First post is going to be a very quick whizz through on what I have gotten to so far, the rest will be more in depth
Drilled holes in the gun ends

Other parts of the gun primed

Cockpit yokes

Everything in the cockpit comes black, so repainted everything from the seats the center console, amde stuff look worn where I could


Now this is where I decided to start repainting everything, I felt the factory colours were to unsubtle and garish and a bit toy like, so went out and purchased and air brush and compressor, my first time using an airbrush I hasten to add

Primered up the plating parts I had so far, using rattle can model primer

Then when that dried I started the preshading with the air brush, using Tamiya Rubber black, went over the areas I wanted to darken

Then mixed up a custom colour, 4 flat white to 1 deck tan

Then went over the parts with a top coat, I may even give it a bit more to make it more subtle.


Sprayed the panels that are meant to be grey. However before I started i put salt over parts of it

Why you ask, because it achieves a nice worn chipped look

The same panel before, I will do the red panel bits too but had to order some paint in the right colour

Also did some details on the cockpit tunnel, plenty more weather to come on these bits, Iv just had to order some more paint to do it

decided to crack open my weathering master kit and give it a go

painted the red areas on the turret

Found some etched brass decking online for the floor, dry brushed with silver and fitted some to the cockpit floor as a trial, but I think I may actually leave it there now.
Will do the big main floor panel in it when it arrives


decided to crack with some more of the weathering to the bits I already
Nuln oil applied in all the crevices



Then dry brushed with the main colour paint mix I had, then applied some powdered art pastels, how they stand at the moment




Looks a bit dark on those pics because of being taken against a white background
More accurate portrayal
