After
leaving
projects aside for a while it can be rewarding to return to them with a
fresh set of eyes. Whilst I was happy with the lower areas on this
model, the panel work was
still lacking something. I felt the monochrome hue of the Dunkelgelb was
too pale and the finish
too uniform. My solution was to give the upper portion of the model a very diluted coat
of Tamiya clear yellow to warm things up.
I made up some
cardboard templates to protect the running gear and airbrushed the whole model in
a light coat of Tamiya X-24 mixed 30/70 with X20A thinner. I left it to dry overnight and
then mixed up some more oil paint pin washes to re-work portions of the model I felt needed highlighting again.
Next up was to rectify something that had been bugging me for a while. One engine side panel was a really tight fit so I decided to remove the radiator housing moulding and re-align it on the chassis. Ah, that's better 😃