My S&P Repaints

[Rata]

Originally Posted by PacificWind

RAAF WWII aircraft... I love subjects like this! You really have to do more of them!

That Tiger Moth came out great.

Have you considered RAAF Walrus too? I guess you know why I'm asking...

Thanks K. Yes I know exactly why you're asking! Actually just investigating and I think an RAAF or RAN Walrus/Seagull V is very do-able.
Found these images. The caption for the first one states it's PROBABLY HMAS Australia. The second one is there purely cos' I like it. That elephant is probably getting the Walrus up to near flying speed!

[PacificWind]

This link may help you Garry: https://www.world-war.co.uk/Kent/australia.php3
By the way, you can enlarge those big drawings on this site by clicking them.

[Rata]

Thanks Kacper. Great link.

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Bruno has an Aichi D3A (#174) which is a later D3A-2. I wanted a Pearl Harbor D3A-1 so reworked and repainted his design into this one. It's a model of the 'Val' flown by A. Sakimoto of the 5th Koku Sentai off the carrier Zuikaku.
I've also prepared another Pearl Harbor Val: a red tailed Akagi version which I'll present on here when built.
The old question of which grey to use presented itself. I originally did it in a slightly darker putty grey which looked ok on the computer but just looked wrong when printed. So I ended up running with what you see here which to me is acceptable.

[Brent]

Nice job on your reworking the canopy, the wing roots look great too. You just need to put the actual pilot's face on your pilot. Really nice Garry.

Brent

[Rata]

Cheers Brent.
Re the canopy, I spent some time trying to modify the original, but no matter what I did it didn't work. I ended up starting from scratch and lucked out- nailed it on the first attempt. I wish all such mods went like that!
Case in point: at the moment I'm trying to do a Bf.109K-4 from one of Bruno's G's and the whole project seems to be a downward spiral from bad to worse and then worse again. I've drawn a line in the sand and if the next print is still a dud I'll find something else to do.

[Mike1158]

That's a fine airframe.

[PacificWind]

Classic airplane, icon of the Pacific War...
Extremely clean work on the model. Looks great.

Well done!

[Vinalssergio155]

What Kacper said, very clean and precise. Very well done Garry!

[cafe]

That's a nice Val. I like the pilot.