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thanks !! Jeroen, yes the wingtips lights are missing , still need to add them :D

hi guys, here a FW 190 D9 that has been sitting on the shelf of doom from my friend JP for years. Since the building was almost done no pictures of that. I just did the painting job. Jan

hi all The Tamiya Spitfire mk8 is finished now. I used MasterCasters wheels, Barracuda Studios detail sets and decals. As usual paints are Gunze and Tamiya + for the weathering Tamiya sets. Jan.

Marcel , you are right , a balsa deck is mush better looking , might have a go at that Jan

Got me a Japanese carrier deck design that could be printed and glued together. It is not a real as a balsa replica bur for my first groundwork it will do. Jan

Thanks

At last the Zero is finished, somehow it got stuck in the middle of the build. Wonderful kit Markings from the Midway period, so a bit dirty. Jan

Last pictures here , as good as done !! Jan

A few steps back to correct a stupid mistake I made One of the Hinomaro's on the upper wings was not in line So it had to be removed , basic paint applied again and redo the Hinomaro. And redo the weathering, al done with Tamiya weathering tools. Jan The wing side that was fine The corrected wing side The result of the correction

Decided to do some extra weathering. Not finished yet. When that is done I need to add all to little parts to finish the Zero. Jan

Decals on, next is fixing all the small pieces. Maybe some extra weathering in the panel lines, not sure about that yet. I might leave it this way. Jan

Marking sprayed on. The nose is sprayed in aluminium first, next AK Worn Effects and then black with a drop of blue. Some parts have got a coat of clear varnish. To make it ready for some small decals. And then finishing of with a bit of weathering , these early Zero's are not that weathered as the late ones. Jan

After a long time some progress on the Zero. Paint job started , some weathering already done with the airbrush. Jan

:) thanks guys !!!! @ ajacad , the prop spinners are masked, first the overall black green was sprayed, masked and spraying the white and finished with the lighter green Jan

Arno Started with the standard camo , so first the light blue underside, then the 2-tone hard edge green upper camo. Then the sand and the light blue to finish (masking for the 2 with Blu-Tack) Lot of work and even more masking tape :-) Jan