Hi all!
Things are starting to become serious! The Fulmar is on it's feet!
I have added the panel lines to the model using colored Future. I don't apply it as a wash but paint the panel lines with a 00 brush. It's time consuming but it's the way I do it. A propos "Panel lines", some modelers think it is not realistic to accentuate them and do their models without. Below are "before/after" pictures. My choice is made!
First the upper side...
![](https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/19718/3221.jpg)
![](https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/19718/3517.jpg)
... then the underside...
![](https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/19718/3318.jpg)
![](https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/19718/3614.jpg)
... I think the pictures speak for themselves!
I dull coated the model using a mix of Future and Tamiya Flat Base to a ratio of 10 to 1. The good thing about the Future + Flat Base mix is that you can achieve every finish you want, from high gloss to matt and everything in between. The result only depends on the ratio.
I glued the gear legs in place and if you don't want them to lean backwards you will have to cut a little piece of plastic (1/2 mm) where indicated by the red arrow...
![](https://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/19718/3711.jpg)
All I have to do is adding the gear doors, aerial wires, exhausts, position lights, pitot tube, arrester hook, catapult spools, guns, etc... Well, enough to keep me busy during the week-end!
Jean-Luc