First coat of Tamiya XF-2 has been laid down. Will re-cover tomorrow with Tamiya X-2 gloss to finish off the white. Then it's onto masking and panting the black strips.
First invasion stripes done. Took a bit of masking but got there in the end. Just a slight bleed under the tape in one or two places. But all in all i think it looks ok.
I've painted the upper surfaces and started the lower surfaces now. I made a boo boo and painted the wrong colour underneath. I used a too dark a grey (got my Tamiya numbers wrong) so have reverted back to using Xtracrylix Sky colour. I think it looks ok but could possibly do with another coat in some places. Also used the motor masks tape so i could get the curved masking.
The nervous reveal........ Yay! Tamiya (upper surface) lovely to paint. Xtracrylix (lower surface) was a pain (yet again) to spray but i cannot fault the finish they give. Seriously need to figure out what i am doing wrong with these paints.