Model Builder International Mar. 2015 Vol. 1 Issue 1 MBI Mar. 2015 Vol 1 Issue 1 | Page 19

Using a stencil set to mask off for the upcoming painting of the camouflage. At this
point you need to becareful not to break off
the antennas already afixed to the model.
Once painting is done and the masked are
removed you will see why it is worth the
effort.

The intakes were painted blue to match the decals. The blue for the intakes was hand mixed
to match. The decals were varnished to make
them look like they were painted on.

The glass provided with the kit comes in two
parts for each canopy. The canopy glass is very
fragile and should be handled carefully. First,
I dipped the canopies in KLIR to remove any
visible scrathces or marks on them. Then they
are painted with a mixture of 70% clear orange,
10% smoke and 20% alcohol. This represented the look of the canopy actually found on the
Prowler.

The resin ALQ-99 pods were used instead of
the kit supplied ones. I decided to use these
because they were the correct shape and size
compared to the origianl pieces. The pods were
painted in FS36320 and the FS36375.