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rgatkinson
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Yep, Space 1999 indeed - a classic IMHO particularly the first series which was a little less bizarre than the second series.
This episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqu3ift-5nQ scared the %hite out of me as a young teen!
Taff
rgatkinson
Charter Member
Using what I have practiced, and applied it to my old "The Big Hairy Bird" paint for Milton's Marauder...I think I am starting to get the hang of it! The Missouri Mule II is showing how I had had the metal before...
Very nice Nater, very nice indeed!
Taff
Looking very nice there N! 
In fact looking superb for Fs9!!
Nose art I would think would be painted using standard ac paint, which with all-metal ac may have had a lacquer finish to seal it in and protect it, and would therfore have had a sheen or shine to it. Invasion stripes were only meant to be temporary, and some/all of the paint used for this was water based, so would give a matte finish. I've also read that because the stripes would wear/wash off too easily, some allied ac had the stripes painted permenantly on...so you could have gloss invasion stripes as well???!!
Cheers
Shessi
In fact looking superb for Fs9!!
Nose art I would think would be painted using standard ac paint, which with all-metal ac may have had a lacquer finish to seal it in and protect it, and would therfore have had a sheen or shine to it. Invasion stripes were only meant to be temporary, and some/all of the paint used for this was water based, so would give a matte finish. I've also read that because the stripes would wear/wash off too easily, some allied ac had the stripes painted permenantly on...so you could have gloss invasion stripes as well???!!
Cheers
Shessi
Looking very nice there N!
In fact looking superb for Fs9!!
Nose art I would think would be painted using standard ac paint, which with all-metal ac may have had a lacquer finish to seal it in and protect it, and would therfore have had a sheen or shine to it. Invasion stripes were only meant to be temporary, and some/all of the paint used for this was water based, so would give a matte finish. I've also read that because the stripes would wear/wash off too easily, some allied ac had the stripes painted permenantly on...so you could have gloss invasion stripes as well???!!
Cheers
Shessi
Thanks Shessi! Ya,my FS9 is tweaked as much as possible and I am using a custom Enviroment map.
Good information there! That will help quite a bit when it comes to weathering and detailing!
jamminjames
Charter Member
Looking good nater!!!
ausgezeichnet!
Difficult to see close up, but I like the different colours on the nose art, showing weathering and often opened hatches etc.
Maybe a little weathering and oil staining to the engine nacelles, spinners and blades edges etc, as these would have suffered the most, being dulled and stained due to debris/oil/heat.
AND at a proper WWII airfield please!...ha ha..
Cheers
Shessi
Difficult to see close up, but I like the different colours on the nose art, showing weathering and often opened hatches etc.
Maybe a little weathering and oil staining to the engine nacelles, spinners and blades edges etc, as these would have suffered the most, being dulled and stained due to debris/oil/heat.
AND at a proper WWII airfield please!...ha ha..
Cheers
Shessi
Thanks guys! Ya...still need to get the weathering in, but I wanted to get the base down first....I wish I could find some more reference photos of this bird. Most of the references I could find were from plastic models, or RC models, and each one is different.
Here is some closer pics of the overlay that I did...
Here is some closer pics of the overlay that I did...
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Motormouse
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One from recent
ttfn
Pete
Hi Nater,
Looking good!
If I may, again, lol, not too much weathering/wear, as it may look over-the-top with any more. If you look at the below pics in link, I know the B & W pic looks very weathered, but it is in B & W and there is very heavy contrast in the pic, so it looks more like very heavy wear/weathering. I would lessen the weathering to the painted areas a little.
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/18810
I used to live in the county of Essex, and have flown over the old airfields at Gosfield and Rivenhall many times, where the 397th BG were based. Gosfield is a golf course and country park, and Rivenhall has now been dug up for sand and gravel extraction.
Hope these pics help!
Cheers
Shessi
Looking good!
If I may, again, lol, not too much weathering/wear, as it may look over-the-top with any more. If you look at the below pics in link, I know the B & W pic looks very weathered, but it is in B & W and there is very heavy contrast in the pic, so it looks more like very heavy wear/weathering. I would lessen the weathering to the painted areas a little.
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/18810
I used to live in the county of Essex, and have flown over the old airfields at Gosfield and Rivenhall many times, where the 397th BG were based. Gosfield is a golf course and country park, and Rivenhall has now been dug up for sand and gravel extraction.
Hope these pics help!
Cheers
Shessi
ian elliot
SOH-CM-2026
This is the Alpha freeware He162 with Skins by Morton, a very tricky little jet to fly 
One of the best external Spitfire models I know. The Mk.V b/c by Bruno "brunosk" Escaravage. The model was done for cfs2 and the VC is functional, but not very sophisticated. I fly it with alternative flight dynamics, as the cfs2 configuration didn't work. The beautiful repaint is done by RobH.
Cheers,
Huub
Cheers,
Huub