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More pics huh? I'm making progress, two steps forward one back, you know. My biggest two issues are learning to use paint other than Testors or Humbrol brand, and these new glues that come in bottles with a brush.

Base is 1500 finisher in black, with some Testors bright silver on top for chipping. There's a pic further up of that stage, and it was a significant mistake to not have more silver underneath the topcoats. Then did a mottling undercoat of white with a tiny bit of tan.

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I made up my own dark blue, I feel that (in bright light) it is a little too light, but it is better than using the spray can as Tamiya says or using XF-17 which is midnight blue. The white and light blue are straight from the bottle, but sprayed really thin.
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My initial attempt at chipping, tried to stay small so I could add if needed, going back would be hard. In the end I found myself chipping on areas that did not have silver, so I exposed the black finisher...grrrr.
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Here it is after more scrubbing. I used hairspray under the acrylic, but peeling off the blue was harder than I expected, so I left brush marks in some areas. I will be able to hide those with topcoats later (I hope).
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After Getting all the scratches on I did an enamel glosscoat to get ready for oil washes and decals.
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I really enjoy the washes! It is a little hard to see in this shot but the panel lines on the white were done in medium blue before getting some "grime" into the mix. The mud splatters came out bad, think my paint was too thin, but I brushed it away and will do dirt/mud splatters later. The dark blue got some of the brown wash, but also some dark green, I think black is too strong.
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Decals underway! Does anyone apply every one of those? There are hundreds of tiny little words, guess I'm just not used to these large 1/32 kits but I'm tapping out on that. I did add some darkness to the white of the insignias to tone down the intensity, but in these pics it looks like I could use some more.
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I'm working on the propeller now.

<blockquote data-quote="Edbert" data-source="post: 230875" data-attributes="member: 21853">More pics huh? I&#039;m making progress, two steps forward one back, you know. My biggest two issues are learning to use paint other than Testors or Humbrol brand, and these new glues that come in bottles with a brush.Base is 1500 finisher in black, with some Testors bright silver on top for chipping. There&#039;s a pic further up of that stage, and it was a significant mistake to not have more silver underneath the topcoats. Then did a mottling undercoat of white with a tiny bit of tan.[ATTACH=full]117815[/ATTACH]I made up my own dark blue, I feel that (in bright light) it is a little too light, but it is better than using the spray can as Tamiya says or using XF-17 which is midnight blue. The white and light blue are straight from the bottle, but sprayed really thin.[ATTACH=full]117817[/ATTACH]My initial attempt at chipping, tried to stay small so I could add if needed, going back would be hard. In the end I found myself chipping on areas that did not have silver, so I exposed the black finisher...grrrr.[ATTACH=full]117818[/ATTACH]Here it is after more scrubbing. I used hairspray under the acrylic, but peeling off the blue was harder than I expected, so I left brush marks in some areas. I will be able to hide those with topcoats later (I hope).[ATTACH=full]117822[/ATTACH]After Getting all the scratches on I did an enamel glosscoat to get ready for oil washes and decals.[ATTACH=full]117819[/ATTACH]I really enjoy the washes! It is a little hard to see in this shot but the panel lines on the white were done in medium blue before getting some &quot;grime&quot; into the mix. The mud splatters came out bad, think my paint was too thin, but I brushed it away and will do dirt/mud splatters later. The dark blue got some of the brown wash, but also some dark green, I think black is too strong.[ATTACH=full]117820[/ATTACH]Decals underway! Does anyone apply every one of those? There are hundreds of tiny little words, guess I&#039;m just not used to these large 1/32 kits but I&#039;m tapping out on that. I did add some darkness to the white of the insignias to tone down the intensity, but in these pics it looks like I could use some more.[ATTACH=full]117821[/ATTACH]I&#039;m working on the propeller now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edbert, post: 230875, member: 21853"] More pics huh? I'm making progress, two steps forward one back, you know. My biggest two issues are learning to use paint other than Testors or Humbrol brand, and these new glues that come in bottles with a brush. Base is 1500 finisher in black, with some Testors bright silver on top for chipping. There's a pic further up of that stage, and it was a significant mistake to not have more silver underneath the topcoats. Then did a mottling undercoat of white with a tiny bit of tan. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1717075982566.png"]117815[/ATTACH] I made up my own dark blue, I feel that (in bright light) it is a little too light, but it is better than using the spray can as Tamiya says or using XF-17 which is midnight blue. The white and light blue are straight from the bottle, but sprayed really thin. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1717076052748.png"]117817[/ATTACH] My initial attempt at chipping, tried to stay small so I could add if needed, going back would be hard. In the end I found myself chipping on areas that did not have silver, so I exposed the black finisher...grrrr. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1717076080493.png"]117818[/ATTACH] Here it is after more scrubbing. I used hairspray under the acrylic, but peeling off the blue was harder than I expected, so I left brush marks in some areas. I will be able to hide those with topcoats later (I hope). [ATTACH type="full" alt="1717076604536.png"]117822[/ATTACH] After Getting all the scratches on I did an enamel glosscoat to get ready for oil washes and decals. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1717076110195.png"]117819[/ATTACH] I really enjoy the washes! It is a little hard to see in this shot but the panel lines on the white were done in medium blue before getting some "grime" into the mix. The mud splatters came out bad, think my paint was too thin, but I brushed it away and will do dirt/mud splatters later. The dark blue got some of the brown wash, but also some dark green, I think black is too strong. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1717076132990.png"]117820[/ATTACH] Decals underway! Does anyone apply every one of those? There are hundreds of tiny little words, guess I'm just not used to these large 1/32 kits but I'm tapping out on that. I did add some darkness to the white of the insignias to tone down the intensity, but in these pics it looks like I could use some more. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1717076154508.png"]117821[/ATTACH] I'm working on the propeller now. [/QUOTE]

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