Mosquito Mk XVI of 544 squadron RAF

[FTJR]

Unfortunately I cant colour the drop tanks as they are black.

[fullmetalbullet]

first to comment +1 i like it.

[Greebo]

A couple of things don't looks quite right to me FTJR. First, the panel lines and edges of the markings look a bit blurry. Its hard to tell from the distance the screenshots are taken from, but are you sure you have the 1024 res art installed? Second the PRU blue colour seems like its not blue enough to me.

I'd suggest adding a panel line to the rear edge of the spinners and make the hinge lines of the control surfaces and the bomb bay doors stand out a bit more. They should be more visible than the other panel lines at this distance.

[Plazus]

What Greebo said. Also, you might want to check that the spinners are the same color and share the same specularity as the rest of the plane. Check your invasion stripes and roundels to see if they are lined up correctly. Unfortunately I do not have a book to refer to, so maybe they are right. Check the edges of your panel lines, invasion stripes, and roundels, as they appear quite blurry. Basically you will want to "sharpen" the edges, just like bringing a picture into focus.

I am not a skinner, but just take it for what it's worth.

[Guppy35]

First thought here was the same.  If it's PRU Blue, it's too gray.

[FTJR]

are you sure you have the 1024 res art installed? Second the PRU blue colour seems like its not blue enough to me.

Funny you should say that, Im wondering about the blurryness as well, yes 1024 is installed, and to be sure I just re downloaded it.

The PRU blue I am using  is 120/134/143

Thanks

[FTJR]

Ok, i've found a "bluer" at  60/106/128.

Still no idea as to the fuzzyness though.

Thanks for the input.

[FTJR]

Change Log.. Found the problem to the fuzziness, the anti aliasing was turned off in the video section
                    Changed the PRU blue and enhanced the panel lines.

[lyric1]

I think you got it. Now lets get some RAAF XVI action going.

[FTJR]

I think you got it. Now lets get some RAAF XVI action going.

 Thanks, Im just waiting for some other obvious mistakes to be pointed out,  and the blue to be confirmed, and Im tidying things up, but the RAAF isn't far behind

[oboe]

Looks good, FTJR!   Really attractive scheme I think.

Are you planning to add some weathering details like oil/grease stains around the main gear doors, maybe a little oil blowback from the spinners, exhaust stains from manifolds, some paint chipping around frequently accessed panels, leading edge of intakes, etc. 

The "No Step" area on the inner upper wing looks a little too faded to me.

I don't know the Mosquito well, but are there no rivets or screws anywhere on the plane?  For example, how were the square window panes in the forward nose fastened into the fuselage?   And removable access hatches should have fasteners visible somewhere, shouldn't they?  I just haven't seen closeups of the Mossie to know for sure.

Also, I see no underwing roundels - is that correct?

<S> Looking forward to seeing her up!

[FTJR]

Hi Oboe,

Thanks , it already has some "light" stains on it and paint chipping, the colour makes it difficult to see, the "No Step" I see what you mean and will bump it accordingly. Most of the screws and rivets are on the engines, and I'll add some in once I get the 'basics' close to right.  There are no underwing roundels, that is correct.

Thanks for the input.

Cheers <S>

[Plazus]

FT,

This is your best work yet. My only other observation is that the underbelly, particularly the bomb bay, looks pretty clean. Would you be able to add a touch of weathering on it? Maybe a little bit of smoke stains or chipped paint? I am sure the bomb bay doors were left open while the ground crew were loading the bombs. Likely someone would have bumped into the doors once or twice and scratched a little bit of paint off the surface. Otherwise the plane looks great so far!

[FTJR]

Hi Plazus,

Thanks for the input,  I'll get some more weathering into the belly area. Cheers

[Greebo]

That looks a lot better now the fuzziness has gone FTJR, the blue looks about right too.

One problem though. You have painted a heavy stain on the sides of the nacelles just above the engine air intakes. However this ends too abruptly on its lower edge as you haven't continued it onto the lowermost part of the nacelle. Mossies usually had a lot of oil staining on the bottom of the nacelles as Merlins were very leaky engines WRT oil. The oil drips ran from the rear of the engine bays back over the landing gear doors and there was often some light staining on the tailplane aft of the nacelles too. You can see this on many photos of the undersides of Mosquitos.