Well here is the completed engine all painted , this was a bit boring everything but the exhausts and engine brackets was black so I just added a couple of burnt pips to give it a bit of detail and I dry brushed with dust grey to give it some wear and highlights View attachment 84827
For a bit of further inspiration here's a picture of the exhausts on a Merlin engined war bird. It's a Spitfire but uses a fuel formula close to WW2 specifications, so it is reasonable to assume that the colouring/staining would be similar too.
I reckon yours are close, maybe a little dry brushing?
I'm thinking to paint mine with some weathering (chipping effect on the soil), anyway I have to look...I see some photos on the web, and everybody paint free...as the engine!
If you want can start it together and share some tips
Cockpit now finished , this was a bit awkward to build due to the soft plastic airfix uses to the build time on this was two days to make sure all the glue had cured properly , on researching the cockpit I found that it wasn't just green and black there were different shades of grey ,red and tan colour so I addes those , also I found that this isn't the cockpit for the MK I , the instrument panel has too many dials ans there are more leavers so I would say this is maybe a cockpit for a IA or higher but that's just rivet counter talk lol
Thanks guys I'm pleased you like it , I've now put it in the fuselage and I've had to super glue the front section as it was twisted now I've got a little bit of touching up to do
Cheers folks I'm pleased you like it I've finished my touch ups and I've dropped a boo boo lol
I knew that fitting the engine and cockpit would be awkward due to the twisted fuselage and in my haste I didn't put the rear wheel in View attachment 85133