Got a lot done over the last 24 hours. Last night I mixed up a batch of RLM 83 and got that sprayed on.
The windscreen was modified to more resemble the Ta152 one but I'm not very happy with how this turned out. I tried a light sensitive putty to fill the bolt hole cut-outs but it did not stick to the glossy surface. I will leave this for now and may try another option later. You can also see that I turfed the kit hinges in favour of smaller bits of sprue.
Tonight, I free-handed the RLM83 on and am pretty happy with the colours.
White 7 had the
Stammkennzeichen CW+CG and I decided to represent a lightly overpainted code. I really don't like the strong colouration used by the EagleCals to simulate this effect so I cut my own mask using the decals as a guide.
After taping on a square piece of paper to identify the position of the cross, I then applied the masks and sprayed on a mix of my 76 that was slightly darkened with a touch of grey.
One of my favourite milestones is pulling all the masks off and here's the result. Everything turned out great with no touch ups needed. One the below pics you can see the faint outlines of the overpainted
Stammkennzeichen just in front of the yellow ID band and under the white 7 on the fuselage.
The last bit of masking needed was for the 0007
Werkenummer on the tail and this was an easy matter of measuring the decals and cutting a piece of tape to suit. I'm not quite sure why this area is in a darker colour (maybe it was a retrofitted wooden tail?) but I chose to go with RLM02 for the background colour, given that the black numerals stand out quite well against whatever colour it is in the reference pics.
That's it or today. Tomorrow I will try to get a little touch up done on the camo around the wing edges and then get a coat of Future on so I can lay the decals down and finally get this project done. Thanks for looking in.