I managed to get on with some painting last night but my phone battery died on me after taking one photo!
I have primed in Stynylrez Black primer, except for the prop tips where I used the yellow Stynylrex as it covers well and offers a great base for the yellow paint itself. I was tempted to leave the primer as the yellow tips but concluded htey look a bit too pale. The props and spinner are done now and I will post a pic tomorrow, I am leaving the black primer as the colour. They will need weathering in due course.
Most of the paintwork, over the primer, was with metallisers mostly on the undercarriage. My metalliser of choice is the AKI Extreme Metals that spray superby at a low air pressure of about 10psi with a 0.4 needle. They do smell a bit though not as badly as Alclads and, by reputation, they are easier to use than Alclads.
I am using these shades:
I decided to use the four different shades on the same principal by which we spray different panels different shades when we do a natural metal finish on a model. I am careful to make sure that I used the same shade for the same components, for instance dark aluminium for the wheel hubs, matte aluminium for the main u/c struts, white alum for the small struts and so on.
I am not sure how well these subtle differences will show on the completed model once washes have been applied but its worth a try.
Well, that was the only photo I managed but I will post more tomorrow...