PT's Fjord Escort **FINISHED**

[Purplethistle]

Mustang interior, not very visible with the pilot in and canopy on so I just painted a representation of detail on the sides.

[Purplethistle]

Oh dear, bother and blinking flip!* Tried to put the decals on the 190 and it is not going well. I had decided that the slight yellowing was not that bad and could in fact just look like wathering, but the upper wing crosses are disintegrating. The starboard wing one broke into 4 pieces, the port one into 7!!
I had been hoping to cut up the a/c number 4 to make a 7 or 1, but that's not looking like a prospect.

*edited

[iggie]

Is it worth trying a coat of varnish on them before soaking them off?

[Purplethistle]

I managed to get the wing crosses to sit eventually, but with a bit of silvering. I'll just paint over that with a fine. brush. Still need to find a pair of blue number 5's though.

Progress......

[Purplethistle]

Photos of actual kit props on left, and the photo-edited (Finger smudge tool) versions on left.



The props, once copied onto thin clear (stationery type) acetate and cut to shape with a circle cutter.



another angle




I would welcome all comments on how the prop effect looks.

[iggie]

The props look really good PT!

Are they both carrying the prototypes for the 'bucket of sunshine' nuclear bombs?

[Stuart]

They're looking great PT - love the props!

[Purplethistle]

I managed to get the wing crosses to sit eventually, but with a bit of silvering. I'll just paint over that with a fine. brush. Still need to find a pair of blue number 5's though.

Progress......

Upon further research, it turns out that I need WHITE 5's as the 190 I'm doing is from 9/JG5 and not 12/JG5 as I first thought. That should be easier to get or bodge together than the blue that I first thought.
RE the prop blur, I should have mentioned that the props are more visible than ones at a high power setting, as the dogfight will represent a 190 that has had an engine cut-out and is just recovering, and a 'stang that has throttled back to latch onto the 190s tail. (based on an actual combat)

[Purplethistle]

7th April 1945, Whilst escorting the Beaufighters of the Dallachy Strike Wing on a strike against German shipping in Sognefjord, Norway, Flt. Lt. Graham Pearson of 65 Sqn. shoots down his second FW190 of the day.

[iggie]

That looks a real treat PT; it almost looks CGI'd

[fredk]

Excellent. I like the way you did the props.
Don't forget to put a couple of photos in the Gallery