O, nice, a Stuka, i’m in. It was a bit of a bad idea to mould those onto the airlerons in the first place (the dive brakes are under the wings towards the front).
Yes, the ailerons, not the dive brakes. Thank you for spotting that.
You’re right, they should have been separate.
I have a question - what was the true material of the munition bin in the gunner’s office? Airfix instructions show it as metal, the same color as the rest of the interior, but I’ve seen some pics with those made from canvas or something similar. Which is correct?
I take it you are reffering to the box at the rear of the gunners position on the left side. I believe this was for spent cases and i have only seen metal ones. Fabric may have been used later in the war but i’ve not seen it myself.
Cockpit primed with German Dark Yellow, then “complementary pre-shaded” with German Red-Brown and highlighted with White. Next is base coat of RLM02.
I chose a red based hue for my complementary pre-shading method again since the RLM02 has a greenish tint to it. This time I decided to experiment with red-brown instead of plain red for pre-shading. We will see what it turns out to be.
Below are a few photos of the base coat laid over the complementary pre-shading. I tried to represent the true colours as I see them in real life and this is as good as it gets for now with my photographing skills.
The finish itself is not great, as I realized some problems with my compressor and air pressure only after I finished painting (I noticed there was something odd during the process but was stupid and lazy enough not to check immediately).
Everything is OOB so no seat belts and all that jazz.
You can see the subtle effects of complementary pre-shading method, but I wish it was a bit more pronounced. Next time I will try to go lighter with the base coat. Some of it gets lost in weathering and washes.
Most of this won’t be seen anyway so it was more of a practice.