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Good save on the paint job.
Love the rusty mix.

One can learn so much from your work. It’s looking great.

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Thanks fro the kind words, gents

Finally summoned up the energy to tackle the bang seat - Aires resin seat and Eduard colour photoetch belts - here are the belts :



And the Aires seat :

All painted up and belts attached very carefully with super glue - took about 3 hours for this to come together but very pleased with the result - look at the stitching on the belts

All masking tape removed. Walk way lines and belly markings complete - ready for gloss varnish - I had a bit of a blaps here as I used Humbrol "satin" dark grey which turned out to be matt (must have stirred the can a little too long ). I applied Xtracolour gloss green over that so now have a mix of dull matt grey and shiny green... By the way, the green is too light - real pics show almost a black green - well, I'm not going to try to correct that....

Looks fantastic!

The bang seat is a work of art by itself, pity it will be enclosed in the cockpit.

Stunning!

T

WOW WOW

That is seriously realistic !!!

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Wow!!!
That looks beautiful!!!

Very Nice

Was it difficult to bend the photo etch straps to look like natural folds?

This seat just looks SO realistic...brilliant!

Thanks guys !

It's easy to bend the photoetch belts to provide a more 3 dimensional effect. The bras photoetch is quite soft and pliable.

Here's the first bit of pastel weathering going on :

Plain wing before applying pastel :



Pastel dust (dark grey) gently worked along panel lines and rivets using a soft brush :



Dust blown off and remaining pastel worked onto surface with large soft brush :



Apply more pastel in localised areas - this time black pastel to simulate oil leaks around aileron hinges :



And even more localised pastelling - very short stiff brush used to simulate leaks around panel fasteners etc.



All residual dust worked into surface, some orange added for effect to simulate hydraulic fluid :

Works like a charm and the effect looks great!
I use the same technique.

Is this weathering technique done right at the last moment, after all the decals and varnish coats have been applied????

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