Double Dora-on-Dora action! The pair with seams cleaned up, thin coat of primer on & buffed:
The Academy kit, after two thin coats of Testors flat white from the good ol' glass bottle. Nothing wrong with that stuff.
Stripes masked & spaced. I had cut my tape to 2mm strips, I think they ended up being slightly too wide, although cutting 1.5mm ??? Does Tamiya tape come in tiny fractions like that?
And with the masking removed. I kind of dusted the red on, from a greater distance than usual, to try & minimize the chance of bleed. VERY happy with that except for one of the gear bay covers. I was losing can pressure, had just dialed up the A/B volume to make up for it, overcompensated and laid down a full-on wet coat. [doh] A little repair seems to be in order.
Just to add a little variety, the drop tank is only getting red on the underside. This whole red + white thing was a recognition aid for the AA gunners, no reason for the TOP of a drop tank to be red. Right?
I am a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, smothered in Canadian bacon.