The painting of the fuselage is now finished; the individual pieces were painted separately then fitted in place ready for weathering, this will ensure that the weathering “flows” from panel to panel in a natural way.
I need to leave it for a while to let the paint really harden off before I start wearing it away with a pan scourerer, that’ll really show up the rivets and panel edges etc. Only when I’m happy with that stage will I start to “dirty” it up a bit.
Here’s a better shot of the control rod for the radiator slats.
There’s lots of “damage” to the lower part of the front panel, which will eventually be very heavily weathered with chipped and worn paint.