Dewoitine update

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Here are two pics showing how things stand at the moment with my 1/72 Azur Dewoitine 371.

This little kit came with very few panel lines, and yet the nice box art was showing a lot of rivets everywhere, and a neat weathered look, particularly visible on the silver-painted parts of the fuselage…

So I printed a lot of sepia coloured dots on blank decal sheet and have been applying thin strips of ‘rivets’ . The pics show that job just about done. A coat of flat varnish will follow the last decals, then I’ll use pastel powders and oils to weather the kit along the rivet lines and other ‘strategic’ places.

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Hey - that’s a great idea…rivets on clear decal film. It really pops out the detail.
That’s a fantastic little model - very tidy.
Keep posting pics until you’re done.

Thanks!

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Thanks, Lee…! At the moment, the sepia-coloured rivets do stand out quite a lot against the silver background paint, but when the weathering is completed, it should look better.

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Very clever.,… and very effective. Looks great.

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Thanks!

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Domi, very interesting build, and love the rivet idea.

Looking forward to the finished article.

Karl

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Looking good Domi. Nice work.

Regards, Rick