discussion Hasegawa P 38 J Lightning

[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...
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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