Ok, a couple of questions about finishing a lovely little (maybe not) 1.48 A-10A Warthog I'm doing at the moment.
1 - White engine cowling?
The camo scheme I'm going with is the one you can hopefully see in the pic below (dark/olive green, flat black, and a dark sandy/khaki colour). On aircraft with the gray paint scheme, the inside of the engine cowling in front of the fan blades is painted white. Is the same true of aircraft with the green/black/khaki camo scheme?
2 - Pastel weathering?
I am going to try, for the first time, pastel weathering on one of my models. What colour pastels would you recommend for weathering an A-10 with the above camo scheme, where does the weathering occur on this aircraft, and how much weathering occurs in these areas?
Also, I am under the impression that sprayed clear coats must be used to seal in the pastel dust. Is there some way of using brush-painted clear coat to seal it in without disturbing the dust, as spraying the model is going to be a little inconvienient, seeing as how I made, painted and decalled the model a while ago. Thus the coat is going to get everywhere I don't want it to, and it won't be able to reach areas sheltered by the weapon stores. So, is there some way to brush paint the clear coat on?