I've already got most of the assembly done on the fella. Nice kit with little fit problems where as others I heard have had. I added some surface details here and there and and have employed BK's tip with melted glue. I modified the pilots head gear. I took the hat from the Nitto Gustav pilot, beefed it up to fit the scale and added ear muffs to it.   I have a dark camo scheme picked inspired by this Messerschmitt. I'll black out the markings as the Germans did for night operations, an idea I got from a the Messerschmitt post SB posted over the weekend.  Check out this web site. There's some really great stuff here for references. http://www.germanaircraftwwii.com Not much to report on this build except I've almost completely messed it up. I primed it in with Tamiya Gloss, then Tamiya bare metal hand painted it with Foquil Railroad Colour red primer. I then did a camo base using Model Master Schokol Adenbraun 143, Schwarzgrau RLM 66 and Dunkelgrun RLM 82. Over that very thined, Vallejo German Cam. Black, Basalt Grey with a thinned German Grey over it. Military green between and over Dunkelgrun RLM 82. The Blue band is Captain Kirk sent the me the Vellejo paints. The colours are awesome, but I found them challenging to work with on large surface areas, getting the finish the way I want. Kirk recommended, if hand painting I use them on smaller areas. I've finished chipping and now on to the weathering.  | TIP: Small weld bead/plate.  1. With a toothpick, take a dab of the plastic sludge and apply it to the area you want the beads located in. With a clean pick, spread out the dab of glue from the center out to form the shape you want. In this case, I am making a rectangle.  2. After you have a rough shape formed, let sit for a few moments. Then with knife tip as shown, refine shape then let dry over night.   |
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