Paolo Portuesi

Almost there. Look:

My progress follows. Undercarriage doors up in place. This build is going to be over soon. Guess what I am going to build after? Going to be Hasegawa, and 1/32...

Go ahead, make my day. . .

I started my P-38 build as a relaxing break from a very demanding Airfix 1/24: Going back to the P-38, how can I resist some gorgeous Ultracast wheels and spinners and thin propellers like the ones released by Quickboost ? Here is how the wheels look dressed up with some paint: An this is her, on her legs: Once in a while I think I am getting too old for this hobby. So, what do you think? Is it time for me to leave this hobby ? Forever ?

Error? No, a good catch ! -----------------------> OK. Open canopy: I have to say that so far I am very happy with my Lightning!

Thank you Joel, but the blue/yellow stripe is painted. More from me very soon.

Joel, Your feedback is always very appreciated! Here is my P-38 with some more decals at their place. Look: Well, now it is time to dress up the seat with some belts and to think about what to do with the canopy. Open or closed?

Not much time to post but. . . anti glare olive drab up: And decals:

Some answers: - The black primer is just a quite common gloss black gunze - For the natural metal finish: Alclad White Allumiun, then Alluminium, and finally Dark Alluminium - Selected area have been weathered using some undiluited Burnt Umber More from me soon!

This build is going fast. Here is how she looks dressed up with some Alclad and a little artistic oil: Hey, I have to confess that this build is just a relaxing break from my Airfix 1/24 Typhoon... See you soon!

Thank you Joel! Given that I am using Alclad colors for a natural metal finish, first I need a glossy black:

Thank you Joel, That is what I meant: an operational aircraft, dirty, oxidated and battered.

Have a look: P-38J-15-LO, s/n 42-104107, 'Jewboy', coded '47', flown by Lt. Philip M. Goldstein of 49th FS / 14th FG, Triolo, Italy, May 1944 http://www.sklep.kagero.pl/en/p-38-lightning-at-war-part-2.html

Thank you Joel for your nice words. Going to be a weathered natural metal Jewboy!

Ciao, What about a P-38? That is what I asked myself a few days ago, looking at my Academy Lightning hiding in the stash . . . For those of you who do not follow my FB page (https://www.facebook.com/paolo.portuesi.1) here it is: Cockpit: Sanding hard: Scribing panel lines:

Going Fast ! It is well known that one - if not "the" - major shortcoming of the 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109 G6 is the shape of the spinner. Hasegawa replaced the spinner with a more accurate rendition in its later 1/32 Bf 109 F4. Aftermarket spinner replacement are plenty. The one you can see in my next pictures is, again from Barracuda. What do you think? Does it look the part ?

Ciao, Well, even though I am spending most of my free time on the big Hasegawa Gustav, I finally found the time to finish my Ju 88. I am very happy of the final article, what do you think about it?

Thank you all for your nice words. Your comments, congratulations and remarks are always very appreciated. Here is my Gustav standing proud on his new Barracuda resin wheels. Amazingly enough, the Barracuda's wheels are including some very small decals!

All the major airframe parts are up. Look: I have to admit that I like it a lot. And you ?

I have to say that now I like it much more: Do not you agree with me that now is much better? In my opinion, an aircraft should not weathered like a tank. Let me know what do you think about it, just look once to my first effort: More from me very soon!

Given that it was looking to me over-weathered, I stripped off all the paint and then started over:

Hi, To make it short, I did not like It. It was increasingly looking like a tank to me. So, look what I did: Now it is time of a new paint job !

Ciao, Some more pictures of my 1/32nd Gustav: I have to say that I am not happy with the paint job. My next post will be surprising. . .

Yes, yes, I know: wrong forum. . . please forgive for that and let me know what do you think about my Mustang because if you look careful you will see that it is far from perfect. I build it some three years ago. The kit is the Tamiya 1/48 Mustang. Detail set from Aires, metal paint from Alclad. Ciao !

Hi, As you can see, this build is going fast. Very straightforward, look: The cockpit makes me very happy.