Last peek before the "lid" is installed. I plan on leaving the cowling panels off though so much of the upper engine detail will still be visible. I painted most of the fuselage exteriors before putting everything together in hopes of reducing the masking task to prevent overspray getting inside but as it turned out there will still be much careful masking required.
The real Roland fuselages were constructed from wood, in halves, much like a model, then joined with a fabric strip covering the seams. Wingnut represents these with raised ridges on the fuselage half edges but I felt they were too high and narrow. Not to mention difficulty in getting an even appearance when gluing the halves together. Therefore, I sanded down the ridges and replaced them with .010" x .030" Evergreen strip glued down using Tamiya Extra Thin liquid cement. Once dry, the strips are thinned further by careful sanding.
The upper strips have been sanded...
while those on the underside were just glued down so will be allowed to dry overnight before sanding.
After that, let the masking begin! For the light blue paint I'm using Hataka lacquers - a mix of 10 parts C293 Extra Light Blue (FS25550) to 1 part C319 Light Sea Blue (FS25200).
For the scumble effect I'll be using artist oil paints using a yet-to-be-determined mix of blue, white, and light blue-grey.
Eric
