Although I was generally pleased with the finish of the model, I did manage to reverse the upper surface colours - the Dark Green is where Dark Earth should be and vise-versa. The Airfix instructions only included Humbrol paint numbers, not the names of the camouflage colours, and the diagram showed Dark Earth as the darker of the colours on the upper surfaces. Even so, I really should have cross-referenced the Humbrol numbers with the camouflage colours before spraying!
The markings are for JO U, "Uncle Joe", of 463 Sqn RAAF based at Waddington in the UK during 1944. Decals are from Tally Ho! sheet 72 042. Despite the challenges of being applied over thousands of raised rivets and black paintwork, the decals performed very well after application of Micro Sol, Gunze Mr Mark Softer and Solvaset. The model was painted using the Testor Aztek A470 airbrush and finished in a coat of Polly Scale Flat acrylic.
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