Andwil

In the period photos his hair looks quite dark, I’d go for a dark brown-black. I don’t think he was a ginger, certainly not blond. AW

Since my last post I have been faffing about with the camouflage demarcation on the starboard rear of the fuselage. Looking at a photo of HK119 I could see that I did not have the green extending back toward the tailplane, so I masked it off and sprayed some more green. Then I had some overspray to sought out touched up the MSG by brush, which dried a lighter tone than the airbrushed grey. After a few more touch ups I decided to live with what I had as the chances of completely stuffing it up were growing. The result is a bit patchy, hopefully the flat coat will pull it all together. If not I’ll call it weathering! Anyhow, decals were done today. The national markings and stencils are from the kit and are much thinner than I remember Tamiya decals being; the codes are from the Xtradecal RAF 36” red code letter set, possibly a little bit too large (the photo I have does show larger than usual codes for a Mosquito) and the serials were cobbled together from spares. I’m pleased to get them lined up neatly. Still a bit wrinkly in these photos, they have since dried and settled down nicely, especially over the strengthening bar on the fuselage. The finishing line is in sight. Thanks for looking. AW

Are you saying that the vertical stripe in front of the cockpit extends across the wing to meet the diagonal wing stripe? Which would mean that Ventura got it wrong as well: and should be the same as NZ3078: I’m confused. AW

Glossed ready for decals: Something is nagging me about this build, I think I have put the exhaust covers on the wrong sides of the nacelles, I think the downturned ones should be on the insides to direct exhaust gasses away from the radiators. Too late now, I’ll just have to live with it Thanks for looking. AW

Indeed, it looks very authentic. AW

I was able to paint the medium green blotches today and once dry removed the masking: Thanks for looking. AW

Glossed ready for decals: Thanks for looking. AW

I saw one of these when I visited the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum at Cairns last year, they’re huge! It’s like a block of flats on wheels, with a very high profile, which of course was a great weakness not being able to use hull down positions and from the side it presents a target impossible to miss. AW

Topside got it’s OD today: I still have the medium green blotches on the wings to do, hopefully tomorrow. Thanks for looking, AW

Topside got it’s OD today: Thanks for looking. AW

Dark green sprayed today using Vallejo BS Dark Green. I had a little bit of overspray/bleeding to tidy up as masking is not one of my strong points. Thanks for looking. AW

That’s a fabulous photo. Bit of a shame the formation isn’t in numerical order Migs 21 to 29! AW

Not my idea, I picked it up from somewhere, so long ago now that I can’t remember where. I think it was from pinning head swaps etc on figurines. AW

Oh lord, this hobby of ours really is hazardous isn’t it! Lucky you didn’t glue your undies to your person. AW

Nothing like painting up and attaching the replacement part to make the missing one turn up…🤞 AW