Thanks, guys. The hard edges look a little stark right now but they’ll look better after decals, washes, and clear coats blend it all together.

Looking good John, seems those masks are doing the trick.

Eagle Cals day! I’ve had a busy week and finally got some time to Future and apply Jerry’s excellent decals. The shark mouth fit pretty well with just a small area that will need attention with some matching paint. Almost there.

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Really nice result, @j-healy. The decals really bring it toward life.

Looking at the model painted without decals, I see a slight "edge" on the paint border a couple places. This is really common when using masks, no matter how much attention we pay to the work. I have found that if I run thread around the edge of the mask, about 1/16 inch in from the edge, it will then lift the edge. If you shoot "away" from the mask you get a real hard edge; if you shoot "toward" the mask you get "soft edge overspray" that is "scale." In either case you have no paint ridges.

Good tip, Tom. I didn’t notice it until the Future was on. I’ll rub down the more obvious ridges and re Future the areas. I really like Airfix’ color call outs for this plane. Some weathering should really make it stand out.

I did the chipping today with Floquil silver and Futured it. Washes and staining next. The final product will be dusty to reflect color pics of this plane.

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Very nice chipping indeed, John @j-healy

Very nice, @j-healy. Judge Older would smile at you.