And as said in my post above, some update on the Stuka as well. I've dicided to paint the European theatre colours first. RLM 70 and 71 in splinter camo were the colours the Stuka's arrived in Africa. On their African bases they where given some desert colour right over the existing camo and this shows in patches on the wings and fuselage. After a base layer of RLM 71 dark green I used Tamiya tape to mark the splinter pattern and apply RLM70 black green. I could only do this in bright daylight as both colors are closely matched. After seeing several pictures of the real machines I found the paint on the Stuka's to be rather rough in appearance. A good starting point to start wiht the RLM79 sand yellow as the next layer. Using the paint reference as a guilde, the sand color is done freehand, and I'm very pleased with it so far. I'm using Lifecolor arcrilics here specialy because this paint is very "thin" which helps to keep all the details and still be able to build several layers. Now some touch up to do and working on the landing gear and testfit of the canopy and building some bombs. Then see what the decals wille be like. I hope you like both of the Africa planes. Comments, ideas etc are allways welcome. To be contunued...

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That's great 'historical accuracy' Ferry, with the desert camo applied 'in the field' over the original paint. I have looked at photos of the original plane on countless occasions (I have the Hasegawa 1/48th, in the cupboard - like many on iModeler I guess!), and I always thought there was something 'different' about it - I think you may have answered the question! Thank you!

Thanks Louis, the MC202 is realy small, specialy compared to the Stuka.
Thank you Paul. Yes I did look at as many pictures I have available and read about the painting in some articles and books. When you start painting it looks funny but not it's coming together pretty well. Thanks David, I'm looking forward to adding decals now and putting some other details in place.

Looking great, Ferry!

So finaly had some time to work on my models again. I just had to give it a try and made some spraymasks for the mottled look on my MC202. I made a scan of the buildplan and scaled it to 1/72. Then I cut out the spots one by one with a new bladed hobby knife. Using the airbrush with very low presure I just went for it and sprayed Lifecolour dark green for a test. And hey presto! I couldn't believe my eyes after taking the mask of. It worked! Now I'll continue to get the fuselage also done. Keep you updated.

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Like the Airfix kit very much. Nice build and scheme, cant wait to see the Stuka finished

Thanks guys for your positive replies. I did some last work on the Stuka , and put some WIP pictures down here in the group. And I'm pleased to say that the Stuka is now finished. I will show the result in a headlines topic. The finals items are smeller parts like pitot tubes, radio console inside between the seats, giving the bombs there places under the wings and fuselage. Also the painting of the canopy was quite time consuming. Some last wip pictures, and the presentation will be in the headlines. Then it's on to the MC202 to finish.

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