Very nice Dora. Nice job on the camo.
Jerry
Actually, painting the underside shouldn’t have been as difficult a task as I turned it into–if you make sure you burnish the tape well to the surface of the model, and spray several light coats of paint carefully, without holding the airbrush too close to the surface, the bleeding problem under the tape should be minimized (I went a bit too heavily with the red paint). I used ModelMaster 1/32" masking tape for the stripes, as Tamiya, I don’t believe, makes tape narrower than 6 mm.
If you happen to have the Jerry Crandall book on “Doras of the Galland Circus”, it has some great 1/48 scale artwork of the undersides of the Doras; otherwise, the EagleCals decal set has similar illustrations to go by as a reference.
I have some PollyScale flat coat ordered which I am going to try, and I’m also going to do a dilute acrylic wash using artist’s acrylics to try to bring out the panel lines a bit better. Apparently, I’m not quite finished with this bird yet! I might post a few more photos when I finally get it where I want it. Thanks for your comments and critique!
I really like the doras, you did an excellent job on a must have version of the doras. Well done and thanks for sharing.!
Fantastic build, Rory! Obviously a lot of time, effort, and research went into it. As waikong pointed out, Pollyscale Clear Flat is excellent and should eliminate any sheen.
Mark