Hi All,
Well painting now underway at last. I cleaned the airframe by wiping over with Plastic Prep, which removes grease and dirt. Once this had dried, I prepared my base paint which was applied over the areas of filler, and major joints.
I used Revell No.4 Matt White, with white spirit and cellulose as thinner. I found the White to be slightly cream in colour not a stark white which surprised me slightly, but did show up well where I had painted. The paint was applied by airbrush, with several thin coats necessary to kill the filler colour.
Once dry overnight, I then rubbed down the paint with 8000 grade micromesh, to give a really smooth surface, and also to remove any blemishes.
My next task will be give the whole airframe another coat of Matt White, but this time I will be using a tin of Humbrol Matt White enamel (No.4 size) that I found lurking in the garage that is about 10 years old!!
I opened it and found it to be in great condition and once properly stirred a good bright white, this will be the ideal base for the high gloss white I will be applying later.
Some pictures of initial Revell White painting done attached:-
Bigkev
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