I’ve been getting a lot more work done on the Uhu as of late. Since my last update I’ve managed to get the final base coat down and get it ready for the first pass of camouflage spots. I’ve accepted the fact that I’ll miss my goal of completing the build in a single month, seeing as I’ll have to finish it sometime in the next four days. To pick up where we left off I masked the canopy off before spraying the first coat of primer down.
I really wanted to go the extra mile so I painted the railing for the cockpit window in the inside of the canopy. We’ll have to see how it looks in the end.
Painting
For primer I used Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black thinned with Mr. Levelling thinner. I was pretty happy with the results to be honest and I’ll definitely be using this combination in the future for primer. It goes on super smooth and adheres really well to the surface.
For the painting and weathering I really wanted to get a worn, weathered look in the aircraft. To start, I used the black basing technique. Paired with the very light base coat I felt this approach would be best. I used a Badger Sotair airbrush to achieve the fine squiggly lines for this technique.
I slowly built up the paint opacity with further coats until I felt it was at a good point. Some details I wanted to highlight was the wing spar strut and the panel lines around the cockpit.
I made the final pass blending the various highlights together and overall I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I definitely still need some practice but it’s a step in the right direction.
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