1/72 Academy P-38J ETO

[AlanG]

Ok made a boo boo with this. Whilst 'handling' it i dropped it and broke off one of the u/c legs. Have put it back in but it's not sitting totally straight. You probably wouldn't notice when it's displayed but i know

Just sprayed the underside with Tamiya XF-53 (Natural grey) with a splash Tamiya X-2 (white) to weather it a little. Looks ok but in doing this i have totally forgotten to pre-shade it.... DOH! Oh well i'll remember for the next one.... honest

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[papa 695]

Looking good mate pitty about the drop butterfingersops:

[AlanG]

And so the fun begins. Started painting the invasion stripes on. Have decided to do the back end first and wait until it's completely dry before starting on the wings

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[AlanG]

Ok maybe i didn't finished the back end first lol

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[AlanG]

Only one little area of bleed whilst doing the booms and considering the difficulty i had in masking it i can accept that. Well chuffed with how they've come out.

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I can now remember why i much prefer working on bigger scale stuff lol

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[yak face]

Looking excellent allyne, keep at it mate, cheers tony

[AlanG]

Cheers Tony. They were a pain to mask up at times but they've turned out well i think. Getting towards that home straight now

[AlanG]

Painted the Olive Drab tonight using XF-62. Added a little white to try and weather it a little. Looks ok

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[Guest]

Looking good following with interest. Like the stripes...

[AlanG]

Painted the front of the engine cowls and spinner caps yellow tonight. took me an age to mask around the curves and with hindsight i should have painted these first then masked off the other way and then painted the grey/OD. But it's don't now and once i've klear'd the yellow i'll make a start on the NMF nose.

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[stona]

Top job on this one so far. I bet you had fun with the yellow!

Cheers

Steve

[AlanG]

Didn't go on too bad Steve. Had a problem with one spinner but once i stripped it with revell cleaner it was fine. Just sprayed low pressure and low paint volume, making sure it dried before i sprayed a little more. I now know why i dislike working with this scale though. I have fingers like pigs.......

[Guest]

You nailed the stripes Allyne nicely done Sir!

[AlanG]

Few more pics of it. Added the exhausts. They are only slightly rusted as i only ever seem to heavily rust my exhuasts these days

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[AlanG]

Props added

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