Things have strated to really come together now...
After a blue wash I've airbrushed some weathering onto the bird, building up layers of pale gray, slowly feathering to very pale greyish white, in stripes down the wings and elevators as well as along the top of the fuselage.
I think it came out alright. What do you guys think?
You know: this is why I’m loving my airbrush so much. Can’t really understand how on earth I could do modelling for so long without one. I could never have done this sort of fading with a brush – no way! But with an airbrush even a noob like me can pull off a decent paintjob in a single evening.
Btw., you might note there’s some very faint white splattering on the fuselage. Nothing bad – that will go right away once I get the final weathering done – but it does explain why, if you look in the lower left corner of the picture, you will see my trusty Sparmax airbrush having been, quite literally, loved to bits...
I haven’t applied the final layers, a thin dusting of almost pure white, as I want to get some decals down before doing the final weathering.
Ah well... That will have to be done at some later point... Right now the paint needs to dry before I apply some varnish to take the decals. Besides, it’s just about time I get some shuteye – gonna be busy at work tomorrow...