I made some progress, hoping to get more done...then all of a sudden my phone rang, it was my boss telling me they had a huge problem that needed fixing asap...30 minutes later I was at work pulling a 6,5 hour shift...So much for modelling....
It's getting less like I'd be able to finish this model in time. Never the less, I see where I get.
Oh, and the pit is RLM 66
(I guess the pics I posted before were somewhat over saturated)
But I tried another technique, using various shades of RLM 66 in order to get more detail visible and make the pit look less then a black hole.
As for the fuse, I work with aluminum plates most of the time at my job. I noticed that it oxides quiet quickly when left unprotected. It starts to lose it sheen and turns mat grey. This is what I tried to duplicate in the wheel wells. Since the last months of the war were pretty hectic and most Me 262's hid in the woods, which are pretty moist and damp, I assume this would affected the aircraft and their unprotected insides.