Desert Avenger Strike Fighter
Part 1: Blocking In The Base Colours.
The first step is to make sure your airbush is clean. The first picture shows the paints required to do the blocking.
The models were prime black with an airbrush.
A section of the fuselage was painted red. This would be the basis of the fuselage stripe.
Next masked fuselage where the stripe is going to go; this is to keep the stripe red.
The top surfaces painted with the dark brown. Underside left black.
Blu tack was to mask areas of top Surface. The masking is to protect the areas that are to be left dark brown.
This was followed with a coating of light brown to the top surfaces. Again the underside was left black.
The masking is left on until all the blocking in is done.
Next, the underside is painted light blue (aka sky blue).
Effort was made to avoid getting blue paint on top surfaces, but some tough up was required. Notably the vertical tail sections needed tough up. Blu tack was applied to protect the blue surfaces as light brown was added as touchup.
The paint was allowed to dry before removing the masking. The blu tack comes off quite easily. The masking tape can be try. The pictures below show that masking being removed in stages.
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