After a clear cote, I removed the canopy and glued what I guess is part of the opening mechanism on the inside. Then some actuators got both aluminium and chrome paint.
The tires was touched up as well.
The pylons was painted grey, but I’m not sure that is correct. According to the tab and corresponding hole on the rocket the pylon will sit like this.
I hope that is correct, as it’s hard to see exactly how it sits on the pics I’ve seen.
I noticed that I had missed painting a few spots like the black on the fin and one antenna (I think it is)
Then i repainted the grey a bit on the fin.
It looks a little bright, but with clear cote on it turned out quite okey.
Then on to the decals. They go down quite nicely, but the print is a bit off, at least the white background.
I still need to do the other side and some stencils are still missing. I’ll let this dry a bit and then do the other side.
I got the advice to buy new decals, but for some reason didn’t follow that advice.
Maybe if I get hold of this kit again, I’ll get some better decals, as there are quite a few nice paint schemes available.
Time for some decals. I’m doing a bit at the time. Those lines under the belly was a bit of a pain in the …
I still have a lot of stencils to do on the underside. Just letting these dry first.
First I painted to the best of my ability all the dark sea grey areas.
Then the grey areas was masked off with black goo.
Dark green was painted.
Turns out I had a few missed spots that needed to be taken care of.
Not perfect, but a lot better!
So how did it go with the 2 or 3 years old tape and the paint that was under?
Actually bloody perfect! The stabilizers broke off but that’s really no problem at all.
Next will be to paint everything else that isn’t painted, and to give the plane a clear cote.
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