Wow, thank you for the kind words everyone
Made a start on the wings. Some gentle sanding to remove some fine mould seams and the wing compass is not required on this version, so needs shaving off. Wiings are basecoated with Tamiya RLM Grey and then some preshading is done with white and black/brown.....
Veryt stark at this stage, but will tone down under the top coat. Unfortunately, due to the earlier issue where I had to repaint the fuselage, I have insufficient Mr Hobby RLM02 paint left and my LHS is out of stock. Managed to track down some more out of town and am currently awaiting delivery, so wings are on hold until that arrives.
In the meantime, broke out the oil paints to add some tonal variation to the fueslage. I do this a lot with my armour kits and it adds more depth to the finish. I just use 3 basic colurs, placing a dab of oil paint onto a kitchen towel to draw out most of the oil. Small dots are applied to the relevant surface....
(sorry for pics - camera phone is playing up and creating a blue hue off to one side
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I then use a soft wide brush lightly moistened with thinners and lightly blend the oils in. The effect can';t be clearly seen here due to the poor photo, but it is there and does remove the stark finish airbrushing along can leave...
You can easily work in more colours as you see fit or dampen the brush more to remove more paint.
I've also put together the headrest that the pilot of this aircraft, Ernst von Althaus, used - adding a small wing but to the top of the bracket to improve the detail....
Gary
