FuselageTo protect the wood it was masked, also the cockpit. Then primer, sanding, primer, brighter grey.
After 24 hours I masked the fuselage and airbrushed the dark grey. Nice contrast after unmasking.
Again:
At least the real wood looks like the drawing, the linen is ok and the grey tones was discussed already.
For the struts I squeezed brass tubes, soldered pins into them and created the N-struts in wood.
The N-struts are really filigree on drawings and photos, I guess the resin ones have to be that thick to be able to hold the wing. The soldered connections are cleaned and polished further.
The N-struts and the undercarriage are primed and also painted in the dark grey.
Only the outer struts are not yet done, but I need to get the size on the real model later. The N-struts alone are able to hold the wing.
I also applied the self cut masks for the crosses and painted black using MRP NATO Black, which is a broken black.
And why masks? The decals are old, had already a bad experience with that printer, the white border was to small according to the photos and - the main reason - the decal crosses are too small!
The wing. I used MRP Insignia White, which is a broken white. But it covers not very good, next time I will start with a thin layer white and add Insignia White on top.
And as
final picture the fuselage and the wing together, forgot the painted tailplane (other update) on the picture.
EDIT:
I could not resist to plug all temporarily together, for two teaser pictures
So far so good - but still a lot of work in front of me!
Cheers,
Frank