It's been a good few days since I posted anything on here, however, work has been progressing. I've spent the last week really doing jobs around the house, but in my spare time I've managed to get the underside of the wings completed. So, here's a little bit more detail as to how I've done it.
First of all, I paint the wing in Gunze Randome. It's a nice neutral colour, not a million miles off a linen type shade. I got for a rough coat here, because a lot more detail will be added in the next stages:
When this is dry, I do a thin coat of Gunze Sail colour in a random pattern in order to add a shading effect into the mix already:
I then mask off the ribs with various widths of Tamiya masking tape, in order prevent any form of overspray:
Then I sprayed this with a thinned layer of Gunze off-white. This is how it turns out with the masking tape removed:
I then use Humbrol weathering powder along each rib. This is intentionally a bit too heavy:
Then an overspray of very thinned Randome (50/50 mix) and a very small touching up of the ribs with a subtle hint more of powder and this is how it ends up:
What I like about this technique is that when it's viewed from a distance, the ribs are very subtle - however, as you get closer, the whiter shade of the ribs are visible as shown by this distance shot against a close up of the elevators:
Anyway, that's all for now... please pass any criticism and comments - this is really the first time I've done this, so any feedback is very much appreciated!
Chris
