Really interesting "preshading", my friend @luftwaffe-birdman!
Looking forward to see the final result!

Well I made some progress yesterday and today. I painted the yellow and then masked it off. I know it is counter to the way you usually do it, but it is far easier to mask off the yellow then it is the plane for the yellow. I am using a new airbrush which is geared more towards detail and the tip guard collected paint and put a few splatters on it. I think after I get done with some light sanding I usually do they will not be noticeable.

I put the first coat of RLM 65 on tonight, and will add some more variation to it tomorrow. The pictures really don't show the variation that I have very well already. It took a lot of paint to cover the bottom of the plane, gear doors and drop tanks. I think all told it was about 2-1/2 paint cups worth.

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Looks fantastic, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
For my understanding, you do some sanding after applying the paint? What kind of sandingpaper do you use for that.

Thanks for sharing, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
I will give this a try.

Well this is my favorite time of year, but the Holidays, do cut into modeling time, not a complaint, just the way it is. I have been working on the Zwilling, working on the paint. This is a LOT of model to paint and mask. When I painted the RLM71, I tried to paint just the areas it covered on the plane, and was pretty successful but missed a couple of areas and painted the right wing to much. In the end it all works out, I have some touch ups to do, but in general it looks pretty good. With Decals and some weathering is should look even better.

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Great paintwork, Walt @luftwaffe-birdman
Your compressor should have gotten pretty hot after this paintjob.

Oh Yes Eric, @eb801, it is 1/3 the size of mine, and even at that pretty big for 1/144. Definitely more managable in size for sure.

Thanks for the kind words Eric, John, @johnb, and Spiros, @fiveten. I have started the decals...which are scarey to me. I have ruined more models with decals than anything else.