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

Great start SJW2511, great addition to the cockpit floor looks perfect, some very nice weathering as well.
will be watching with great intrest

regards
Dan

Looking great.

I love the salt weathering technique.it looks really natural.

Carl

Looking really good, nice Job

Some seriously nice work there SJ, she's looking fab... .. Keep those pics coming....

Regards

Alan

[quote=SJW2511]Started on the interior fold floor, using the brass etched decking I recently purchased.

Where did you purchase the brass etched deck? It really makes the cockpit and passenger are look great!!!!

made up the seat cushions, had to wire wool them as the weathering was way over the top, looked like someone had spilled oil all over them



Need to get some modelling putty to smooth the holes in the backs

Made up the bunk bed bit



Wasnt happy with the panel join though, so used some filler glue, and some filler (not pictured)



Then sanded down and primed



Also primed these other bits



Then quickly decided wanted to respray the interior walls to add shading and also things like pastels stick to the paint better than the plastic

Primed up



Did some pre shading



Applied a medium grey



Nuln oil in these bits



Then highlighted the raised bits



Thats it for today