Hi All,
Well after me holidays, I'm back to the bench again.
Just like to show you where I am now on this project.
The masking has been removed and I am happy with the colour, though this will be weathered and washed as you will see. Firstly after all the masking had been removed, there were a couple of areas that needed touching up and this was done with some thinned grey paint and a fine brush.
Once dry, I then gave the whole Hull and Conning tower a couple of coats of Johnson's 'Kleer' to seal the paint finish. I was left with a nice glossy finish ready for the Oil Washes and weathering to follow.
I left it a day to harden, then I applied a Brush wetted with Turpentine to the deck areas to aid the wash. The wash was a mix of Burnt Umber Oil paint and Turpentine. I had laid the Burnt Umber Oil paint onto some scrap cardboard for an hour or so to allow the excess Oil in the paint to soak into the card before I made the mix and went any further. I gently coated the entire deck area with the mix ensuring that the wash went into all the crevices and detail mould into the deck. The previously 'wetted' surface made the wash mix flow into them more readily. I then put the model aside to dry for a few hours, so that I can then remove the excess. That will be in the next post, but until then a few pictures of the above follow.
Cheers,
Bigkev