I've been working on my Buchon, and after much hemming and hawing, have decided to go with the natural metal finish instead of the blue overall. Mainly, I'm doing this to practice using AlcladII since that's what I intend to use on my P-51 and want to get a feel for it, but it's also a great opportunity to do a NMF 109 variant.
I went to prime with Humbrol acrylic grey primer, and it was a disaster. I thinned it with Tamiya thinner, and it didn't like that at all. Half of it sprayed fine, then the other half flowed like water. I washed it all off, then decided to forgo priming for the bottom, which will be light blue. I sprayed a black base, and I will be using the "black basing" method that DoogsATX recommends on his site.
Here it is as it sits - the streaks are because I wasn't patient enough to ensure the thing was fully dry before spraying it, but that won't affect the colors (which I won't paint until it actually is dry).
After this, it's on to the Alclad black base up top, then the NMF.
It's missing its rear wings at the moment, but I am not putting them on until after I finish painting the rudder, which is a black X on a white field. The kit has decals for this, but I prefer painting if at all possible, and masking/painting it with the rear wings on seems like a pain, so I will affix them before the NMF goes down.
-BD-