Another brief update, some scrap PE from the spares pile was added to the 4 locations for the double rigging points on the fuselage before painting.
I mixed some of the colours, several were used as is as they matched the colour illustrations I had nicely. All were Tamiya Acrylics, a first for this old enamel fan. The bottom CDL portions were airbrushed with Tamiya Deck Tan XF55 which I noted a lot of you were using for CDL. I like the effect but may add some yellow in future. The Pre-shading shows through nicely.
The engine cowling got a couple of coats of white at the same time as the turtle decking received the Flight Commanders white top decking. The dust particles on the cowlings' 3 O'clock position were thankfully just laying on the surface, not in the paint, and wiped right off!
After approximately 48 hours of drying time their followed a delicate masking job. The White chevron and undersides had to be completely protected for the application of the 5 colour camouflage on the upper and side surfaces. The acrylics were all thinned with laquer thinner for airbrush application. I elected to spray rather then hand brush to preserve the Pre-Shading. Colours were (all Tamiya):
Brown - XF64 Red Brown
Beige - XF59 Desert Yellow (this appears very "orange" in the photos but is a nice beige tone in real life.)
Green - XF26 Deep green
Light Green - 50/50 mix of XF67 NATO Green and XF3 Flat Yellow
Black - XF69 NATO Black
The foregoing had to be done in sequence from one side, masking with Post It Notes applied with no "relief" gave reasonably sharp demarcations between colours.
Next comes a coat of Future, some decaling, and a bit more work on the cockpit module before it gets slid into place. I also need to get some turnbuckle eyelets installed once the last over coat is applied; the holes have been pre drilled already.
Cheers,
Lance
