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Thanks guys!

- Kari

Finally I had some "extra" hours this evening, so I could do the major paintwork

To make the work one step easier, I decided to use masks, so I printed a simple drawing of the P-51 where I then "manually" draw the camo as good as I could. Some freehand painting was done on the fuselage.



But first the underside was painted with Mister Paints ANA 602, "Light Grey" as instructed. Many thin layers with not too high pressure is the name of the game when airbrushing MRP laquers. Unfortunately, they smell rather bad, even despite the fact I have a rather good respirator mask..



And then came the camo part, Sea grey ANA603 and Olive drab ANA 613.

First in line was the Sea grey, masking / protecting the parts that would get a layer of Olive drab.





Then "inversing" the masking for the Olive drab



After this intensive painting session, it was time to remove almost all the masking



And here she is,



Very tempting to remove also the canopy mask, but I will still keep it on as there are some touchups that is needed here and there.

I am not 100% happy with the result, but I just had to come to this point. Last time I painted an airplane was... well... in September 2017, that is more than 3 years ago. A personal milestone in other words...

Let's see what next!

- Kari

Very nice work on the painting!

Smoooothhh!

Getting there. Let's see more colors on her.

The paint work looks great! But which Olive Drab did you use? It’s very green in these photos. Is it the lighting perhaps?

Thank you guys!

Stikpusher wrote:The paint work looks great! But which Olive Drab did you use? It’s very green in these photos. Is it the lighting perhaps?

It indeed looks very light (though picture taken in the painting booth with strong cold-white light).
I followed the instructions of the decal set and used Mister Paints Olive Drab (ANA613)
I will take a picture in day-light to see how it looks like, but indeed, it is lighter than it should.

- Kari

Paint looks really nice and smooth. I agree it looks a bit light but I have no reference to say either way. Looking forward to your next update.

Well done Kari - it looks excellent!

Paint looks nice and smooth! I use paper masks too but it can be tricky to maintain a consistent distance between the mask and painting surface. If that's not consistent, you'll get some variation in the hardness/softness of the color demarcation.