Well, after spending time modelling instead of surfing the interwebs, I managed to make some more progress on my Jasta 18 duo...
First of all, let me start with te paint pen. Quite simply put; I'm not convinced yet!
This is the pen on a piece of scrap Aviattic lozenge, straigt from the sheet (as in glossy):
That did show some promise with regard to the with, but the lines are very wobbly because the surface is too glossy.
So, after a coat of matte varnish, a second try:
The lines adhere better, but guiding them is quite troublesome. Unlike a normal pen, the entire tip is filled with paint, so you need your guide set up quite high. Just guiding on a flat piece of paper is hard enough, let alone on a piece of curved wing. The process is too uncontrolled for my taste, and as you can see an even coat of matte is essential -the runs and fallen of pieces are where I didn't get enough mattcoat on.
It is very useful for leading- and trailing edges, but for the ribs themselfs I think I'll stick with decals this time.
By the way, the pen
can be scraped off with a fingernail in case of mistakes.
But, on to the next bits of work, which speak pretty much for themself with pictures I suppose:
I misted the shading on the fuselage a bit more with red, as it was too stark for my taste. And boy, does that gloss with this lighting show off my crummy backdating work!
Then more Aviattic lozenge decals:
Well, that can cure now so I can snip it to size and add the ribtapes.
I had a bit of a mishap with the underside of the Fokker top wing, as I recycled tape for masking the underside off (which I do almost every time for years!), somehow some well-dried red paint adhered to the white, forcing a partial respray.
Might re-do the entire surface, as the partial respray isn't quite nice.
Jeroen
