Outstanding WIP of both the model and paints. Bravo on the excruciating accuracy effort - I love what I see.
Bruce - I love the weathered paints - can't paint the oil stains while you're flying, and flying is what we do here, so some grime is good by me. Yours and Morton's paints really bring FS planes to life, so two huge thumbs up.
Deano - thanks for this model - will put the shekels out for this one, to be sure. Was looking to get FSX soon, and this model is going to push me off the fence - at least as an alternative to my FS1955 install. BTW - I'm all for hard shell helmets - they were standard by around 1950, and certainly at least as an accurate reflection of the headgearn worn by it's USN, RTAF, and FAF pilots time-wise over the entire length of it's operational career - never mind what's most common in today's airshow circuit.
USN H-2 Helmet, 1949. Anyway, if it's a leather/cotton only helmet option, I certainly won't be sweating it.
Looking forward to the progress - this will be a fantastic release.
cheers,
dl