RAF Thunderbolt
Prime and Base Paint
The models come with extra flight stand; the clear plastic rods. These extra flight stands where used as handles for holding the miniature while it was painted. These stands could get paint on them.
The model was primed black with an air brush.
The bottom was air brushed with Vallejo Sky Type S. The fuselage section between the wing and tail was also painted with Sky Type S. This will be basis of the fuselage stripe.
If any of the top surfaces got the Sky Type S colour, not to worry as this would be covered in the next steps.
Masking tape was applied to the fuselage to make the fuselage stripe to the area previousely painted Sky Type S. The masking was done after allowing the paint to dry to the touch.
A dark green was air brushed to the top surfaces of the model. The air brush would naturally do a blend transition on the sides of the fuselage.
Parts of the top surfaces where masked off using blue tack, this was to make the camouflage blobs. Again the masking was applied after the paint was dry to the touch.
Next the brown was air brushed on.
That was the last of the base colours to be applied.
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