Bernd, Al and Simon! Thanks! I can offer a few final pieces of maskings as well as some genuine hand painting in this update!
Rick! How did the eraser masking go?
There was some further stuff to either mask and paint or use the kit decals. Since I have gotten less and less fond of decals over time and due to the fact that they also tend to ruin my current modelling style where a lot of the weathering goes on during the initial painting stage I decided to take out the dreaded tape for one final session on this kit...
Red striping around the ammo bays...
...are masked off and carefully painted using a thin brush and some Vallejo space-monster paint that I stole from my kids 🙂 ! I didn't dare to undercoat using white but a few strokes with the red letting the paint dry inbetween did the trick well enough.
While the thin paintbrush was out and about anyway I decided to try to paint the signs on the flaps (whatever they mean). Trying out a bit of sign-painting also felt like a very Japanese thing to do! Two thin strips of tape for size and then the signs were carefully drawn using Vallejo "Foundation white"...
...followed by filling them in using a steady hand and some more of that red monster-paint!
Not as hard as I thought it should be...
...and this was also the only way that I could think of that guaranteed no visible decal carrier film whatsoever!
Finally, there is a set of main landing gear complete with etched doors to show!
Regards
Magnus
