Weathering begins over a satin coat with chipping using silver paint. My first attempt at chipping the high traffic area of the wingroot was done with both handpainting and sponge but the result didn’t look right quite right. After checking references and input from a modeler friend I repainted the area and tried it again …...

This is the new decal sheet I managed to procure. I know it’s just the markings but I just didn’t want my kit to be ‘too wrong’. At this point, the most glaring mistake left on my build is the lack of the additional two machine gun ports on each wing of the IIb. But …...

World War II props are always easier builds for me as I do much less research for them. Well… that came back to bite me in the ass. This was my prop build for 2023 until everything went sideways. Oh and I realized that I didn’t have the correct aftermarket markings for this version of …...