Thanks guys. Slow going, too many work and other commitments! Have made a start on the camo though. The pattern was marked out with a green pencil and sprayed freehand Verde Mimetico 2 using Gunze H302. I thinned the paint roughly 40:60 paint:thinner and carefully sprayed with the 0.2mm nozzle using my Badger Krome. It's fairly slow going but is working out the way I want so far I think.
I also started work on the prop and spinner assembly with some preshading. I used a fairly diffuse pattern as the spinner will be white.
The props and spinner were painted, given a Pledge gloss coat and decals applied to the props.
It was about this time that I came across this picture showing the wear on the back of the prop.
So the back of the prop will need to be redone! I stripped the paint with a cotton wool bud moistened with IPA.
It's a shame I didn't have an enamel aluminium coat underneath as the stripping actually gave a passable wear effect which could be refined with a bit of care. Hmm, might file that away for future reference...
Will continue with the camo and next steps in producing the wear effect on the back of the prop. Thanks for following along
Nice job on the camo. When I saw that you used a .2mm nozzle I was curious as to what I was using. SONOVA*&%$^...all this time I've been using two fine tip nozzles, I thought the grey one was for general painting. It's the blue one so this should speed things up a bit
Yeah, I know Andy. I painted the prop and spinner ages ago but hadn't got around to posting it. And yes, an extension would be great if possible - I have no chance of being done by Sunday!