Thanks Laurie.
I have been getting on with the painting. Here are a few picture - more Saturday I expect...
Sky underside (AK Interactive air series acrylic)
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I am quite pleased with the pre and post shading. I rarely manage to get the photos to properly show the effect but in this instance its quite close... No prizes to anyone who spots the silly mistake, one that is already corrected....
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Above is the undercarraige. The AKI Sky with a wash, I used the Air Series undercarriage wash. I stille have more work to do on the above parts before fitting and weathering the tyres.
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Clearly this is the prop with the tips sprayed yellow. I found that the unpronouncable Badger yellow primer really covers well so no more yellow coverage problems in future, using that as a base.
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I sprayed the remaining pe with the grey unpronoucable primer after the Mr Metal Primer had dried. I will apply a base coat soon before removing from the fret. I will get some touching up to do of course.
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Above are the bottom wing tops onto which I have sprayed Dark Sea Grey for the 'shadow' scheme. Slate Grey next. I used Vallejo 71.097 for this. The pre-and post shading modulation does not show up much in the photo, just a hint of it. I tried to be fairly subtle with it. This is a land based aircraft, so no salt marks, a bit better looked after perhaps and the lower wings would suffer less sun bleaching.
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Above the Extra Dark Sea Grey, duly pre and post shaded and in this pic you do get a slightly better feel of the modulation effect though the pic is still a bit muted compared to what it actuallty looks like. I use Vallejo MA 71.110 for this. In 'real life' these upper wings do look slightly darker than the lower wings when compared.
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The fuselage. I will try to get a better pic of the painting effect than this one shows.
Tonight I will be spraying the Dark Slate Grey and Slate Grey camo.
As per the Vallejo guidance I am planning to use 71.092 for the Dark Slate Grey (FS34096) and 71.096 for the Slate Grey (FS34158) These seem to be the closest equivalents.
More pics Saturday or Monday....