BACK IN THE PAINT SHOP AGAIN!

Finally getting around to the paint job at last. After quite a bit of masking over the Alclad aluminum undercoating, I proceed to spray a very thin coat of light sea blue on the undersides of the Pucará. I used Tamiya light blue XF-23 which is pretty close to RLM 78, thinned with Tamiya flat white and a dash of straight blue. I mixed the paint batch 50/50 with thinner and airbrushed it lightly exposing a little metal wear and tear here and there. I let it dry and then sprayed a light coat of future over it for protection as there is more masking to come ahead. I also spent quite a bit of time painting and decaling the props which are now ready for installation down the road. Next up: topside cameo.

Looks very smooth, Eric. Very precise work on the props and hubs. I really like your layered approach to painting and weathering. I also use Tamiya clear as a sealer and protector, especially of fragile metalizers. For what it's worth, I always thin it with Acrylic Retarder these days, in addition to Tamiya Thinner. For me, it really helps to keep it even and glossy over metalizer.

Colin: that’s a good tip about the retarder which I have. Think it would work with Future?

Painting Resumes Again!
I have been neglecting this Pucará for months and finally got back to it. I decided not to do any pre-shading and will take care of that later. I started by spraying the lighter camo color first using a well thinned Vallejo Model Air US Desert Sand. Here's the progress so far"

Great looking, Eric @eb801
Good to see you made some progression on this one.

A very welcome re-start on this one!

Looking great, my friend @eb801!
Slowly but surely works!