Well, here it is, all finished,...almost. I applied the flat coat using Testors Dullcoat Lacquer. After that dried a few hours, the weathering began. I started off with thinned oils, hitting the panel lines with a 50/50 mix of Grummbacher Black and Burnt Sienna. I used mineral spirits to thin the paint blob to a coffee like consistency. I work slowly, hitting a few panel lines at a time, then wiping the excess off, in the dirention of the air flow. A good thing about oils, is they dry slow, AND you can go back and fix spots that are over done or need more, what ever the issue. You even have time to fix these spots.
After the oils have dried, I begin with the pastes. I have a few items I have "borrowed" from the wife's makeup bag. Just a few little applicators she had for blush or rouge, that work really well for putting on the pastels. Again I use a mix of black, grey, and brown. Sometimes I mix these colors, and other times use them straight up. I use the make up tools to apply these to the model, using pictures to get the correct patterns. Pastels can also be washed off if you goof up, and then reapplied.
Here are the pictures of the nearly finished model. I still need to put the antenna on, and paint the gauges on the engines.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for looking at my posts. Now I'll need to pick another kit from the stash to do another! Russian maybe?
Freddie from LI