Some build and paint pictures

 

 

I decided to do the wing assembly first.  

This is as good with the photo etch as I’m going to get. The left side pedal later snapped in half for no reason at all when I glued in the seat.  

 

The exhaust stacks done in a variety of greys.  

And then covered in rust washes.  

A picture of Hermann Graf in his plane. You can see the faded paint around the commodore markings. I tried to imitate that.  

Used this picture of an actual aircraft skin panel as an example as to what RLM76 ought to look like.  

My first attempt at post shading. Didn’t go too bad, a bit sloppy here and there I think.  

I mixed the RLM76 myself from Tamiya acrylics and also put in some X-22 Clear. I think it looks quite vibrant.  

 

 

 

 

I proceeded to airbrush on the yellow.  

I think I’ll be doing the yellow different next time but it still looks OK to me.  

 

 

This looks like a crack in the fuselage to me. I decided to leave it. There’s a few more visible seams that I spotted. I guess I’ll have to try better at assembly the next time.  

I made an oopsie when I was airbrushing in the yellow. I guess my gloved index finger caught some airbrush cleaner.  

 

 

 

I managed to mostly repair the damage. I can see some orange peel now. See if I can still fix that maybe.