Hey, everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted but that doesn't mean progress isn't being made, especially in the paint department.
The main body colors went down nice. I used a mix of Archive-X for the grey. The white is Tamiya XF-2 White. The red stripe was 1975 SP Daylight Red knocked back a little with a pinch of 1975 Coach Green.
Next the cockpit was buttoned up with the LoRes pilots complete with "camera grade" paint job.
I added a styrene bulkhead behind the pilots. I was looking at some pictures of the original and it look like there was something back there. Also it seems that the control panel decals were applied to a piece of styrene on the side so I did that as well. While on the topic of decals, shout out to Moffeaton for the decals. They're a must if you're building this kit and are available at his Etsy
store.
Those black bars under the front windows were more challenging than they looked and took a couple of attempts to get them right. The proportions (length v. height) were tricky.
With that it's time to start weathering. I'm going for the 50 year old aged white paint look. I'm using oils for this effect and so far I'm pleased with the results. More to come...