I finished the washes and added the Dullcote. The metallics got a dark gray oil wash, and everything else was a mix of the base colors with black oil paint. The wingtip wash color on the Corsair came out a bit too dark, so I’ll lightly overspray them with a thin coat of blue.
The Mustang will be “beat up” a little, so I tried to get the flatcoat as dull as possible. The kit is Hasegawa 1/48, the camo is freehand, and the roundels & stripes are paint.
I dullcoted the roundels and lettering, as well as the blue & white areas. I also chose a few panels, just to add a little more variation. The kit is HobbyCraft 1/48. The metallics are Alcad II, and the markings are all paint. There are no decals on this kit.
Still a bit of work remaining, but I’m nearing the end.
Amazingly beautiful work as always (or shall I say “beautifully amazing work”)! I love the NMF on the Corsair…makes me want to do one like that, and just slap the US insignia on it and call it “done”. The camo on the Mustang is great, too.
One thing stands out - the zinc chromate primer on the inside of the air scoop on the bottom. I assume this is supposed to be this way, since you’d never do anything inaccurate, right? Just kiddin’ around…both builds look great so far!
Mitch - the “Soccer War” took place in 1969 (old aircraft by then), and the aircraft are in a tropical climate. Many of the Mustangs were civilian birds that were taken, painted, and armed. If this was a civilian aircraft, I imagine that bare metal would have been coated with anti-corrosive paint. Yellow zinc chromate was probably available, so that’s what I chose to use. Besides, it makes it look different, and more interesting (to me, anyway) than the same-old same-old P-51s.
