Thunderbolt
While I experiment with my airbrush, I also decided to give spray cans a go. It worked marvelously and I finally have a metallic colored plane. After seeing Tom Cleaver’s post about the thunderbolt at D-day I decided to give it invasion strips. I didn’t have any decals for them so I masked and sprayed lacquer paint. I also really enjoyed the somewhat clean and shiny look so I kept weathering at a minimum. I ran out of yellow so the propeller tips don’t get painted until later. Hope you enjoy it!
Looks wonderful, Amari!
Yep, rattle cans are great, too!
Good stripes - they're one of those "hills you gotta climb" on the way to being good at this stuff.
Painting with D-day stripes is very attractive. So far, somehow I don't have the strength to face him.
The only thing wrong with spray cans is that you can't adjust the colour/shade yourself, your invasion stripes look great, definitely liked.
Nice looking Razorback. Well done.
Props for conquering invasions stripes and NMF on the same bird. I still haven't worked up to invasion stripes. One day...
Nicely done !
Great achievement, Amari.
Invasion stripes can be tough, but yours looks great, Amari (@themturtles). I use rattle cans a lot, mainly because I hate the time it takes to clean my airbrush. Like everything else, you can get good results with a little care and practice.
Looks sharp Amari! Just curious, what brand did you use to spray paint the silver metallic look?
@jroamer, I used tamiya spray paint. Specifically ts-76.
Looks fantastic. Excellent natural metal finish on this Thunderbolt.