Sorry about that, Stik. Feeling kinda lazy tonight. Here are some pictures of my progress:
Got all the stuff that required gloss white painted. LOVE those little blocks with the alligator clips on them - makes airbrushing small parts so easy. Unfortunately, gloss paints take awhile to dry, so it'll probably be Saturday before I attempt to handle these.
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Temporarily glued the canopy in place with Testor's Clear Parts Cement so that I can paint the entire plane and not have to stuff the cockpit full of paper towels as I usually do. Once I'm done with painting the exterior, I can then pop the canopy off and display it open.
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Got the wheel wells painted. I was thinking about displaying the air brakes open, too, but decided against it. I'll just close 'em up on this one.
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She's starting to look like a Skyhawk now..............
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Got the refueling probe glued on, too.
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Once the white paint dries, I'll add the pylons and drop tanks, then mask the white areas, and start shooting some exterior colors. I'll be using a red Testor's Enamel Paint Marker to paint the red edges on all the gear doors - it works very well for that purpose. On the gray camouflage Skyhawks, the leading edge slat undersides and recesses are the camouflage color - I thought that they'd be red, but all the pictures that I can find show otherwise (well, at least for USMC OA-4M's, anyways).
Thanks for looking, folks. Hope to have more pictures up by late Sunday afternoon, if not sooner.
Gary Mason
Devil Dawg
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