This the Tamiya
offering mostly oob. The after market items used were the True Details
wheel set and Eduard's seatbelt set. Paint used is Model Master enamels cut
with white by 20%. I added some scratch built details to the seat and used the
Waldron punch and die set to punch out the instrument dials. Brake lines were
formed using electrical wire.
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I opened the ends of
the exhaust stacks with a #74 twist drill. Brass tubes were cut to
simulate the machine gun barrels. As I am not a big fan of using decals
where paint should be, I lightened some red and tinted royal blue with euro
gray and white for the tri-color on the tail. The white on the
vertical and horizontal tail stripes were just ever so slightly tinted
with black, I removed the "vulture" from the kits tail decal
with a scalpel and laid it on top of the painted stripe. I
used the kits yellow decal over the muzzle openings as a mask and sprayed
yellow.
I used sprayed two coats of
Future before applying decals supplied in the kit. Then after a panel wash
using Winsor and Newton oils another two coats of Future was sprayed.
Weathering was kept to a minimum using pastels on the exhaust and cordite
residue. Minor chipping using a silver pencil followed by three coats of
Model Master acrylic dull coating.
Paul
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