Military Illustrated Modeller – September 2019

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 Military Illustrated Modeller - September 2019

Once I’d installed the rudder in its place, I applied all the

masks that the sword insignia were composed of.

I also sealed all adjacent areas with pieces of masking

tape in order to protect them from overspraying.

Using tweezers, I removed the tape from those surfaces

that were to be painted.

Five seconds of painting... ...was followed by careful removal of the masks. The result required a little retouching, but overall I

was satisfied with it.

The masks for the

national insignia were

home-made using

OLFA’s compass cutter.

I applied a layer of Tamiya XF-7

‘Red’, and subsequently added

some discolouration with a

mixture of the base colour and

Hataka C208 ‘Desert Beige’.