Very nice build, superb details in the cockpit too. I have one of these too, but yours is on a level beyond me... Anyway, I have started another Jug, this time 1/32 ;)
That's on my list to build! I remember my dad telling me that the USAF provided air cover when they moved into Belsen concentration camp. There were no German forces left alive after their onslaught.
Thank you for an excellent vid. One of the most frustrating things about painting WWII American aircraft is figuring out what Olive Drab actually looks like. Sure, there are many old colour photos to use as a reference, but what filter and film stock were used and did they skew the true colour? Is the copy of the photo accurate to the original? Is the subject aeroplane fresh from the factory or has it sat out in the sun and weather for a while? Additionally, I have read that each factory used a slightly different formula for OD and that these formulae frequently changed over time. Then there is the fading and discolouring under the sun and rain as well as just plain dirt, grime and mud that were not necessarily removed very often if at all. Taking all of that into consideration I don’t suppose that there is a definitive OD that we can say with any certainty at all. I understand that at scale model contests if the subject model is painted OD, the judges are not supposed to remove points regarding the colour. Anyway, when I do an OD model of an aeroplane that has seen some service I apply many shades of it which I mix myself or tint from whatever pot of it I may have. This is similar to accurately painting U.S. Navy aircraft from WWII. Blue is a particularly difficult colour to replicate as it fades quite readily in the real world when exposed to sunlight, etc. I have seen colour photographs of WWII naval aircraft on a carrier deck where no two of them were identical in colour, Do you regard the Tamya P-47 Razorback to be the best 1/48 scale kit of this aeroplane?
Very nice build, superb details in the cockpit too. I have one of these too, but yours is on a level beyond me... Anyway, I have started another Jug, this time 1/32 ;)
Lovely build, Peter.
That's on my list to build! I remember my dad telling me that the USAF provided air cover when they moved into Belsen concentration camp. There were no German forces left alive after their onslaught.
That kit is a great one to start with John, great way to get back into modelling and really good fun, or the 1/48 Tamiya P51D Mustang too. 👍🏻
Thank you for an excellent vid.
One of the most frustrating things about painting WWII American aircraft is figuring out what Olive Drab actually looks like. Sure, there are many old colour photos to use as a reference, but what filter and film stock were used and did they skew the true colour? Is the copy of the photo accurate to the original? Is the subject aeroplane fresh from the factory or has it sat out in the sun and weather for a while?
Additionally, I have read that each factory used a slightly different formula for OD and that these formulae frequently changed over time. Then there is the fading and discolouring under the sun and rain as well as just plain dirt, grime and mud that were not necessarily removed very often if at all.
Taking all of that into consideration I don’t suppose that there is a definitive OD that we can say with any certainty at all. I understand that at scale model contests if the subject model is painted OD, the judges are not supposed to remove points regarding the colour.
Anyway, when I do an OD model of an aeroplane that has seen some service I apply many shades of it which I mix myself or tint from whatever pot of it I may have.
This is similar to accurately painting U.S. Navy aircraft from WWII. Blue is a particularly difficult colour to replicate as it fades quite readily in the real world when exposed to sunlight, etc. I have seen colour photographs of WWII naval aircraft on a carrier deck where no two of them were identical in colour,
Do you regard the Tamya P-47 Razorback to be the best 1/48 scale kit of this aeroplane?
@@Glicksman1 Yes I do. Still...👍🏻 The new MiniArt is a close 2nd.