Hasegawa P 38 J Lightning

[Alun Wells]

That is a cracker
Cheers
Alun

[eddiesolo]

What a superb model, lovely paintwork and weathering.

[Tim Marlow]

Great tired looking aircraft, good work indeed!

[Mickc1440]

I wouldn't worry about doing anything else to it, that is a superb worn look.

[colin m]

Thanks again gentlemen for having a look. I mentioned previously I wasn't sure what the final finish should look like, I just wanted a weathered nmf. Consensus seems to be, it's just about right. Thanks for your input everyone.

[Fernando N]

Looks very nice Colin, nice weathering of the anti-glare panels and decals too.:thumb2:

Fernando

[selrach]

Looks like the real thing!

[rtfoe]

Missed this Colin as June was a busy month for me. Very well done especially the anti-glare panels. Not all planes had variations on their metal finish, perhaps the shades were because of the direction the panel was milled. I often add white and browns to the silver mix and using two pieces of L shaped mask randomly pick panels to dust over.

My P-47 with panel variation...


Cheers,
Richard

[Dave W]

Looks good to me Colin.

[colin m]

Not all planes had variations on their metal finish, perhaps the shades were because of the direction the panel was milled

Good point. I also think a lot has to do with the very slight 'dents' in the skin which reflect light in different ways.

[BlackMamba]

Superb work (as stated above)! You nailed it. You managed to capture the look of a well used plane by adding just the right amount of wear and tear.

[Steve Jones]

Stunning work Colin. Certainly no need to do any more tinkering. One to be proud of