Thanks Gamera: Yeah sometimes I'll start the bottom first, over the top. I feel that covering the plane in X-1 Black made me airbrush on one or two extra coats on both side. My next model I'll just stick with the panel lines.
Mike: Great paint work and detailing the cockpit.
This Hasegawa kit has been easy sailing, after the XF-76 Gray Green strips I masked up for the Orange Yellow strip on the leading edge. First I airbrushed X-2 White, then mixed X-6 Orange with X-8 Lemon Yellow. The mix was a bit bright and to much orange, so I then airbrushed XF-3 Flat Yellow.
72 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
73 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
74 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
Next was masking for XF-71 Cockpit green on the inside area of the canopy, to help with aligning the tape on the fuselage I taped on the closed canopy, and using the painted ones to cut the Tamiya tape to the right width. When that was done I replaced the tape and cotton balls masking the openings.
75 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
76 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
77 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
78 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
It turned out great.
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Following that I touched up with the areas with the airbrush using, XF 11 Green and XF 76 Gray Green.
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The rest where done by hand.
82 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr
83 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr