Painting progresses nicely, my friend @clipper!

Thanks John (@j-healy), Spiros (@fiveten), and John (@johnb).

Yeah, I keep going back and forth on these colors. I am going to have to decide today however because it's nearly time to put those colors down. I really am partial to the Dark Green and Ocean Gray colors, mainly from an aesthetic point of view and because I already have my Hawk 75 (completed in 2022) in a Dark Earth /Dark Green color. So the DG/OG color would be a nice variety.

But everything I am seeing (except the ASK Decal profile and a really old profile from somewhere else) seems to indicate the older Dark Earth and Dark Green camo. I suppose, since this is a model after all, and will never be entered in any contest, and is intended to be built to satisfy my hobby interest, that I will go with the Gray and Green camouflage.

Hard choice, because photos of that color scheme will be posted here (and by definition on the Internet), meaning that sooner or later someone will see it and question my choices if they do not see my rationale. If only I had a time machine!

What do you guys think?

Go for the gray/green if you like it. The plane likely wore those colors on arrival in theater anyways.

Looking good, Carl (@clipper). The bottom is an interesting color. I'm with you: I really like the gray/green camo. Lots of possibilities for some weathering.

Okay, gray and green it is going to be. Thanks for the feedback everyone. I got the bottom side masked off and after futzing around trying to mix the gray color, I finally settled on what I have here in the photo. It's close to the color chip I have. I have free-handed the gray part. When I get ready to do the green part, I will first lay down blue tack worms to define the final pattern and then spray that color.

For today's color, after spraying the base color, I did three additional spraying sessions using progressively lighter shades and finer spot painting. The paint was also thinned quite a bit, around 80% thinner. Low air pressure and slowly add the effect. The photo doesn't show it as well and there is a weird shadow on the wing from the flash and the canopy, but in person, it looks okay. I'll probably do the green tomorrow as I have other things to do for the rest of today.

Excellent painting results so far, my friend @clipper!

Thanks John (@johnb), Spiros (@fiveten), and George (@gblair).

I have my pressure regulator set to 20 PSI, but I have a valve on the line in port on the airbrush which I turn down all the way, then start opening it up until I get a properly atomized spray. If I had to guess, I would say it's somewhere between 8 and 12 PSI. I also remove the needle guard and get very close and then I am very light on the trigger. I'm still trying to perfect this.