Grazie amici!
So I did things slightly out of order this build and masked off and sprayed the underside camo last. I used Gunze H317 for the Grigio Mimetico, slowly building up the colour over the pre-shading. You can see some of the intended panel to panel variation.
A closer look at some of the pre-shading. This will form the base for further shading and weathering.
The patch where an old identification number was overpainted was sprayed freehand Verde Mimetico 3 using Gunze H303 and all the masking removed.
The white coverage on the top and bottom of the cross on the tail isn't quite adequate but that will be easily fixed by masking and spraying. I'm happy with the amount of pre-shading giving a worn/dirty effect on the fuselage band.
Now, back to the prop issue. You'll remember this picture from earlier in the build showing significant wear on the back of the props.
I previously stripped the paint on the back of the props and then laid down a base of flat aluminium. I debated whether to use hairspray chipping for this effect but in the end just simply sprayed black and then immediately scrubbed it with a moistened stiff brush to simulate the wear.
In the photo the wear goes half way down the prop but I didn't want to go that extreme, so I'm representing the aircraft when it had less wear.
Thanks for stopping by folks.