Tamiya 1/32scale Dehavilland Mosquito
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- #162
if anyone has any advice for the exhaust colour I would be grateful, galvanised steel comes to mind which I think is grey but would they be heat stained like a modern motorbike? Please let me know what you think, thanks in advance
Crimea_River
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They start life as steel and quickly get stained by heat and exhaust residues. A modern example after only a few flights:
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- #165
Thank you, that's exactly what I'm looking for
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
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- #167
Absolutely
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Grant Barr
Senior Airman
Now those stencils are very cool!!!! Wonder if you can get similar items in 1/48? Excellent work Pete, I wish I had the skill to be able to build and detail as subassemblies and still have it look realistic once assembled (sighs...).
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- #173
Thanks Man, I think I would struggle with 1/48 scale stencils and I'm sure if you build this kit from Tamiya your sub assemblys would be as good as mine because it's mainly down to Tamiyas skill at kit designNow those stencils are very cool!!!! Wonder if you can get similar items in 1/48? Excellent work Pete, I wish I had the skill to be able to build and detail as subassemblies and still have it look realistic once assembled (sighs...).
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- #174
Next up for a coat of Tamiya X-18 semi gloss black, my primer coat are the props and the Tamiya exhaust for the closed up engine. I'm afraid I know very little about how the propeller blades would look on a well used in service aircraft but I'm sure someone here maybe able to help 
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Watching your skills with an air brush is impressive. Prop wear and tear was fairly generic and although this is a P-40, the wear patterns would be similar on the Mossie. Note the indiscriminate nature of chipping on the yellow tip and blades inboard of the leading edge, on which of course, the paint would be worn down to natural metal, but note how speckly it is, like little impacts rather than a smooth wear pattern. The prop is unrestored, not just mocked up, either - this is a worn propeller.
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Fantastic picture thanks, of note is the yellow worn to black and all the way down to the aluminium,,, let's see if I can do that realistically
I'm sure you can. Watching your skills, you got this, bud.
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- #180
Thanks Mate
, I'm thinking masking fluid for this
