James C Nice looking Mustang. That checker decal on the nose looks like it was a difficult job to get into position.

Spanjaard thanks James. yes, that was nto easy. i cut the big decal in several pieces, to make it easier. but getting them to match was also tricky.
the decal is really thin, which is great because it looks better once done. but the problem is that if you handle it too much, it can break too
in fact, some days after i finished, a tiny bit of it dissapeared. just on white square and a blue one. i had to repair the damage with with paint. it is not perfect, but it will have to do.

James C You've done well mate. It looks great.

Spanjaard thanks a lot I really appreciate all the nice words

Donald Medley Very nice

Spanjaard thanks Donald

Tzonglin Wu beautiful!

Spanjaard thanks Tzonglin Wu

Olivier Well where I live, concern is growing about the LEDs mainly the blue light they can produce.
When located far from the eyes they are ok, but on a work bench I would not be so sure.

Frank J I personally use an Ikea ledstrip with color-changing functionality just for this reason as a worklight, it really helps being able to more the color more towards yellow-white or even into different colors to correctly verify coverage and shapes.

If you buy proper warm white LEDs you will also have much less of an issue with blue coloration (cold white).

Hans Robben I prefer daylight (5500K) light sources. I got two LED desk lamps and overhead 2 fluorecent tubes, all of them 5500K. Makes judging colors much easier. As far as the change: as long as you select the color temperature of the LED's to your liking there shouldn't be any difference between fluorecent and LED apart from price and reliability.

Spanjaard thanks for the info!

Rui S Thx for sharing

Nathan Dempsey I worked in a print shop for many years. The entire building including all the office areas was as lit in 5500K to make sure all printed material was viewed in the same light. Later they had to light a separate building this way too. The marketing dept kept saying the prints looked different than it did in the print shop.

Spanjaard thanks!

Ingmar Stöhr I recently switched to LED. If you want to do any painting in that light don't use SOME white LEDs. Look for high CRI LEDs. CRI > 90 or even 95. Even for fluorescent bulbs there are special daylight variants. Just looking for color temperature is not enough!

Spanjaard Thanks Ingmar

Spanjaard thanks a lot Bryn. I think you are right.... well the truth is that I forgot about that ladder!

R K looks awesome!

Spanjaard thanks daemion

Christian Ristits Fantastic Phantom - congrats!

Spanjaard thanks Christian, your compliment is greatly appreciated!

Kim Branders Spanjaard Nice Phantom this one is on my bucketlist. impressive

Spanjaard thanks Kim and go for it after doing the Academy and Hasegawa, i certainly suggest the Academy one. i do not know about the ZM.... resisted the temptation so far

Patrick Hagelstein The ZM is awesome! ...except for the aft fuselage... the shape is totally off.

Spanjaard not much time for modelling lately, in fact the last pictures were taken more than a month ago
i think I am over-complicating this project......

Martin Oostrom Not really serious: nyx.meccahosting.com/~a00083e7/me262swallofin1.htm
A bit more serious: nyx.meccahosting.com/~a0008aa9/me262a3.htm
More serious of the three: https://doogsmodels.com/2014..rumpeter-me-262a-2a-part-iv/

Can't wait for the end of this project....

Lode Schildermans Me neither

Greg Baker It's impossible to over complicate a build...

Spanjaard Thanks for the links Martin, I will keep the pictures of 111712 for future 262 builds (in bigger scale). The others,....well, colorful, true but 100%whatif
Thanks Lode. Unfortunately not having much modelling time lately, and none expected in the coming weeks
Greg, what can I say?

Spanjaard thanks all, and specially to Christian. who knows, maybe even before SCM 2019

Christian Bruer would be great

Lode Schildermans Antonio, Thank you for the honor. You, some others and I know why.

Lode Schildermans Stuart, it took about 7 months

Stuart Perry Incredible work.

Lode Schildermans Thank you, Stuart

andvkubar Nice pictures! Thank you!

Spanjaard thanks advkubar and bobinspokaloo

Bryn Crandell Did it work?

Spanjaard as expected, it is mostly for a conversation at SCM Newsfeed

Spanjaard thanks Martin and Ingo

JOHN THOMAS Very cool, Yippee

Neuling I fully agree with Lode and Martin.

Spanjaard thanks John and Neuling , really glad you also like it

Dutch Wow! Spanjaard, You definitely invested more time, effort and skill into your P-38J #5000 kit than I did, and your results are stunning. Your level of detail is outstanding for this crude kit. Just your cockpit canopy alone is worth learning from. I like the weathering and added detail, like gun barrels, wire aerials, etc. I still have to make my canopy frames, which I think I will do with silver stripe decal. I do not think I will add gun barrels or aerials. But I like your work! Great job! R/ Dutch

gorbygould That's pretty remarkable considering the scale. Well done Spanjaard!

Murad ÖZER Eyecandy

Spanjaard Thanks Dutch, gorbygould and Murad. this one is the first one finished of a special project, so stay tuned

JOHN THOMAS Great photos thanks