Finally back to this Turkey. I've been working on it rather heavily for the last few days.
I discovered that I must have raided this kit for the prop as it was missing (I think it went to a Mk.V I built a few years ago). Fortunately I had an Ultracast prop in the stash.
I sprayed some of the areas that I wanted to chip with Alclad then added worn effects fluid (this would turn out to be a mistake).
I learned on my BF 109s that the surface would be too slippery, so on this one I sanded the silver a bit for friction. I then began painting the roundels in conjunction with the Montex masks.
It's time consuming but very worth it. Tamiya tape was used to prevent joint seepage of paint. I also taped off the wing walk lines with thin Tamiya tape. Much easier than the fragile decals.
Once all roundels and fin flashes were painted and masked, I started on the two tone underside. The white side is XF-2 with a touch of XF-19 Sky Grey added. I was going for dirty and think I achieved it.
The white was taped off and I sprayed XF-1 Flat Black cut with a touch of XF-24 Dark grey for scale. Next came Gunze Dark Earth. I truly dislike the shiny aspect of Gunze paints, as I prefer flat paint at this stage or weathering. That said, they nailed the shade to my eye. I may try Mission's RAF stuff next time.
My usually method for RAF patterns. It works great.
Here it is after the XF-81 RAF Green was added and then weathered with a touch of XF-57 Buff. I also removed the Montex masks. Decals!...we don't need no stinkin' decals! Well not quite, I'll need the fuse codes and such. I do love these masks though. I did have some peeling underneath but I don't mind the effect.
I did some postshading weathering (diluted NATO Black/Red Brown mixture). I didn't go crazy as I will do much more streaking later with the AK interactive stuff.
At this point I added the exhaust streaks. I used the same, but slightly less diluted XF-69 NATO Black mixed with XF-64 Red Brown. I then added some XF-19 Sky Grey to simulate heat. I used some reference pictures and this looks about right to me.
It will get a coat of Alclad Aqua Gloss to await decals and then AK weathering.