Model Kits

There are never enough hours in the day/night and there just seems to be less as each passes. Nerve wracking experience trying to apply a panel wash of oil paint thinned with Humbrol enamel thinners. When it was wet it seemed like it would be a good effect but it dried a bit whiter than I ever could have imagined. It could just be the matte effect it has compared to the surrounding paint but it isn't so visible now that I've wiped away the bits that weren't in the lines. I used a brown oil which in hindsight might have been better as black but I suppose I know for next time - I just wanted that dirty/rusty sort of feel from it though and black doesn't really do that. I was scared the whole time through that it would reactivate the clear but it appears to be safe and sound - another point to Super Clear III for being so good to me.



I was reading that PR spits never got as dirty and chipped as regular fighters but visually it's a bit boring and not helping to improve my skills if it stays as showroom finish. The Italeri Vb ended up with an almost entirely black belly from attempting to add oil streaks from the radiators. Not sure how to attempt it on this one as the flaps were built in the out position and there's not enough clearance for a hairy stick really. The end draws near...

KGV should be here by next week but it will go straight to the stash for a while until I'm comfortable building ships - a few to practice on beforehand though with the Revell KGV, Airfix Queen Elizabeth, Canberra and Mauretania.

- Tree