As of last night, Red Jammer is complete. I was just too tired to do the write-up on here for it.
I sponged a watery brown-grey mix over the whole thing in a similar principle to the techniques I used on my X-Wing builds, the idea being to produce the majority of grime and paint discolourations as an underlayer, rather than working from pristine back down to weathered (which arguably makes more sense). However doing the grime discolourations as an underlayer gives you far more control over the final result.
After that sponged layer I laid down a thin coat of greyish white; and then sponged pure white in key areas to enhance the mottled effect. I didn't actually compensate the base colour enough, I ought to really have gone with a much lighter base but hey ho, ya live and learn.
Two layers of chipping on the nacelles.
Technically the starboard nacelle shouldn't have struts or weathering or anything really, but I'm making a model of 'Red Jammer' here, not a copy of the studio model. Man who even wants a model
of a model anyway??
I used Tamiya 'Yellow Green', with masking fluid sponged and then white airbrushed over on the cockpit
Pipes painted in a Citadel copper colour whose name I forget. I like Tamiya paints because their paint names make sense
I drew the markings on with a pencil, stuck masking tape on roughly and then cut it according to the lines while the tape was still on the body
I sponged 2 more shades of yellow onto the cockpit because it wasn't looking right before
I masked off various other markings, all grey panels were done with masking fluid and Tamiya RLM grey, burn marks were done with RLM grey and then worked into with pastels
I used a broad mechanical pencil to add fine weathering and chips
And completed! Now all it needs is a swanky-ass base. I plan to do all my personal Ys , Xs and TIEs with 10x10cm polished wood bases with a death star surface on the top
I couldn't be prouder, considering its humble origins as the Revell kit
