Jim R's Airfix 1/72 Mosquito B.XVI in Israel service

[The Smythe Meister]

Very nice indeed Jim
You lot are certainly making me wanna plunge into my one
Andy

[adt70hk]

Jim

Good to see some primer on. I'd head about the wheel well masks in reviews and builds - a great idea.

ATB.

Andrew.

Ps.... No idea how 'alabaster' appeared in my previous post..... No idea..... And no idea what I meant either...... I'm blaming my phone!!

[Jim R]

Geoff, Mick, Andy and Andrew - thanks for your positive posts. They sure do make a difference. :thumb2:

After much masking, spraying, remasking, more spraying and rather a lot of rude words we are here. Red tail and identification stripes. Yellow and red first ....


..... and then the black stripes


Tail and stripes will be masked and then the metallic overall.
Jim

[Mark1]

Liking the colour scheme :thumb2:

[Ian M]

Looking good.
What are you going to use for the silver dope?

[Jim R]

Hi all
Ian - I will use Vallejo Metal Color. Maybe not quite as good as Alclad but for a water based metallic it's very good. Also I don't need a 'good' finish.

I masked up all the identification stripes and the red on the tail. I wanted the overall metallic finish to be a bit weathered and faded but thought that a black pre-shade might be a bit over the top. I have used the Vallejo Metal Color Dark Aluminium in patches, hopefully when I give an overall coat of Aluminium the darker shade will show through and break up the finish. Hopefully my airbrush skills will be good enough not to obliterate the darker colour completely. My record with successful pre-shades is not good :rolling:





I also base coated the props.


Jim

[The Smythe Meister]

Great paintwork there Jim
I love the stripes on the wings.... very striking indeed....
What with the red on the tail plane this is going to be a real eye catcher

[scottie3158]

Jim,
That is looking very nice indeed. It does look like they have engineered a good fitting kit.

[Allen Dewire]

Wow Jimbo!!! The stripes and paint job look fantastic Sir, but the props are so cool to my eyes!!! This will be a stand out when it's finished Jim!!!

Prost
Allen

[adt70hk]

Jim,

That's coming on very nicely indeed. Very well done.

Andrew

[Valeron]

Great looking colours Jim. I'm so behind on mind what with life and holidays etc

[stillp]

Nice colour scheme!
Pete

[Ian M]

A good scheme indeed but I would not be to metallic in the finishes.
Remember it was a wooden airframe covered with cloth and painted with dope... no not that kind of dope!
In this case in a colour called speed silver I believe a matt white Aluminium colour.

[Geoffers]

It’s looking great Jim :thumb2:

It is on course to be a real stunner when finished.

Geoff.

[tr1ckey66]

Beautiful work so far Jim. I agree with Geoff this promises to be a real stunning model once complete.
Keep up the great work
Paul