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  1. 7 minutes ago, PanzerWomble said:

    I can't imagine what this crazy paintscheme did to the minds of the "oh so Korrect" Feldwebels ...

     

    Reminds me of assembly ships !

     

    Looking good 👍

    It is not exactly a faithful copy of the Luftwaffe camo scheme, but it is different.  Thanks - you are right.  It does kind of look like the Assembly ships camo!

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  2. Peter and Carl, Thank you!!  I have some touch up where my final masking was a little over the line, but otherwise it is an interesting look.  I ended up using RLM 66 as the final color to get a stronger difference in color.  Also need to paint the yellow fuselage band around the tail.

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  3. Laid down the second color, keeping where I already had the masking down but starting to do the soft lines on the fuselage.  Also working on the fading/shading and finding the pre-shading worked semi-well on the RLM 74 and I can see will be a real challenge on the RLM 70.  Once I have the RLM 70 down (the darker gray) will go back and see how the overall effect looks.

    FWIW, the RLM 70 is on the left wingtip where the tip light is, and the triangle at the wing root also on the left side.  To the eye is looks a LITTLE darker but in the photos not so much.

    Tomorrow should finish the RLM 70.

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  4. 22 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

    Man, you work fast PW!  And with such amazing results!  Great work!

    Is that VMS product a blackening solution for metal products?  On the wooden ship model side, there are various blackening agents for things like cannons which are typically turned brass.  I believe some of the blackening products are off the market so good to know that others have stepped in.  I recently bought some VMS products - different adhesives, etc. - and like them.

    Where do you get the VMS stuff?

    Peter has made me a convert to MRP so I'm reluctant to switch AGAIN to another paint.  But I would like to find a good acrylic to replace Vallejo despite I have so many bottles. 

    PW - your thread here is fantastic.  Thanks for the step-by-step discussion and show.  Incredibly invaluable even if I never plan on doing Zimmerit.  But the effect you are generating is excellent.

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  5. Looks like that entire room is going to be needed to display those beasts!!  You probably already have a lot, but I have quite a few references for the B-17 if you are interested.  I can PM what I have.  A good friend of mine flew a B-17G 43-38719, out of Rattlesden.  I've built several of the Monogram/ProModeller B-17s.

    Welcome to the friendliest forum on the web.

     

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  6. Ugh.  Found these pictures, which seems to show more freehand camo rather than use of masks...  Also, notice yellow 4 has what looks like green camo color rather than the black/greys called out by Eduard.

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    While this one looks more like hard lines on the back of the fuselage, but soft lines elsewhere...  So I get to pick and choose!   

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  7. Dave,

    Super job and I'm glad you went with the kit intakes - I have a ZM 1/48 F-4C kit so was interested to see how they worked and looked.  Great on your build BTW.  Your cockpit looks terrific - nice detail with the RF/ZM IP set.  And you really don't miss the seatbelts since you are using the pilots.  Easy enough to fashion belts for them.

    You are making me want to break out my ZM kit!!

    :popcorn:

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  8. Have I mentioned I hate masking?  This is two bench sessions of masking, and I'm still not done.  Worse that this is only for color number 2.  One more after this...

    Oh yeah, I did knock off one of the aileron counterweights - but found it on my mat.  Whew...

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  9. 5 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

    Looking good there Chris. Any reason you just have flaps on one side?

    Good eye!  Yes, the one fell off for the picture - it's in the bottom of the bin in the picture - and the other aileron is a completely different color than the wing so no need to have it attached.  Maybe a field replacement?

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