Thanks again guys!
Photobucket has been on that time of the month, I guess....finally manged to get through!
Alright, alright....painting time!!!
Gonna go through the whole process here, step by step.
I'm sure it's not the "be all end all" to painting, but it's what I do and I like it!
Step 1. Ducks in a row! Everything not to be painted is masked...fiddley bits CAed to some scrap sprue...ready to sling paint!
2. Hit the canopies with the interior color.
3. All black...or in this case, a very dark grey.
4. Marbling/mottling in white...this is when I also do tail bands and "prime" for other splashes of color (such as rudders or yellow chins...not in this case though).
5. Tail Band and cowls painted.
6. Bands and cowls masked off...time for color. RLM76 first. I thin the color coats way down, beyond 50/50...to a point where you really can't see any color with one pass. Build it up slowly! When you think you've almost gone too far, it's time to stop!
7. Lightest top camo color...RLM75. Along with a little bit of mottling.
8. Final color, RLM74.
9. Any other color that needs to be painted. In this case, the black wing roots were easier to mask and paint after the other stuff.
Same is true for the flap area. Since I had the RLM02 out and loaded, I hit the landing gear parts as well.
All are nice and shiney right now, waiting on decals!
