Hi All,
Well it's nearly finished now.
I have used Oil Paints to add various streaks, rust patches along the Hull and Conning Tower. I use Oil paints as you can add a dot of paint with a very fine brush, then take a 'dry' brush and drag it in the direction of the streak you want to show.
if its too light then do it again, if its too heavy its easy to remove it with a brush moistened with turpentine. Just allow the area to dry properly and you can have another go.
Then the only decal applicable to this model was installed on the front of the conning tower.
The aerial wires are EZ line (courtesy of Mr. Haddock) and it is great stuff to work with just a little practice needed. Super glue applied in minute dots secured the end of the line, which stretches about 7 times its original length! Small isolators were added from fine PVA blobs which were then touched in with Vallejo White paint.
I then added the flag from transfers in the kit, the 'Swastikas' in the centre cross of flag being suggested by painting fine black lines in the manner of the Swastika shape. The kit moulded D/F loop was removed at the beginning of the build, this was now re-instated from fine wire wrapped around a cocktail stick and glued into place. It was later painted in dark metallic colour.
So there you have it, still not quite finished, only a quick coat of Satin Varnish to spray on, perhaps tomorrow night.
Some pictures of the above follow:-
Cheers,
Bigkev