Hello tribe! A brief update.
These wings are just hella busted. I tried using the scribing tool (thanks
PeetL for the reco, I'll be using it on projects for sure!). The problem with the koolshade/coolshade (what is the proper spelling? I've seen it both ways haha) is that it all is physically dented, or just cast poorly (this was listed as a miscast so I knew kinda what I was getting into).
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Here's an extreme close-up. You can see how it's just a wavey, dented mess. I think the only way to fix this is to replace all the coolshade somehow.
I am going through and scribbing some of the really bad ones, just to try and define them a bit better, but damn...
Another fun thing, so I started priming as well.
And even though I washed all the parts, I guess I didn't get into the coolshade grooves (that sounds like a jazz album) as well as I should so the Vallejo primer scratched off... so, I cleaned it all off, re-washed and really got in there, and have since primed with the Mr Finisher 1500 Gray (thank you again
PeetL) and feeling pretty good now.
The primer did reveal some crimes that I need to solve but we'll deal with that tomorrow!