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Nice work Clash!
Loving the patch work on the BF109!
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That Spitfire is coming along nicely - pity about the decals though. Early Hornby Airfix ones were notorious for doing that, so well done on the save.
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That Airfix 109 looks very businesslike!
One secret to mottling that I am slowly learning is that the colour of the mottle looks better when it is a lighter shade (of whatever colour). So with an airbrush you lighten it and/or airbrush very lightly (not a dense application). I have not mastered this yet!

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Well tidy sponge work,well tidy models,well tidy altogether.
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Thank you very much guys.
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Here is the Spitfire finished

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And the 109 gets a white undercoat and a first coat of yellow where needed

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Things are all turning to schmitt over here :lol: Here's another one

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The sprues

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Construction begins

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The Hasegawa gets more paint. Again I used the sponge method of applying the fuselage camouflage. Looks ok in this scale :grin: Just the splinter on the wings, and this is nearly done.

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Very nice looking 109's.

The paint looks good, I'll have to try that technique on my 262. I have used cotton buds in the past with a roll on/roll off action.
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You're certainly making fast work of these!
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Top work with this trio, Nigel. I find mottling to be so difficult in this scale as there is so little working room but your approach here looks good to me.
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All three are looking good! I hate mottling, and tend to stick to plain schemes to avoid it.....
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Thanks SirT, Shaun, Dollar, and Iggie. Here's how it now looks. Ready for a gloss coat and some decals

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That looks really good Nigel - It's a very interesting camo pattern on the wings.
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Thank you SirT. The dark green patch on the starboard wing should be larger, it's mostly hidden under the decal :-| but the pattern approximates the instructions :)
Here is the Hasegawa kit, ready for the addition of the small bits and a matt varnish

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The swastikas came with the kit so that dates it a bit. After the fragile decals on the Spitfire, I was a bit more careful with these, and applied the bottom wing crosses first. The first one split, but not too bad. I was extra careful after that :grin:
The Airfix kit progresses

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Not sure why the cowling is a separate piece? There is no engine to add.

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Tried the sponge technique on the Heinkel

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Calling that a fail :sad: I think I need to use a different sponge. Used a piece of the girls make-up sponge on the 109. his time I tried some sponge used as packing material from something electrical. I'll paint over this and start again.

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The sponge technique might not be as effective on the relatively large expanses of the Heinkel's surfaces, Nigel - what scheme are you aiming to finish it in?
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