Thank You Gazza, Gary and Rick for checking in. Zac, an airbrush can be a two-edged sword, great effects are possible but a glorious mess as well! The learning curve is quite steep with so many things affecting the result, sometimes it feels like sorcery! I had a really good friend when I was much younger, he was a professional modeller, and I eventually bought the same equipment as him (Badger 150 in those days) and did my airbrushing in his modelling room, monkey see, monkey do and "Why has this just gone terribly wrong, Bruce??". Without that help I don't think it would have been easy at all... Bruce was a victim of a house break-in recently and sustained a gun-shot wound, he is recovering slowly. An all too frequent grim reality here... Well, back to modelling.
I sprayed the red and it went down OK. On removing the masking tape from the rudder it marked the paint as the white was just so soft. I remember the problems I had with soft paint during the Dr.1 build, the red was a pest. So the tactic now is to let all this dry out completely for a few days, so no progress, I'm afraid. A combination of the cooler humid weather here, the paint retarder I use and impatience... That will teach me.
The colours look pretty, anyway.
Regards, Marc
