what I know, Tamiya NATO Black
sprayed out of my airbrush. At this
stage I also removed the masks on
the “H” and oversprayed it with
highly thinned NATO Black.
This time I was satisfied with the
finish. It isn’t perfect, but neither is
the real thing. Scratches were added
with a toothpick, tweezers, and
some scrubby pad remnants. A coat
of Tamiya Clear thinned with Gunze
Mr. Leveling Thinner was added in
preparation to adding the graffiti
decals that I had custom-made
by my decal guy, Mason Doupnik
(who did his normal fabulous job).
They worked perfectly and were
sealed in with some Alclad Flat.
Now it was time to start
the weathering process. Some
additional scratches were added
with a sponge and Model Master
Magnesium, Citadel Chainmail
Silver and silver pencil. For the
panel line washes I used a selection
from the AK interactive range.
I also used AK’s Blue for Black
Camouflage as a filter. This tintedvarious panels and added a bit
of variety to the black areas.
After the washes had dried
overnight I needed to fade the upper
camouflage colours. I used artist
oils of buff titanium and a very
small amount of titanium white
for the majority of the fading. The
buff warms up the colours and also
”attaches” the model to the ground.
A few dots of burnt umber
artist oils were used around the
exhausts and access panels. This
replicated the dirt left by mechanics
doing their jobs. The dots were
mixed with a damp flat brush
with Turpenoid. I then swirled it
to mix the different paints before
dragging it from front to back on
the horizontal surfaces and top
to bottom on the fuselage. This
technique replicates the movement
of the air over the wings and tail,
and replicates the rain marks on
the side of the fuselage as well.
Some additional chipping was
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