Before I begin, lets just say hello to my dog, Doughnut, miss that chap. This is one pooch that will not listen to anyone but me and will escape from any leash system ever designed by man.....Houdini incarnated!
Sleepy in the air-conditioned office. And its about to drop! Next.
Banged it hits the sack!
Engine with the masking removed. Some of the Vallejo paint has chipped and needed to be touched up with silver, not really a catastrophic event.
The star on the decal is weathered. However, for the blue portion, I will rub some pastels on it to fade it after the whole model is done and sealed in matte varnish.
Wing after it has been swept clean with brush wet with thinners. The weathering becomes very subtle.
The panels covering the fuel has a pink hue sprayed over it and washed to subdue the hue effects. This is due to the fact that fuel, kerosene type F-Gas fades the paint and evaporates quickly compared to diesel. Since it has to be refueled stationary with engines turned off, there is no chance of it making streaks. So, I clouded the whole panel with some pink to simulate the wear like we do see on our Army Unimogs, the Olive Drab turns pink in the sun after months of refueling and spills.
Bottom wing and fuselage has been black washed as well.
So are the tail fins and rear fuselage areas. The antenna root is fragile and is reinforced with cardboard to facilitate handling during spray painting and weathering.
See you next round.