Thanks all! Progress is slowed by the temporary eviction from the modeling room, and also by the Spada decals.
I got the wings painted, and am happy with the shade. After a coat of Future dryed for a couple of days, I cut out the Belgian roundels and applied the first on to the top wing. It virtually disappeared into the relatively dark olive drab of the PC10!
These decals must be printed on an Alps printer, and no white background was laid down first, making the colors virtually translucent. Ugghhh! I quickly slid the offending decal off the wing before it could set up, cleaned the wing off with water, and decided that I will have to mask and paint the roundels. This may be just as well, since I was not really keen on the lemon yellow color in the decals. I think the Belgian roundels should have a darker yellow color. I will now paint them to match the rudder. Time to break out the circle cutter and masking tape!
On a happier note, the black decal for the unit number on the rudder went on flawlessly and looks great.
I will try to take some photos by this weekend to show all of this graphically. Next step after painting the national markings will be post-shading of ribs just like Lance did on his Tripehound. I will also begin fiddling with the pilot figure to see if I can manage to make his derriere fit into the kit-supplied seat.
Some fun, eh?
Regards,
Bob