Now given a gloss coat of Kleer and decals applied. Next job will be to add some Oil Paint filters to the wings and fuselage, then followed by a wash of dark brown and grey by Flory Washes.
Some pictures so far:-

Lovely.

Looking good but don't forget the bottle of vodka ho ho

Quote from: MSea on February 15, 2025, 11:31:58 AMLooking good but don't forget the bottle of vodka ho ho

Just consuming the Vodka now.......
But will leave the empty bottle just for you.......hohoho

Smashing.

Thanks chaps,
Moving on. I have made a start on the Oil Dot weathering. I made a bit of a boob on one of the undercarriage fairings when I applied some dark blue oil dot. I applied too much and the effect was too heavy. No problem I thought, I'll just take a brush dampened with some Odourless thinners to remove and start again. So I dipped my brush into what I thought was that, only to find I had picked up an identical looking bottle of AK interactive Metal coat thinners ( like acetone). The result was to remove not only the oil paint where I touched the brush but also the paintwork itself!
This will need a little paintwork repair via the airbrush before weathering it to match.
Otherwise, once armed with a selection of oil paints of differing colours and the correct thinner to correct any over heaviness on my part, it all went to plan.
I have done the undersides and the tailplanes and port wing uppers. The starboard wing will be done once the damaged undercarriage fairing repainted. Then it will be the fuselage/fin and rudder.
Hope you like the effect so far.
Thanks for looking.

Nice to know we all make mistakes.
Nicely rectified.

Hi Zak,
Thanks for that. The air was a little blue I must admit. But hey ho, I have managed to repaint the fairing tonight.
Tomorrow I will give it a couple of coats of Kleer, ready for further Oil Dot weathering.
Thanks for looking.

I've never tried oil dot weathering, must look into it for when I want something a bit more subtle than muddy airfields.

Quote from: cph64 on February 17, 2025, 09:00:52 AMI've never tried oil dot weathering, must look into it for when I want something a bit more subtle than muddy airfields.

If you make it to the next Playday, I'll be more than happy to give you a demonstration.

Looking great Kevin.

Have now finished the upper port wing, and the wheel fairing that needed a repaint. The fuselage also got the dot treatment here and there, the streaking going mainly from top to bottom to represent rain stains, dirt.
I now need to leave it for a couple of days for the oil paint to dry, then another coat of Kleer overall to seal everything.
Thanks for looking.

I may try something similar with my trailer insides, wear and tear and oil drips from cars.
Looks good.

Nice work.

Bob c

Progress.....
Now have added some scratches to hatches and wear where the crew clambered on, using a small piece of sponge and some Vallejo Chainmail Silver. Sponge is dipped into the silver and dabbed along the walkways. For chips I used a sharply pointed silver pencil around some of the hatches/panel lines.
Then I sprayed the exhaust stains along the fuselage sides using a thin mix of black and tan paint sprayed through my airbrush.
Then I used some Flory washes to pick out the panel lines. For the underside I used gray, and the result was pretty good, the flaps, alerions and bomb doors picked out nicely. Then I did the upper surfaces in Dark dirt. The photo shows it on, before I rub it off with a damp cloth, leaving just the wash in panel lines similar to the undersides. The depth and sharpness of the panel lines dictates the effect to an extent. But the suggestion of panel lines is what I am aiming for rather than well defined.
Thanks for looking.