Another plane built to your usual high standards, Erik (@airbum). It is really cool to see an unusual paint scheme on a 109.

Burnin’

No, wait, burnishing

Today I made a hit-and-run at my “local” hobbyshop, and bought some Brass burnishing liquid. I put the brass barrels for the wings in for half a minute

It got quite a dark appearance to begin with, but it turned out it was just some surface residue. After wiping them they looked somewhat better. I put them back in and rushed to the PC to post this, and then I will check up on them again.

I do believe any hardware store might have the stuff to “antiquate” brass, but the local shop was not all that expensive

They look good, Erik (@airbum). This liquid looks similar to the darkening liquid used by armor modelers on their metal tracks.

That's a great trick to remember, Erik.
Thanks for sharing.

That’s about it

I re-visited the barrels with some more liquid

And it seems to work this way – brushing it on. I added the last details, wanted to trim the antenna, messed up, installed a new one, and with that, it is about all there is to do on this year-and-a-half build.

The overall view

I have learned a lot, not least about airbrushing after this one, and the theme will have to be re-visited one day, but all-in-all not all that bad.

Some details for those who wants to see what all the trouble ended up with

I personally think that with the increase in skills after taking on all of these small details, I have honed quite a few of those, even though I by no means claim to be an expert. One important lesson learned after I re-entered the hobby (and one I still struggle with) is patience – if a thing is worth doing it is worth doing properly, being it a hand or mental skill right down to research. That will not stop me from making OOB builds, it is just all part of the fun of modeling.

A big thank you to all who followed this, and not least to all the great comments, info and stuff that has been left in the posts – thank you all. Now I will have to wait for my preferred photostudio to open (sunshine in the open) before I decide if this will go to the headlines – stay safe folks!

Fantastic result, Erik @airbum.
Those details are really a great addition to this already superb build.
Also the camouflage looks great.
Thanks for sharing all your achievements, I learned a lot from them.
I hope to be able to apply your technique and get the same results from that.

A beauty, especially in the Italian livery.

The sun was out today - and so was I

And I snapped a few pictures for the headlines section

Thanks for all the comments and feedback to all. It was great to have you along for the duration.