Spiros (@fiveten) and John (@JohnB), it was indeed a nice little trick, so I reused it for the lower part too!

Reusing the masks

Having had such great success on the top of the wing, the masks were re-used

I mounted them on the blue bottom of the wings

A clamp was used to get a better fit due to the deflected aileron.

And masks came off right away

Not bad at all.

While I were on a roll a few drops of red were loaded

And the aft part of the rudder was painted. It will now be re-masked for blue to make the colorful rudder of this 109.

Some mottling or masking for re-visiting the large areas of the fuselage overspray next? – tune in. Comments, as usual, are most welcome. Thanks for stopping by

Thanks Spiros (@fiveten). Another post coming right up my friend.

Looks great, my friend @airbum!
As usual, cannot wait for the decals!!!

Thank you Spiros (@fiveten)

Better late . . . Eric (@eb801). I installed the legs on the first Eduard 109 I built as far as I recall, and has dome so ever since. With a little caution (very little) you can just leave it on the desk. The real problem is with the high tailgear, and after trying to protect that one with various complicated contraptions, I ended up with the cocktailstick. And as you say, I do not use jigs for painting these 109’s. The dilemma I face each time is wether to paint the gear and cover it or leave it and paint it last.
After all, the planes have to stand on their own feet for the rest of their lives, so it has to be sturdy anyway. It is not all my builds that gets legs first – the two Zvezda 109’s in progress does not have them yet. The Tamiya converted 109 has to be built with the gear installed before finishing the fuselage, but that one is super sturdy too!

My preference as well, to attach the landing gear, and other parts like antennas, as late as possible.
For some reason I always seem to nock off those fragile parts.

Mottling finished

Having struggled with airbrushing for a few days, this one finally got its mottle finished

Enough has been said about the struggles I had with the airbrush, so suffice it to say that a long time in thinner and a good cleaning solved the problem.

I also thinned the paint a lot, and all was well.

And with this part of the process done, I think I may go for a smoothing layer of gloss clear before decaling.

I suppose that will mean it will have to dry, then gloss clear, then dry and THEN decals, so it will be a bit before it resurfaces here. Stay tuned, and feel free to comment – thank you for stopping by.

Compliments on the mottling, Erik.
A sturdy hand is very helpfull to achieve this level.