Well good morning all... I did the decals and started panel lines and weathering last night. The drying and setting time is a necessity, but when I get to this point its like "Off to the races!" I can see the finished build in my head and I want to rush! Calm down... back away... You know this has to happen... Any way, heres what I have...
After applying decals I nearly always use Micro-set to ensure good adhesion to flat surfaces and / or Micro-sol to soften and set decals. Tamiya and Hasagawa decals usually take some work to get them to soften and lay flat. Micro-sol would not work on these, so I had to break out the Walthers solva-set. Much stronger and has never failed to attain a good adhesion.
Starting to do panel lines and weathering...
A little dry brushing with aluminium to show chipping and sand blasting wear. I'm fading the upper surfaces where the blistering African sun would sun bleach the finishes. To do that I just use a thin mix of sky geay very lightly applied to the individual panels.
One side is done , for comparison.
Well Thats about where I'm at at this time... Thanks for looking. Hope I'm not too long winded describing pics. Just trying to pass on my techniques, the way I've learned from others... Thanks, more later.
Doug