Nice build on an old model. As for washes, I don't think that I would use a black wash. It may be to much contrast. If you mix the black and pale grey to get a dark grey wash that may be better. Also a light dry brushing of the raised detail with a light grey almost white color would really pick out the detail. I am not sure what nulin oil color is, but if it is a brownish color that may be better. Looking forward to how it comes out.

-Stephen

Good advice there from Stephen. And as I remember didn't the kit have some sort of cross-hatching detail instead of panels? Not even sure how you'd do that. You might try some pre-shading around the details maybe? 

Hi all, and thanks for the replies.

I'm having good luck with the Vallejo grey wash. I'm using it more like a stain, deliberately applying it to the flat gull grey finish. I'm still wiping off the excess, but there's enough left for some subtle contrast.

As for the raised cross-hatching: I don't think I'm going to cover the whole model. Instead, I'll wash the vertical detail and leave the horizontal detail alone. We'll see how it goes. I'll post photos soon.

Regards,

Looking forward to the results.

I'm pretty happy with the results so far. As I said above, I'm using the Vallejo light grey wash over flat paint. It's putting a nice, but subtle contrast on the raised detail that looks like a shadow, but isn't too much of a contrast.

This is difficult to photograph, but here's two shots (I'm sorry that I can't figure out how to insert inline photos from Google photos):

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Hmmm, yeah I can see the shadow detail it added there. Interesting effect, please keep us updated on how it goes.