RCAF Beaufighter TF.X

[Pakka]

This project aided by Aviaeolgy's marvellous decal/monograph [Terry Higgins]... great markings placement detail & info.

[BH-21]

Sweet!

[inkworm]

Some nice detail but I'd check the highlight on the fuselage, it doesn't quite look right to me.

[Pakka]

Inkworm : I see what you mean - The fuselage is quite flat near the canopy, and only becomes gradually more rounded towards the tail. In my glee at working on detail, it escaped me.

Perhaps more like this -

Thanks...

[inkworm]

I'd still raise thigh highlight up at the rear a bit more, there's something I can't quite work out which makes it and the engines look flat sided, have a look at the fuselage cross sections. Maybe you could be a bit more adventurous and extend the lower shading further up the fuselage.

[Pakka]

Inkworm : taking up your suggestions I dipped quickly into an adjacent file ( a pre-riveted image) to try some highlight adjusts. Reduced image to 1400...

Thanks for suggestions...

[inkworm]

The rear fuselage looks much better now, it's got that gentle curve, I'd have another look at the engine though as you've got two highlighted areas and the darker area in the upper half makes it look like it's got a bulge instead of a circular cross section.

What do you mean adjacent file, how do you set them up?