Cheetah11 Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 Hi Everyone Madmax Thanks for the compliment Madmax but I cannot lie, it was not I. I used the Montex mask set. To be perfectly honest, the Sillouette is a great tool but not quite as sharp as the commercial cutter Montex must be using. Tom Thanks for the interest. I think it is possible for the second A to be Green or Blue. Blue maybe a little unlikely as it was not the Stab color. Owl's 1/48 decals by the way have it in Blue. Some references state that surviving night fighter crews recall grays were more common as color was not needed at night. I tried to compare the tone of the codes to the black in the swastika, but different variants of the same photo show a great variance. The two photos I could find shows the two A's on the left side as equal in tone , but on the right side the front A appears slightly lighter. It could be different, but as with many aspects of this build I had to make the call on the most probable. I used a color as close as I could mix it to the gray codes on the Cutting Edge 1/48 sheet. Max Thanks for checking in again. I immediately measured the position of the cross after seeing your post. Fortunately it it is correct. A bit of luck! I used the relative size of the cross to get the position of the codes which is visible on the left hand side. Thanks again for the compliments and interest. Nick Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Yours could be like Greiner's codes Nick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) Hi max Yours could be like Greiner's codes Nick? I don't think from looking at the following photo that the colors of the two A's were different. This is the best photo available and the markings appear to be the same color, but lighter than the black in the swastika. Most of the codes that I have seen on photos have a black letter if combined with another color , so I don't think a green or blue was used. Also have a look at the color of the spinner in your illustration . I do not think it is white. The photo I took of the model in an earlier post shows the spinners much lighter due to the darker wings giving the impression they are white, but they are in RLM 76. Anything is possible but looking at the photo I interpret the codes as gray. Happy modeling Nick Edited June 2, 2018 by Cheetah11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Hi Everyone Just a quick update. The wheels are on so I started adding some of the antennas. Hopefully not too long before the build is complete. Enjoy Enjoy Nick chukw, Uncarina, JefH and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Nick, Looks stellar! Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Excellent build!! I just found this thread and wow is it awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 finish line in sight man, keep at it! Cheetah11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone Thanks for the encouragement Shawn The bottom is now basically finished. I will add the aileron mass balances later (old lesson). The radio altimeter aerials were made from plastic card and 0.3 mm music wire. I just hope they are not knocked off during the completion. The steps were painted red. I have seen models with this part striped in white and red but the only photo I could find shows one color. The bottom crosses on the Montex sheet is 28 mm wide. I chanced it to the more common 32 mm on the Me 110. I also repainted the codes in RLM 74 as 75 appears a little light. Enjoy Nick Edited June 11, 2018 by Cheetah11 monthebiff, XOPCT, MikeMaben and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Great progress and nearly there Nick so keep going!! Regards. Andy mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Hi Andy Great progress and nearly there Nick so keep going!! Regards. Andy Thanks for the encouragement. BTW how is your build coming along? Nick mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Thanks for asking Nick, after a month of no modelling due to 3 weeks Jury service and then a week's holiday in Tuscany (mainly to watch the Italian GP which was just amazing!!) I've had no chance to work on it as I just felt I needed full concentration where I am at with it at the moment I thought it best to not touch it rather than grab an hour here or there and mess it up! I managed to get some bench time this weekend but just finishing a little side project as well as some initial work on my entry to the new group build this week and then back to it next week as I want to get it to the finish line now. Regards. Andy Out2gtcha and Rocat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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