? No problemo. How about an old, rusty, muddy 4x4 for miniature off-roading? You got it baby!

This is going to be awesome.

Thank you guys for the votes of confidence. Just need to read back through my own thread here to avoid anything I may have forgotten before proceeding.

So excited to read this. You did, indeed, master the slick finish. You will also master the art of camo. I can't wait to see this one.

Thanks Lyle for the good word. Yeah it's been a while alright.

It is good to see you getting back to this, Joe. Since I picked up the 32 Fly models one I can hardly wait to see how you do on this one.