Been working on the shuttlebay and shuttle. Primed and lightblocked the bay and floor this morning, and have the basecoat of dark gull grey on, which to my eye is a dead match to the color guide. This has been brushpainted btw. I am borrowing a technique from the old comedy/how to show Furniture On The Mend/Furniture To Go. Joe Larreio, one of the two hosts(Ed Feldman being the other) once showed a technique he uses to smooth latex paints by using a large soft brush to gently run over the paint after being painted onto a surface, which knocks down the ridges from the first brush and blends it all together. If done right it eliminates all brushstrokes and looks sprayed.
So I decided to try it... and it works great! With hobby acrylics you do have to let it set up a minute or two first though. But look at dis:[ATTACH=full]87478[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]87479[/ATTACH]
Will do a couple more coats to both, lightly sand the floor, seal both then build up the courage to try painting the tan on the walls.
And the shuttle has gotten it's second coat of lightblocking...[ATTACH=full]87480[/ATTACH]
And yes, it has an interior! I am not gonna try to go nuts with the interior but will try to get the correct basic colors down. I plan to drill a hole on the non hatch side of the upper rear hull so I can feed a fiber optic or two in. The plan is to have it set up such that when you are looking straight into the shuttlebay the shuttle will be faceing the door, but turned just enough to see the open hatch and the interior. I will also throw a couple people in too.