Thanks much guys! Bud, I used a combination of paints for the fuselage and undercoating for the lozenge decals.
I used Pollyscale Sand to coat the wings, with a couple of coats of Future to give a nice gloss for the decal application.
For the fuselage, the WNW Decal instructions called for Tamiya #66 Light Gray, but when I applied the first coat it looked too dark, so I added some Tamiya white to lighten it up for the final coat. I was going to use the specified Tamiya Hull Red for the cowling and tail surfaces, but I sometimes have a problem with getting Tamiya paints thinned properly, and the gray had gone on a little grainy, so I found a bottle of Pollyscale Wisconsin Central Maroon on my shelf that matched well, and it airbrushed on smoothly and looks great. The fuselage was also treated to coats of Future before the rather large mural decals and balkenkreuz were applied to the sides, and the crest to the fuselage spine. Pollyscale Clear Satin sealed everything and evened out he sheen.
The fin and rudder are Pollyscale Reefer White. The metal panels on the top and bottom of the fuselage, and the wheel covers, were coated with Misterkit Albatros Mauve. After drying for a day, I applied patches of sticky-tack as masks and then airbrushed these parts with an old bottle of Pollyscale Fokker Dark Green. Removing the sticky-tack after the green paint is dry yields a soft edge mottle of mauve and dark green.
I am progressing well with assembly, and hope to have final photos up by this weekend.
Regards,
Bob
