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Any PRU experts out there? I’m doing a PRU Mosquito in the Recce GB, but I’ve come across a bit of an issue. Foolishly I have several versions of PRU Blue paint in enamel and acrylic. If I only had 1, I probably wouldn’t be asking this question and I’d just use what I had available. Problem is, I tried the new AK 3rd Gen Air which sprays really well and dries with a nice very Matt finish, but to my eye looks to dark, perhaps too midnight blue. So I tried the Hataka PRU Blue, but to my eye, that’s too blue and a bit pale (on the left in this shot) Then I dug out a very old tin of very old Xtracolour and a newer (bit still quite old) unopened tin of their PRU Blue. The new tin of Xtracolour looks closest to my eye (which is a pity as I’ve really gone off spraying enamels), but any thoughts from PRU experts or other modellers?
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Hello all; Here's my recently finished Mossie. The WIP explains a few of the decision points such as how I painted the D-Day stripes around the S/N, and the weathering choices I made along the way; I'm not going to claim this is my best work, it isn't. The pics aren't my best either - I just could not get the White Balance just right. But nonetheless here's the finished article. I built the kit more or less straight out of the box, the only real exception being the addition of seatbelts made from Tamiya Tape and foil. The paints I used were Tamiya for the D-Day stripes and Hataka (Red Line) for the PRU Blue; the decals were from the kit. I found this an interesting kit as it was a mix of old and new tooled parts, while t's not nearly up to modern standards it builds up into a reasonably nice finished piece. It definitely looks like a Mosquito to me. My subject aircraft, MM312 was only a month or so old at the moment I've modelled it, which was early hours of the morning of 7th June, 1944. It had just completed back to back sorties over France, the second of which was a night-time sortie. The composite pic below includes one of the actual photos (which I found on the UK's National Collection of Aerial Photography site) taken on that sortie by MM312 over Lisieux, in Lower Normandy. MM312 went on to have a very busy time though June to August but was lost in September, 1944 when one of its Flashbombs exploded prematurely; its pilot that night, F/O H. Flight demonstrated excellent airmanship in being able to bring it back to base. There's more details in the piece on my site. Anyway, without further waffle, here's the pics... Cheers; Mark.
