The main painting is done, and just needs a couple of 'touch-ups' here and there.
I had a mini disaster when about to spray a second area. Having prepared and thinned another batch of Model Master RAF Dark Green, I promptly knocked over the plastic shot glass I'd mixed it in, losing all of the paint.
"Oh, bother !" said I, realising I only had a small amount left in the MM bottle. (well, it sounded a bit like 'bother', but a bit stronger, and preceded by another word which rhymes with plucking !).
So on to 'Plan B - V1', and break out the Humbrol No.163 Dark Green satin enamel, thin it, and start spraying, including the areas already done in the MM paint.
Got a couple of small areas done, but found that I couldn't control the airbrush accurately enough, in the tight areas, due to my stiff and now somewhat painful hands and wrists.
As I didn't want to mess things up at this late stage (and with only 11 days remaining before delivery), I reverted to 'Plan B - V2', selected a decent No.3 paint brush, and painted the bulk of the Dark Green by hand !
As expected, whether airbrushed or brushed on, the satin paint, still 'tacky' in the pics, dried with an uneven, patchy, streaky finish, with some areas gloss, some satin and some matt. It's a pain if a satin finish is required, but I know that this will even-out when the clear coats are applied.
Next step is to do the re-touching, and then paint the radome matt black and, when it's dry, mask this and apply the gloss coat, ready for the decals, which I
might be able to start sometime over the weekend, if the gloss coat is hard enough.
Thanks again for looking in and the kind comments, and I'll be back soon .........