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Ralph Haus
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Bad post!!!I must admit the base of the antenna colour was not something I noticed until Geo pointed it out. I could see it being left unpainted from the factory, depending on when the antenna mast was installed, but am of the opinion that aircraft that were repainted may well have had the plates painted over unless there was a technical reason not to paint them. Judging by the photos Wojtek posted, it would appear that overpainting was common.
Ralph, if you can confirm what numbers you need, I can have a look. I have lots of left over s/n decals.
You betcha. Certainly needed, in some form, when working with this kit!!Nice Ralph, have you got the dregs from a beer in them barrels!
...... Certainly would cover a whole lot of 'sins', kit and builder induced.
Andy - I've seen, in postings, where this is done. I really do need to step up my game and try to do that. However, this does not provide the 'definitive' panel line. On many builds sometimes overdone, but many times I have seen just right applications. I suppose the 'bold' panel lines that I am seeing, on some builds, are from some method of 'color fill' not obvious to me? Tempura I get. But again it does leave a film. Pre shading the panel lines (black or whatever) before applying a color coat does allow some shades of weathering, but not panel line definition. Oh well! yet another technique to attempt to master! Perhaps I need to start a post to have members describe their methods for panel line definitions?Looks good Ralph. I agree about the Tamiya panel washes being too aggressive and have stopped using them. I've switched to thinned artist oil paints.
For me, weathering starts at the paint application stage. I avoid making completely uniform colours by varying the thickness of the coats, moving my airbrush in small circular patterns and deliberately leaving some of the base colours to show through. The effect can be modulated but it doesn't take long before you get that uniform colour again. Once a base coat is on,and sometime with the same paint in the cup, I'll add a tiny drop of a similar but lighter colour and spray over the colours that were just laid down in random patterns or confine the new colour to removable panels. I'll then repeat all this with a slightly darkened mix. This is all before a gloss coat and washes are applied.
The key is to go with thin coats for the second and third runs (at least 70% thinner) and to build up the effects slowly.
This all takes practice and your techniques will develop over time.