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Tcamp
Texas hurricane is underway let the fun begin!
Sorry for inverted pics cant get rotated🤠

Ben M
Rotation is well hidden. To rotate your photos, open your album. Click on "manage". Then turn on the "advanced options" toggle. You will now have the ability to rotate photos in the album.

Mr D
Like it, Really nice 🎨🖌️ who doesn't like a Spitfire ✈️.
Nice 👍

BetterTimes-Henry
Thanks Mr D!

Mr James
Excellent detailed attention to the weathering. Lovely work

Mr D
Hi Henry,
What was your process after clear coat ??
I want to give my current build a bit of paint detail....as I've just straight painted my models up to now.
And like how yours is done
😃👍👍

Dave
Nice job. The weathering look great 👍

BetterTimes-Henry
Thank you for your kind feedback Mr James and Dave!

BetterTimes-Henry
Hi Mr D. Before clear coat, I did a little post shading with slightly lighter colours in middle of the panels, just a small amount with low pressure air brush and more thinned paint. After clear coat I used Flory Models.co.uk weathering wash for panel lines. You can also use AK Interactive or Tamiya panel line washes they too work great. Flory is clay based and allows me to control the level of wash I leave on the panel themselves, not just in the panel lines. Once dry, model gets a Matt coat. Then I use some oils to add weathering in highly used areas of upper surfaces and dirt/mud/ dust near wheels on lower surfaces. I use thinner just damp brush to blend in. I find Matt "grips" the blended oils better. Hope that is of some help Mr D. Note, I'm still very much learning each new model that I tackle.

Mr D
Many thanks Henry 😃👍.
I'm going to try the pre-shading next time, but will do panel lines n wash this time...see how l get on, l got the AK panel wash... now, it's seems to easily rub away tany excess once dry.... I got some oil paints too so will have ago at some weathering .
Thanks for the tips and advice...much appreciated 👍👍

Ignacio von Braun
Amazing. I like. How you make the radio antena so realistic?

gorby
Very nice work!

Neuling
Top work!

Marco Gallmann
Amazing details 👍

BetterTimes-Henry
Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. Any feedback, please. Does anything look strange? Just let me know. I am still very much a learner with 1:48th scale aircraft. I usually do 1:35th scale armour.

BetterTimes-Henry
I think the "sponge method" wear and tear looks a little too much?

BetterTimes-Henry
The radio antenna is made from AK Interactive 1/48 rigging, very thin copper wire wound up to look like a spring (a bit too thick I think, but I could not get thinner copper wire), then a 2 mm hole punch on thin copper sheet (moulded into a cone over a rounded tooth pick) and finally super glue dabbed on rigging (4-5 times top and bottom) until it was big enough (painted in AK cremeweiss colour). The entry into fuselage was made from spare ABER M50 Super Sherman 35034 brass metal set - small part just look like the right shape ... LOL pure guess 🙂

CaptGPF
I thought the weathering was done right - especially around the cockpit area where it would see a lot of it from the opening and closing.

Vincent
The radio antenna looks impressive!

J35J
Great work, paint job and weathering!👍🏻

BetterTimes-Henry
Thank you CaptGPF, Vincent and J35J for your kind words of encouragement. Very much appreciated ☺️

Mr James
Agree with all above. The aerial is a great touch.

Spanjaard
about the weathering, it is at the end a personal choice, some people like models like new, some like they have been years under harsh conditions.... yours look really good to me. but at the end, it is your own opinion what counts 😉
the antenna is fantastic, i need to copy that when i do my 109

BetterTimes-Henry
Thank you Spanjaard for your kind words. The small cone on the antenna I made from copper sheet that I molded over a tooth pick was a little hard to control. I've seen another modeller use a small rod which he sharpened into a cone then drilled a hole thru it, I thank that may be easier and I'll try that next time.

BetterTimes-Henry
Thank you Mr James!!