Well, after a year, I have finally got around to finishing this project. And the wait has been worth it for me.

The kit is Eduard's in 1/48th scale that comes with the etch and paint masks. It is built straight out of the box with some weathering done to finish the model off. I took some quick photos of her, but I will get some good quality ones done for my website when I set up for a photo session in the workshop. There's a few models that i need to take photos of for the website.

Please enjoy.

Mick

Some serious weathering there Mick. Looks very realistic. How did you do it?

Simon

Hi Simon

On this model I used a combination of pre-shading then after the decals were done, re-done these areas with some oil paint thinned to a wash through the airbrush. The chipped paints was done with a small piece of sponge dipped in Aluminium paint and the soot is Carrs weathering powders and AK Interactive washes for the oil, fuel and engine grime.

Mind you, my techniques change from one model to another where I keep trying out new ideas for weathering.

I hope this helps.

Mick

A wash trhough the airbrush. did you do the whole plane or only selected area's. I never used an airbrush for washes

I just went over the panel lines with the oil paint wash, basically to redefine the pre-shaded areas that faded away from painting the darker colours. I call them washes because they are very thin mixes and can be used by hand brush and airbrush.