I am gonna stop the weathering process here. I may have overdone it; I haven't decided yet.
I was cruising along after I had applied the gloss coat and the Flory black over that when I went to remove the Flory some of it refused to come off, even with soap and windex. It stained places in the clear and the only thing I can think of is that my coat was uneven and it found the weak spots. So, that kinda forced my hand to weather this one up more than I had initially intended.
So, to recap the weathering process. I pre-shaded the kit, painted and all that. Then when the clear was down I applied a full coat of Flory wash black and washed off the excess. I then found that to be too dark so I also applied Flory Grime over the panel lines and it did lighten the look a bit. I then used some silver to add chipping to the leading edges of the wings and cowl behind the prop as well as the walk way and step. It came out decent.
I sealed all that down and then proceeded to try my hand at pastels. I went over the panel lines with dark grey and removed the excess. I then added my powder residue and exhaust stains with the use of my Tamiya Master weathering set using "soot" as the color. I also added a slight fuel stain to the wings at the fill caps and stopped there. I then sealed that down with "fixative" to seal down the pastels and prevent the clear from discoloring and pooling them up. I will clear it one more time.
So, anyway, this is how it looks now. Not too far to go before I can call this one complete. I will do better next time. I learned a ton on this build about Japanese planes and the next will look much better.
