Martin R's Schwalbe

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Thanks all,

Here's as far as I got.

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Very funky. Great effort.
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Wow, what a scheme! Looks great Martin.
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Great cammo job. It even hides the shape pretty well against the cutting mat. Sweet build.

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I really love that camo, Martin.

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Thanks, chaps.

Gave it a few coats of klear and got most of the decals on last night. Took a glamour shot, but having difficulty posting at the moment.

Going to finish the decalling and get the canopy on tonight.

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Tricky pattern to get consistent across the airframe. Well done Martin.
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Ooops, if I look to long at that camo pattern, I start to feel like Mowgli from the Jungle Book, getting hypnotized by the snake! :shock:
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Very smart work on the camouflage Martin!
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I went cross-eyed looking at it, I hate to think what would happen if I tried to paint it - excellent work !

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Can't seem to resize my pics, but here are links to the latest status:

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz74 ... kxoomp.jpg;

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz74 ... 4lwp1o.jpg;

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That's great camo work - Really impressive.
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Well tidy colour scheme.
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I thought that the contrast between the camo colours and the '76 was just a bit stark,so I've applied a filter coat of thinned '76. Tonight, a dark brown wash will be liberally applied. Then, its onto the small and breakable pieces. Oh, and I need to find 2 bomb racks: sob its to the stash for me!
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