USS Independence, CVL-22

I will definitely be following along with you,I already printed out Stefan Halters log which I provided for you,now I can also have yours as this is a pretty complicated build,good luck with yours for sure

OOPS! I mean the October issue, which will hit the stands in early Sept.

Ordinarily I put on railings last, and paint them first. In fact, I often paint the railings while they are still on the PE fret, touching up the marks where they are touched up after then are on.

The exception is if the superstructure is very complicated.  Some older warships (around the 1900 era) have very complicated superstructure- sort of donut shaped, where there are railings towards the center of the ship. I do just these at an earlier stage, but the rest, like the main deck railings, last. I mention this in my article on the Dreadnaught in the Sept. FSM.

Thanks GMorrison. I guess that settles the issue. paint first it is.

I'll throw caution to the winds and pretend I am experienced.

It always turns out that I do both. I airbrush the PE with the correct color while it's on the fret. Then cut it up and install it. Then go back in with a fine brush and touch it up. I can't imagine how I'd paint the inboard sides after installing the rails.