Thanks for the heads-up John - I'll give it a go and see what happens, if the worst come to the worst I can always remove the paint around the frames and redo it.
So apologies for poor photo's in some places, but I've made a fair bit of progress since the last photo.
Anyway...
So things have 'progressed' a bit on the Father's day 190 over the past few weeks - it's been painted, clear coated and is now onto the decalling stage.
Painting with Humbrol and Hataka acrylics, I painted in scribbled layers, sometimes thinning with water and sometimes with glaze medium, the idea being to build up some variation in the colour - I also added a bit of white or Dark Grey to the base colours in some areas to mess it up a bit. This is the first build were I've used my Wet Palette and what a difference that made to painting with acrylics - no drying on the brush, no brush marks, no pulling in of part dried paint - great stuff, I'd heartedly recommend one to anyone that paints with Acrylics.
Mottling done by a q-tip. I think it might be a bit too heavy so next time I do this I'll knock it back a bit.
Hopefully you can see the tonal variations - I've been trying to beat it up a bit.
Decals...
After a few coats of Citadel Munitorum spray varnish (which was the whole point of masking the canopy), I started on the decals - which is were I am now. I have to say this is an enjoyable build thus far and it's been interesting to see how my family has been following along - it's the first kit I was given as a gift that I actually started on the day I received it - and I think that's been appreciated.
Still to add is the rest of the decals, including some spare Swastikas, the metal gun barrels (which have finally arrived!), gear, fuel tank and then onto some weathering...
Talking of weathering, I added a Flory models 'grime' wash to the F-86 I was building - not sure what to think about the effect, it's rather subtle...
Before
After
I might give it another wash before I add the gear, just to see what happens.
Anyway, apologies for a lengthy post - thanks for dropping in.
Cheers!
Oh and P.S.- after three weeks of waiting my metal gun barrels have finally arrived!