Very nice work again, Mike @sandbagger
All parts do look very realistic.

Hi all,
I've animated the ailerons and elevator.
Aileron leading edges rounded and pinned with 0.5 mm diameter Brass rods.
The elevator to tailplane joint was scribed through leaving just the pre-molded hinges intact.
All were then bent to their required angles,

Mike

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Looking very good, Mike @sandbagger

Looking great, my friend @sandbagger!

This is really an astounding bit of work. The project looks to have a great result.

Hi all,
Pre-shading is done prior to applying the decals.
Instead of masking and airbrushing the pre-shading, I've used the same technique used for other models of mine.
A white primer was airbrushed over the parts, which is required for applying the clear 'Aviattic' CDL and PC12 decals.
I then lightly polished across the raised detail using 'Flory Models' green sanding sticks.
I also pre-shaded areas such as wing, aileron and elevator trailing edges and added the wing underside internal bracing wires with a pencil.
The wears away the white primer to expose the light grey colour of the styrene.
The only masking needed was for pre-shading the wing front and rear spars and the fuselage formers frames.
I polished between the applied masking strips.
Finally, I airbrushed several coats of 'Alclad' Aqua Gloss 600 clear coat over the parts as a base for the decals.

The polished-out pre-shading detail will show through the 'Aviattic' clear decals, more so for the CDL than the PC12 decals.

Mike

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Great technique to perform pre-shading, Mike @sandbagger
Looks really good.