Thanks Don.

After painting on the crosses, lettering etc by hand (in Humbrol enamels) I did several different layers of "washes" with very thinned (with Turpentine)Humbrols - for the "water stains" I just put the part right way up and let gravity do the rest, LE up for the wings and tailplanes. Like painting with watercolours if you've ever tried that. There's alot of streaking under the fus which I didn't show in those pics - trust me, it's grubby

Following the washes, I dry-brushed layers of grey/brown etc. in the "heavy traffic" areas, again with Humbrol enamels. Normally I'd use pastels, but the brushed-on clear I chose prevented this. Finally when I was happy, the whole lot got a coat of water-based polyurethane clear, brushed on.

Only snag in all that lot, was the thinned "washes" would dissolve any large areas of underlying enamel, eg the crosses, so had to be used sparingly in those areas. Overall it all went o.k. I think.

Bear in mind this is a tarted-up sport model, not master-scale. I just wanted it to capture the "look" of a WWI fighter, rather than have it look like a toy. Hopefully it will get alot of flying hours on it.

Cheers,

Cam