I am working on a 1/48 Japanese dive bomber "VAL". The overall color of the aircraft is a light grey. I did some preshading using a dark grey and did some post shade by adding some white to the grey to lighten it up. In the reference pics I have the fabric surfaces faded faster then the metal surfaces.
Is there any advice on how to create this type of weathering?
I thought about masking off the flaps, do some preshade again on the flaps with a 30-50% darker grey then the original color and pre shade in the shallow parts of the flaps between the framing ribs.
Then spray the flaps with the original color to blend in the pre shade, finally lighten the original color by 50% and just highlight the highest points of the fabric surfaces where the framing ribs are.
If there is an easier way to accomplish this please let me know.