1/48 Hasegawa Arado 234 Blitz-Now In Completed Section

[mustang1989]

I shoul know, but.... is the marbling / mottled effect to provide depth and give visual interest?

Yes siree Lyle. I've already started laying some of the camo down and it does work.

[Stuart]

Good stuff Joe - nice to see this progressing!

[mustang1989]

Great to see you around Stuart!! Thanks man.

[Stuart]

Yeah sorry for not being around much - no excuses

[mustang1989]

Stuff happens buddy. Glad to see you back.

[mustang1989]

Ok gang. I spent the better half of 3 hours this morning applying paint. I already know I'm going to hear it from somebody because I've been telling myself all morning long that I must like to make things difficult. I have applied these colors in patches rather than go over most of the bird with the predominant color. I made the mistake of applying the predominant color once on my Stuka and I didn't much care for it because when I went back over the base color with the second camo color it looked to thick. So I opted to do things this way. I've also opted not to put the cockpit on just yet. I'll get to that in due time and in my own fashion...……..the hard way. I do like the benefits of the marble pattern and will more than likely continue that trend. There is a couple of touch ups that I need to do between the camo colors but I do like this way even though it is time consuming. I spend more time masking than I've spent on any other area of the model.

[Stikpusher]

Well, you’re sure not choosing the easy way here... but it looks good so far.

[Duke Maddog]

Regardless of how you choose to do this, the results are the same: outstanding. You got this man, that marbling does really add depth to the colors. Nice work so far, keep it going man!

[LyleW]

Well done, to this point! What they said, too!

[KennyX]

That looks rad. You’re doing a very nice job. What I have to say about your method doesn’t matter. What matters is that you got your head around it and you appear to be pulling it off very nicely. Good show, Joe!