Congratulations on getting to the decaling stage George (@gblair). I imagine the small size of the aircraft really makes those curves have small radiuses, making it difficult to get anything but the very thinnest of decals down without some initial wrinkling. And those stencils, my oh my, those are tiny..

Looks great with the decals applied, my friend @gblair!

Decals look nice. Mabye try Tamiya liquid for decals? For me it works perfectly well.

Very nice, George.

I spent the morning adding final parts and doing the detail painting on the plane, including the landing gear, pitot, antenna mast, and so on. I had to do some research because this plane had the usual position lights on the wings and tail, but it also had recognition lights on the belly, and some other lights on the spine that I think are formation lights. When everything was dry, the plane got a solid coat of Tamiya Clear Flat. I plan to let this dry overnight, then do some minor weathering, and call this one done. Cheers.

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Really nice progress, George @gblair
Just a few bits before finishing this one.

The goal for today was to add the small parts, do the very last painting, then do some light weathering. I wanted to leave the under-wing rockets and drop tanks off until the weathering was complete. I haven't knocked anything off the plane yet, but I don't want to tempt fate. I started with the weathering using an oil wash mixed using light gray artist oils and enough Odorless Turpenoid to make a thin wash. I spread the wash over the wings, and then used a clean brush to massage the wash, removing a lot of the wash and creating some texture in the paint. I kept the brush moving in the direction of the airflow. When I was satisfied, I added some darker gray to the wash and repeated the process. Then I added some even darker gray, and repeated the process. I finally added some black to the wash and repeated the process. For the last 3 washes, I didn't spread the wash over everything, but in random, selected areas. I did the same process of 4 washes over the fuselage, but I tend to brush the wash in a vertical direction. After letting the washes dry for a couple of hours, I added dots of a very light off-white to selected panels, blended the oils with a dry brush, and then cleaned the edges with a brush damp with Turpenoid. Then I added a couple of fluid leaks around the engine cowling using a rust red, applied very lightly and again blended with a dry brush. I quit here because I wanted a subtle weathering. I have never been subtle or restrained, but hopefully I have come close. Oils dry slowly, but the Turpenoid accelerates the process a little. I plan to give it 24 hours to dry a little, then add the last parts, and call it done. Final pictures tomorrow. Cheers everyone.

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Hi, Eric (@eb801). I have several other Arma kits, but they are all 1/48. This was a fun build, even if it was full of parts I could barely see. Thanks for stopping in.