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Exactly! That is the whole thing with aircraft weathering.

Weathering... continued. Dot filter. I'm using yellow ochre, Burnt sienna, green, and blue dots. No white allowed. For some reason, white develops a frosty look. Here's a dot pattern closeup: And a couple more gratuitous shots. One note for anybody who is curious: These Dornier's with radials don't seem to have any exhaust staining. All of the exhaust stubs seem to be removed enough from the body to keep the engine gases in the slipstream. It's different with the ones that have the inline engines. A couple more step in weathering, then I'll add the final coat, detail painting, fixes, and landing gear. Thanks for looking!

Oh... by the way, I think it's Lego.

Never mind about me... I haven;t had a fantasy build this big since I was in my twenties.

Overlooking things... is not in my DNA.

Ever seen a head on collision between two cars each of which were doing 55mph-ish? Now... the stall speed of a 109 is around 100MPH with wheels and flaps up. Imagine taking your car up to 100MPH and tumbling it down the side of a nice, big hill. After the latest crop of war movies, I'm just over poorly thought out combat scenes.

Except for late war Japanese planes, I would never expect to see that kind of paint wear. And on an American plane I might expect a primer layer on some parts. Not trimming the decals to match is a mistake. But there is some useful stuff there. Like the streaking where the black paint has remained. And I'm going to try that, but with more varied and narrow streaks. Again... another thing I hate to over emphasize on an all black aircraft. Face it... when you look at black aircraft in period photos, a lot of detail is swallowed up.

Does facebook hate you for some reason?

More shit. Spitfire V vs. 109E3. Gimme a break. Two planes crashing with one short wing. Should have tumbled until they resembled last months beer cans at a back yard firing range.

Which breed it that? I'm a Rottweiler lover myself. That one might be a bit hairy for Australian climates.

Saw this on facebook: There are some useful ideas here... but stripping of that much paint? Maybe only in an IJA aircraft.

Thank you, Fran. Well, everyone... here is where it gets real hard. Weathering scale black. The jet black pin wash went well... but after it dried, I can't really tell if I see the jet black, or just the shadows of the engraved details. Then there was oil details and shading. You know what happens when you get scale black wet? Yes... it turns jet black. And you can't do a damn thing with it. So, I'm on another tack, now. To give the oils something to grip... I've coated the model with Tamiya XF-86. And... then I apply straight, undiluted paint. Then I begin to remove and blend the paint. I'm using a natural bristled brush which I've cropped to 2-3mm long bristles. Every little bit, I smear the bristles onto white paper towel to remove unwanted paint. I've even tried a few oil steaks with varied results. Mostly unsatisfactory results. I think I made some decent headway with the cloth covered surfaces. But the metal skinned areas are another matter. In the end, even with solvents I couldn't get all of the black out of the natural bristles. So, it's all a bit like this: I don't have much time for waiting for oils to leech out the linseed oil midweek. So, I won't get much done. Hopefully this weekend I'll have something to show this weekend. I dunno.

Ooh, didn't know about the Mig stuff. Might give it a go. Definitely much cheaper than having to pay Euros and German postal fees.

Nicely done!

Unfortunately, seems like I must order it from the land of my fathers... not available in Australia or from Hannants.

Well.... what prompted the change was when my mono separated from the torpedo net boom while I was trying to heat shrink it.

Thank you for the detailed description, Ern. I've never delved into competition shooting.

Great looking display you have there!

It looks great! I started to use canopy glue until I discovered it never really hardens... dries clear but rubbery. I use kitchen foil for the backing of lights...gives a bit more reflection than paint. And if you don;t like foil, the Molotow Chrome pen works really nice, too.

I have a fair amount of EZ line with a flat cross section. But I'd like to upgrade for a warship build where I don;t always want to use monofilament. Anyone know a name of this stuff?

What round does it use? Still... sounds a lot more deadly than a pillow-fight.

Very impressive looking weapon, Ern!

Thank you! One of my biggest air brushing problems is when I have to do larger areas. I tend to back away to get a slightly wider spray and end up with rough texture. I really need a airbrush for wider coverage.

Nice work, Hubert!