Howdy folks. It's been a spell since I had time to blog so I thought I drop a little update on the model building. Here are some photos of the almost complete Viper Mk. II that I've been working on in my spare time.
I decided to paint the red stripes instead of using the decals. After 3 coats of gloss white, masking, and then 2 coats of red, the ship was ready to be assembled.
Here it is all pieced together. Everything fit well and looked sharp! Time for decals!
Some of the decals were a serious pain to apply. The one bellow the cockpit was tough for some reason. It was the only one that ripped on me.
After some effort I had all the decals on. Then it was time for the fun part, weathering! I started with a charcoal pencil. I haven't got much further then that yet. I just started adding streaks and blast marks. I plan on doing some ink washes soon as well as scrapes and dings. I'm dying to finish this project.
I took all these photos with my cell phone.
Hope you enjoy.
