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Thanks John and everyone else looking in. Lower outer wing walkways get their paint:

Inevitable rigging begins:

Fuse maskset includes a deathhead , cross' , (same as tail) and custom serials:

No more pbucket logo or out of focus pics on this thread ! Might be worth a review... As I contemplate prop lamination techniques:

Thank you , Sir! With the kit decals:

Get alla that paint off the beveled edge of the fuse floor or it will be tough to fit. Looks good so far.

Serials printed after a little faffing around. Here is a paper print with the mask on top for checking. It looks good so I'll go ahead and print the decals :

I used my 6" s/s ruler on a plate of glass , under my finger tip rolling back/forth.

Sloggged through the serials , made a font , looks like a mask for the white outline and decals for the black copy:

Some more markings completed:

Thanks Dennis. Markings going on: 34000

Crosswork:

wberkel , Marklo - Thanks for your interest and commenting. Looking back to when I first thought of trying this, I remember trepidation and a feeling of trying something that may not work out. That feeling is gone . As the work progressed it became apparent that it can be done , and as the work was completed came the satisfaction. Actually is easy , if certain skills are in place, mostly the experience with large vinyl mask application and properties of the material. As the work is done , I can come clean about the adhesion issues. A very good primer and first color , solvent based , needs to be applied. Here are some pics of the issues : Real weird on the fuse as some polygons pulled up alla the paint and adjacent ones were fine!

Thank you , Timmas and all others interested. Some pics of the more finished camo. Issues arose and were dealt with easily albeit steadily. This is an effective way to get this camo on a model , not too tough and actually rather easy. Here we go:

Cffu - Thanks for pointing that out... Adrian - Thank you. Marklo - Thank you . And you are semi-correct . The way I interpret it , after reading as much as possible of available references , is the following; These and others were flown in daylight over England in manufacturers supplied paint jobs. This was primarily light blue. This caused much terror in the population as these puttered about the skies over London at will with no English fighter to challenge them . War spurs on development and in this case the English responded with better planes and the Gothas began to be shot down. This caused a switch to night bombing in LIGHT BLUE bombers. So the German response was to paint camo onto the Gotha's. This is where the hexagons , polygonals , lozenges were started on the big bombers. There are a lot of pics showing the different colors , sizes , shapes etc. AS THEY WERE ALL HAND PAINTED. No printed fabric was available immediately and the bombing must continue. Later we see GV's in printed camo but remembering that the Gotha fuselage was all wood , some hand painting would be inevitable. The Gotha was and will always be one of the most significant aircraft ever built. Even with an atrocious loss rate to the unforgiving flight characteristics , the Germans continued on with the design into the GV series which were getting worse and worse. Also directly responsible for the measures implemented that came to save Great Britain in the Battle of Britain. If WNW continues its production as we have seen , then I'm fully confident we will see a GV. I predicted an 0/400 for 6 or 7 years and we got it as well as a 0/100. It will be interesting to see how they handle the camo part as GV's were completely covered in patterned camo. 6 full decal sheets anyone? I make no claim to Gotha expertise , everything I know is available to anyone else who wants to dig for it. To the work at hand; Touch up easily handled with post-it notes: Sanding with 1500 grit caused little issues: Approximately 3-4 shapes of the same color butted up on a plane , easy enough to drop in a diff color , creating a shape to do so: Really happy as the 'happys' add up. A definitely viable technique to achieve what will always be a difficult camo to reproduce. Glad you guys like it.

AW, Cffu , Sjj , Adrian ; Thank you. There is no pattern. Each shape is different , each shape is a separate vector file. There are repeated sections of the masks , but by the time you figure out how I manipulated them to change up the overall work , you'll be mental. I'm happy with the colors. I'm happy with the shapes. I'm happy with the procedure.

Gentlemen - Thank you! Here is the camo in raw form , applied but not fully cleaned up : Touch up is underway.

Will canopy sets be available? Along with these threads seems to be becoming mandatory if a guy wants to attempt this kit.

Marklo , andwill , Adrian , lanmi , Timmas , Richard - Thanks for the interest and comments. I wont lie. The procedure is sound. It is a workable technique. The success hinges on the first coat of paint being well applied. I have some adhesion issues and I don't want to post pics yet. A few hours cleanup and you guys will see the end result. Thank you for your patience.

Color #5 AK 2274 German Mauve applied Color spread: Paint is all on , I'll leave it for a while. I did see some issues but nothing major.

They are stainless steel. Ever tried to get paint to stick to that?

Well , well ,well very nice to see that. I cant really apologise for the length of time it takes me to do the work, I don't get paid to model. Thank you wberkel , Alan , Marklo , Timmis for your interest , comments and for the gentle spurring. The polygons go back on nicely , if you get one point into place its easy to lay it into the shallow space between the other polygons. So Lifecolor Camo Series UA 732 Vulcanized Rubber swings in at number 4 color: Color spread:

Color # 3 XF 17 Sea Blue on with little fanfare: Color spread:

Second color , royal blue , color cards at the top of the pic: 2 down , 3 to go. '2's back on:

'2's peeled: The '2's are stowed on the piece of vinyl backing and will be replaced after color application. 3 more times.