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When Dom Smith sent us pictures of his customised ParkZone Focke-Wulf 190, we thought it was amazing. Please find below a description of how Dom went about painting his Focke.

"I thought I would give it an exaggerated war torn look by painting on a bit of dirt and damage using some Humbrol Acrylic paint I had kicking about."

"Not worrying to much about how these planes would have really weathered I just went for maximum effect by painting damage where ever it stands out. The more contrast you add on the ground eg. dark areas next to light areas the better they look when they are hurtling around in the air."

"I found that matt paint gives the best result applied in light layers using a good variety of brush sizes. By keeping all the brush strokes moving horizontally from front to back, this gives the impression that the damage has happened in flight. Use large soft bristled brushes lightly loaded with paint to dull areas down and smaller ones for applying the more dense detail. I have flown mine in all conditions mostly landing on wet grass and can confirm once this paint is on its there for good."

"One of the bonuses of owning a ratty looking plane is any minor damage / hanger rash just adds to the whole effect. You can even make a bit of a feature of that dent in your wing by adding an oil trail behind it."

"The more extreme you go the more menacing they end up looking. Especially when your on the tail of somebody's shiny new plane."