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What Floki said! A great opportunity for grime, oil leaks, and stains from burning low quality fuel.

Thanks guys! Ok, I'll go forward with the all RLM76 scheme as originally planned. Since I do a lot of multi-colored Luftwaffe subjects, I should take this opportunity to do something a little out of the ordinary.

Based on a comment I received on another board, the reinforcing strips along the wing root were scribed.


At this point, I decided to paint the Barracuda spinner. First comes the base coat in white.


Using an Eagle Editions decal sheet as a base, I traced a spiral mask in AutoCAD and cut it out using my Silhouette Portrait cutter.


Black was then sprayed over the mask. The minor imperfections such as kinks in the curve and overspray were repaired using bits of masking tape. It's important to get the edges of the spiral really clean.


It's hard to see but I painted the spinner backplate as it came from the factory... in Black Green RLM 70 with a quarter panel in white. The spinner was given a wash to highlight the nice detail that Barracuda cast onto the spinner.


The completed spinner mounted onto the fuselage.

Nice work! I gotta learn how to use AutoCAD...

That is a superb looking build thus far John and awesome work on that Spinner...

Work continues on the G-6/AS. The bisected inner flaps were painted using mottled black as a preshading base. This represents the process that will be used on the overall aircraft.




The DF loop antenna base was re-shaped using Milliput. The loop itself was cut off and replaced with a strip of aluminum from a soda can.


The landing gear legs were painted. A brake line made of lead wire was added.


The prop blades were painted RLM70 Black Green over a Tamiya AS-12 Silver base and slightly chipped using hairspray. The blades were then given a couple of salt fading passes.


The prop blades were attached to the spinner with the help of the mounting jig that Barracuda sells separately. This ensures that the blade position and pitch are uniformly correct.



A test fit of the finished prop onto the unpainted fuselage...

Lovely progress John!

Slow going on the modeling front. I would've thought that I'd have time to spend in the modeling room now that our state is under mandatory shelter-in-place orders. But that has not been the case. I've been busy working at home and also my mind continues to dwell on the friends I left in Central Asia. One who is especially dear to me and is going through some unfortunate health issues right now.

But I have tomorrow off and with no likely fishing opportunities, I'll probably get to do some more modeling this weekend.

In the few hours that I have spent working on this G-6, I've cut some exhaust deflectors from brass sheeting.



The Barracuda resin wheels have been painted. Still some weathering work to do on the landing gear but the base painting is done.

Cracking looking work John - stay safe and best wishes to your friend in Asia.