I have started painting, practicing on the engine nacelles before I put the cooling flaps on. I only put on one coat, highlighting the panel lines with the base color before spraying the color over the panels themselves. I will be using various blends of three different colors to to create the Olive Drab top. The bottom is going too look pretty cool in the Agressor Blue (FS 35109), with variations with lightening to break it up. I am hoping to make more progress this weekend.

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Beautiful paintwork, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
The panel shading looks great this way.

Lis, @lis, for this build I am using a combination of OD paints, that you can see in the picture. I will also be using Mr.Hobby, Mr.Color "Middle Stone" C21 for some highlighting and panel shading. I plan on doing as many variations as I can with the OD once I start on it. The picture is just the straight OD's sprayed out over various versions of the bottom color. The initial paint that you see on the engine nacelles is the color on the far left of the picture, C12. I know I will be using loves of the C304 and RC023 for color variation and shading. Lots of light coats.

I started with the bottom. I have about 5 coats of the Neutral Gray and one coat of the Aggressor Blue so far.

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Nice start on the gray and blue paint, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman

Looking excellent, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!
Indeed, painting reveals small discrepancies undetected beforehand!

It may not seem like much difference, but there are actually hours of work in the pictures you see. I touched up the seams, and then did some more post shading with the blue underside of the plane. I can only tell you that the panels have a lot more variation the pictures show, I think it is due to the glare caused by the semi-gloss finish of the paint.

I have about an hour and half just in painting the panel lines of OD that you can see. Lots of lines, and having to steady my hand and keep the lines focused just takes time. I am using the darker MrHobby #12 for the panel and rivet lines and will then use the MrHobby #304 for the overall finish on the first coat.

I feel like progress is really happening how that I am adding color to the kit, I know it is just going to take time.

Excellent job, my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!