Thanks guys.
Today's session started with an overspray of hairspary on all surfaces of the model.
Though I like how the summer camo turned out, it was then a matter of biting the bullet and starting on the white. I started with the cross and codes on the port side. Here's how it looked before I laid my mits on it.
After close examination of the photos in post 3, it was apparent that the white camo was crudely painted by hand around the cross and J9 codes. So I set about doing the same with thinned paint.
Yeah, I know. Doesn't look great but it's not meant to look like a crisp paint job. I proceeded to do the rest of the codes and crosses the same way and then switched to the fine airbrush. My theory is that they the gave one of the black men a can of paint and brush to go around the markings while another guy did the larger areas with an air brush. When air brushing, I tried to imagine myself being the guy below and held my brush strokes to about an inch or less to simulate how the paint might have been sprayed on in the field.
Here's how the passes on the port side looked before I stopped to clean the brush and take a break.
After I got back, I decided to start chipping away at the white. This was a simple matter of dipping a paint brush that had been cut down to about 2mm of bristle in water and then going over the white until it started flaking off.
And here's how it looks now.
I'm really liking how this is turning out. It's a long process so I've stopped for the time being to recoup and may get back to doing some more tonight. Ta Ta For Now.