Model Builder International Mar. 2015 Vol. 1 Issue 1 MBI Mar. 2015 Vol 1 Issue 1 | Page 20

The tail was one of my favorite parts of the plane to
paint because of its design. I actually painted the
tail because, the decals would not set and were
too small for the plane. The most important part of
the painting was to find a suitable red. After, a long
search I finally decided on Italian Red P085 from
Prince August.
The tail of the plane was initially masked off at the
front and back ends. The two antennas were also
masked using very fine sizes of masking. The first
pass of paint was matt white as a base coat. After,
the base coat had dried the bands are masked off
next. I used the decals as a guide and cut masks to
the right size. Once, masking was achieved to my
liking it was time for a coat of red to finish the job.
After, all of the paint has dried it is time to remove
the masking. The pattern had come out as planned
but, the black bands had to be added for more detail. I achieved this with the left over decals. I cut
them to size and added them accordiingly to the tail
of the plane. With the decals being set it was time
to add a coat of varnish to seal the whole piece together.
The final results are much better than what you
would have with the kit decals. The final step to
the process was to coat the tall with Tamiya Flat to
knock down the shine of the original varnish.

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