Sprayed the hull with Lifecolor UA109 'Extra Dark Sea Grey', I will be using this as a Boot Line colour. Here you can see 10mm
Tamiya masking tape used to mark the upper border of the boot line. In order to get a good crisp edge, I always use a cocktail stick sharpened to a chisel point as a burnishing tool. I only use finger pressure on the tape and the burnishing too at the edge of interest. Fortunately
Tamiya have provided faint moulding lines on the hull to show the Boot Line.
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After doing some trials, I felt that when dry, my original colours of grey were too warm, so I switched to these two Lifecolors These photos shows the results of spraying the hull colour and removal of the Tape. Remember I am making a dio. so I am not interested in the colour of the lower hull, as it will be hidden in the finished project.
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Photos shows masking as before for the deck and super structure, I am using kitchen tissue to protect the hull, and the final colours. Unfortunately the photos are not a true representation of these colours.
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Photo shows the Funnel guards painted, again the colours are not true, it is more a sooty black. Here I used Lifecolor UA722 'Roof Dirt', it is a railway modellers colour really.
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Photos shows experiments with the wooden deck scraps mentioned earlier, I want to show the deck as if it were wet, so based on different tests, I am going to use the Doc O'Brien's 'Grungy Gray'. Best way to apply this is with a small make-up brush, kindly donated by my Wife, dip the tip into the very fine powder, gently tap the brush over the area so some spots fall of and wipe off the remainder on the brush onto some tissue, then use the make-up brush to work the powder into the wood, repeating until the desired effect is reached. You can darken individual planks with an HB pencil. You could also use Windsor & Newton Artist's Soft Pastels rubber onto fine sand paper to create a powder, but I prefer Doc O'Brien's. I am going for the very bottom left hand sample, and will add some darker planks with pencil.
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Finally I have varnished the Hull, deck and all fittings with Humbrol Acrylic Satin Varnish from the Aerosol can, photo posted earlier. This helps protect the paint, and is a good foundation for artists oil paint (not enamel paint) weathering.
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