Bob,

What do you think all the black weathering on the bottom of the fuse between the wheels is from? the engine? do you think it could be mud and dirt kicked up from the wheels or would that be farther out on the wing?

Ozcan,

Good tip on the steel wool. I have been using something like a scotchbright pad wiping it chordwise on the wing and vertically on the fuse.


I'm on the home stretch now....where am I to date and where am I going next? I've finished all the color paint (except the exhaust stacks) and have added the water slide decal stencils. Also have 2 light coats of clear over the decals to protect them a little from the scotchbright pad. The plane is painted so far in testor's MM enamels. I plan on finishing the sanding with the pads and then starting with the pastel dust in the panel lines, rivets etc and then using an acrylic as a wash over the whole plane. lighter in the dark areas and darker in the light areas. I figured I'd try the acrylics for this so I'm not adding almost 100% solvent to the surface...it will be almost all water. I think that will be safer. Then i'll add some dry-brushed silver for wear, etc. Then clear coat with lustrcoat flat clear.

I'll continue to post step by step pics on my site in the projects section. I figure this project should be finished in the next week or so, that will have been 5 months start to finish.