I started off with the cockpit built straight from the box, just adding tape belts and Harness. Since I'm using Tamiya Acrylic paints, I had to mix the interior green color: XF-5 green 1:1 with XF-3 flat Yellow. After the cockpit was painted, I added a few coats of a dirty black wash. But the camera flash just seems to have brightened up the Interior green too much. It's much darker and dirtier in person.
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The fuselage was then glued up, and the lower main wing assembly was painted and built as well.
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Next came the extremely well detailed engine. I decided to just take it one step further, and using a combination of steel and copper wire, fashioned the wiring harness, which I painted a Brownish Red.
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I then completed the wings, added the windscreen, and started to prep work to get ready for painting. I still have to re-scribe a lot of the panel lines I managed to sand out.
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I also decided to open up the cowl flaps for a more realistic look to them.
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Hope to post the basic painting pictures within the next few weeks. Thanks for taking the time to look.
Joel