Next in line was the wings. It seems there's no hard evidence that Black Prince was painted in either PC10 or PC12. I decided to go with a brown PC12 shade and started out with Tamiya Red Brown, lightened somewhat with their Dark Yellow, and thinned with lacquer thinner. I understand that PC12 is 'allegedly' more chocolate brown than red brown, but I'm anticipating the weathering process will darken it quite a bit. The undersides of the wings were shot with Tamiya Deck Tan. Once again, there appears to be no hard and fast rule whether the PC12 wrapped around the edges of the wings, so I dispensed with that feature.
Once the base coat was applied, instead of shooting a gloss undercoat for the decals, I brushed on Future as an experiment. When that dried, I added the WnW roundel decals. I used a hair dryer for the first time to seat the decals and it makes an incredible difference. Give it a whirl. You'll like it.
Finally, I sealed the decals with a coat of Dullcote and this is what I ended up with. What the . . . ??
Evidently, my mistake was in not covering the entire wing with Future. To fix the problem, I employed some weathering procedures in an effort to balance everything out.
Next step was to tackle the rib shading and I'm going to keep trying the pastel shading technique until I finally get it right!
I used MIG pastels and after applying them, this is how the undersides of the wings and tailplane looked. Not bad.
As you can see below, I got a bit carried away on the bottom wing, and my choice of pastel colour might have been a bit to dark.
To tone down the reddish brown paint and overstated rib shading, I employed a filter (glaze) which is nothing more than lightly brushed on coats of heavily thinned (90-95%) oil paint. I applied the filter six or seven times until I was happy with the fading effect I had achieved.
Now it all looks a bit more like a well weathered, dusty chocolate brown.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
Chris
