I think I'm calling this finished.....unless when I go to take the good pics I see something that still needs fixing, but for the most part...yeah.
After I got all the decals on with using all the micro set and then sol, I noticed, when the light hits it just right, every single decal had a shine on them. So I sprayed it with Mr. Super Clear Flat....which helped, but still was too shiny for me.
Tried to get some pics of it shining after the clear coat.
Hard to get a good pic of this with the phone, but you all get the point.
So with all the tips and tricks to fix up a model, something that maybe others have tried and done, but I just thought it myself, and thats to take a gray color and water it way down, and then lightly coat it over a decal. Tried it, and it totally worked. Killed all the shine perfectly and actually dulls down a lot of those bright decal colors to match the rest of the paint job. Nice.
Kind of a good example here....not really.
So taking that gray, some with the water, some without, I then weathered all the decals, as a lot on the real studio model are also older and chipped looking.
Tried getting all those pesky little hairs out of the cockpit....and then there one on top here....got it now.
More decal weathering, which, I think looks better in person..
And, the before and after pics. Since I used the phone for the before, figured I'd also use it for the after as well and match it best I could.
World of a difference. You wouldn't think its the same model.
