Some laquer and some paint

the gloss parts already painted got a layer of matt

The other day I got around to one more layer of yellow, and today it had dryed enough to enable me to mask the Farbton 76 for a layer of 75.

The matt was sprayed onto the undercarriage doors and the spinner and its backplate

And it is very matt – Xtracolor matt varnish. Very happy with the look of it!

And some very thin xtracolor enamel airbrushed onto the fuselage, staying off the masking as far as I could in order to avoid too large an edge there.

I am happy with the result, even though it could be more uniform. Maybe turn down the pressure and moving a bit closer next time? Now I will have to wait quite some time before masking for farbton 74, even though the gloss xtracolor was thinned with their fast drying thinner, and almost dry to the touch after an hour.

I do not think I will bother you with more paint, so unless a zillion protests turns up, it will probably be some time before the next update on this one

Absolutely no protest, Erik.
Looking very nice.
Better to wait a bit longer before removing the tape, it is so easy to mess up the not fully dry paint.

Thanks guys (what I meant with the protests was that I would NOT post more progress with more paint unless protests surfaced against me NOT posting that. If protests against me NOT posting painting in progress I would post) wow - that was confusing at least for me. . . . - OK, I think I will paint the green, PERHAPS post a picture with masks off by then, and then again after mottling - oh I like mottling - such a great sport. . .

@gblair
@JohnB
@fiveten

But I'm off for now - perhaps masking a pair of Zvezda 109's, but then it is difficult to see if I get some time for more. We have a partial lockdown in Denmark, and I will be the only one able to get to the tower at work, so I know where I'll be for the next 4 weeks - at least. Maybe I will find something to do on some new models that I can take with me into my locked up towercab? Perhaps installing a third MG on a early 109?

(here is the proof they were there - this is an original manual on a 109B I bought recently - just saying. The picture is shown here with kind permission from the source: Luftfahrt-Archiv Hafner.)

Your right at home with the 109's Erik, and it shows with your impressive attention to details.

I guess being essential is full of good news and bad news, Erik (@airbum). Best wishes for your long incarceration. Hopefully you will have the time to provide your comments on iModeler. Remember to keep a window open in your tower cab is you sneak a model in. Glue and paint fumes could lead to a creative traffic pattern. On another topic, after all your research you really should build a 109 with the trio of guns.

Thank you for all the nice cheerful, elevating comments guys. They are appreciated @JohnB, @uscusn and to reply a few of the others;

@fiveten a box may be joining me one of the days (weather on the deck today)

@gblair, sadly I am not essential, but neither are my collegues, but they live in areas that are under stricter quarantine than where I live. I think a whiff of glue and thinner might improve, but I shall follow your advice and keep a window open. As for a 3-MG 109B one is in the long line of to-do kits.

@lgardner, if I may correct you, the one depicted is the B model, not the E. The opening in the spinner of the E is there to help cool the engine (yep - there are holes in the backplates and the front of the enginecovling) I have bought a full set of all available documentation on the 109 up to the K, so I should be able to spend a few hours researching the darned kites 🙂

(apart from the documents, I recently bought a book on the Finnish 109's with a lot of interesting pictures - amongst them one that had a Venturi tube on the fuselage - small but essential detail)

A lot of masking, Erik.
Your stock of masking tape will reduce rapidly like this.

Thanks gents.

John (@JohnB), I have been thinking about a subscription on tape - just send me a new roll like a magazine or stuff. That might make it easier to keep it in stock.

George (@gblair), even with tape I have a tendency to mess up now and then. Anyway, a new update following soon, that will see most masks gone and some freehand mottling progressing. Fingers crossed. . .