06-23-2017, 06:58 PM
Well now Gold 5 is complete, its time to get this one back on the bench. I did a LOT of work to this model, then stalled while i took a hiatus.
I can now find the time and passion to get her back out, finish up the minor build work and, finally paint her.
Ive decided on a base coat, which i feel will work VERY well with the pattern Bill George used to weather these birds down, too dark a hue and the weathering will darken her way too much, more on that after this weekend time permitting.
Ive managed to decide on many of the paints to be used, and with the help of a good buddy, we seem to have the correct blue used from Floquil stock, to detail. This blue is a pretty rare colour, but luckily we managed to obtain a specimen that is being created by Archive-X paints, so yes, this model will be fully painted in period ILM hues, or as close as its humanly possible, and it seems I'm homing on on the correct greys too, used to further dirty this model down.
Ill document the paint up here, looking forward to finishing this one up at last.
Lee
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I can now find the time and passion to get her back out, finish up the minor build work and, finally paint her.
Ive decided on a base coat, which i feel will work VERY well with the pattern Bill George used to weather these birds down, too dark a hue and the weathering will darken her way too much, more on that after this weekend time permitting.
Ive managed to decide on many of the paints to be used, and with the help of a good buddy, we seem to have the correct blue used from Floquil stock, to detail. This blue is a pretty rare colour, but luckily we managed to obtain a specimen that is being created by Archive-X paints, so yes, this model will be fully painted in period ILM hues, or as close as its humanly possible, and it seems I'm homing on on the correct greys too, used to further dirty this model down.
Ill document the paint up here, looking forward to finishing this one up at last.
Lee
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