Many thanks to all of you for looking in and leaving such nice comments, Manni, Des, Rick, Stephen, Juan, Frank and Ed!
@Stephen: I was unsure about airbrushing too, but then my mentor convinced me to give it a try and I have never regreted a single cent spent on the equipment. This, however, is given by the fact that I am no good with brush - unlike you as is visible on each of your builds.
@Frank: good question, I actually never gave a proper thought to this name. I have been working with the Drooling Bulldog paints for quite some time now, so I just got used to their names.
I will ask Sergey, the author of Drooling Bulldog, on the next occasion what the story is behind the name.
I was also eager to see what the preshading would look like, so I continued with painting last night. Result - well, lesson learned.
The contrast of the soaking was too little, whereas the contrast of the tube construction was too much - as I have learned from the photo of the original (placed in WNW instructions), the fuselage was obviously not CDL, as there is almost no translucency.
So I decided to do something between preshading and postshading - maybe "intershading"?
- and emphasized the soaking a bit. Afterwards, I sprayed another thin layer of paint. The translucency almost disappeared, but is still there. I am still not sure whether the shade is correct, looks a bit too dark to me, so I might to rework the fuselage paintwork completely. Will see once the paint has cured completely, i. e. this evening.
The shade I took for the wings did not look correct either, unfortunately, it was too yellowish for my taste.
So I gave it a shot of Drooling Bulldog Grauesgrün without lightening and it looks a tad better.
This is where I stand now with wings dry fitted. The metal panels on the wings will need a slight touch up, should not be a big deal, however.
Cheers
Ondra
