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Oh that is looking mighty fine now John! This gonna be superb when it’s all done.

Thanks guys! After the decal work was completed the decaled areas were sprayed with a coat of Alclad Aqua Gloss. The next step is to apply a wash over the model. I made three batches of liquid wash from pastel chalks... a very dark brown/black for the upper surfaces, a lighter brown for the lower surfaces and a light grey to highlight the rivet areas within the black markings.


The wash is spread over the model and then allowed to fully dry. Once dry, I used moistened static-free wipes to wipe off the wash, leaving a residue of contrasting dark (or light) wash in all of the recessed areas.
















It pays to hold off sealing the wash with a clear coat UNTIL you've carefully inspected every inch of the model. It's ok to leave some subtle streaking of the wash on the model as long as it is consistently in the direction of the airflow but unwiped blobs of dark wash should be removed.

It’s always a pleasure to see your artistry in action John. This Dora of yours is looking so good now!

The wash always makes all the beautiful details pop. Love how this is turning out.

This really needs to go in a museum.

So the rivet detail on the bottom of the aircraft is brought out by the gray wash? Just making sure because it looks like the rivets are darker than gray. Just curious because I'd like to do something similar on my 262 and I just want to make sure. Thanks John.

Looking good btw....

Thanks guys!

mustang1989 wrote:So the rivet detail on the bottom of the aircraft is brought out by the gray wash? Just making sure because it looks like the rivets are darker than gray. Just curious because I'd like to do something similar on my 262 and I just want to make sure. Thanks John.

Looking good btw....

The wash on the bottom areas varied based on color... dark grey RLM 74 (darkest black/brown wash), metal (medium brown wash), light blue RLM 76 (medium brown wash), black crosses (light grey wash).

'Preciate the clarification John. I'll be following that idea on the 262.

Very fine modeling!