Military Illustrated Modeller – September 2019

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 Military Illustrated Modeller - September 2019

Paintwork

The chosen paint scheme required lengthy rounds of tedious masking interrupted by short burst of airbrushing.

This is an ordinary day for civil car builders, but for me it was really exhausting. Even though I didn’t have to

polish the subsequently applied layers, I used more colours than usually applied to a civil car.

My first step was to mask the windscreen exterior with Eduard masks.

The cockpit aperture was covered with plasticine.

When painting model kits, I rarely use

primers. In this case, however, I wanted

to be sure that all surfaces are properly

prepared, and unify the different materials

used for construction of the kit.

I therefore applied a layer of AK-Interactive AK758 ‘Grey Primer &

Microfiller’.

It turned out that a few areas had to be polished with a piece of felt

and subsequently primed again. Next, I applied an undercoat of Tamiya

XF-15 ‘Flat Flesh’ over all surfaces that were fabric-skinned in the

real aircraft.

Once the paint had fully dried, I sealed the ailerons with Wamod

masking fluid. Other control surfaces didn’t require masking, being left

as separate pieces for this stage.

The entire kit was then given

with a solid layer of Mr.Color

AVC-02 ‘Previous Silver’, which

worked both as the basecoat and

the final priming layer.

This was followed by spraying

a layer of AK479 ‘Aluminium’

from the AK-Interactive’s

Xtreme Metal range.