UPDATE 01/10
Being back to work really stinks..less time to paint, hence the lack up updates in the past week. "Last time on FPH #15 WIP"
we had gotten the Floquil bright silver applied to the left and right back panels. I have now progressed with the PS SP Dark Lark Grey on the back panels.
And a closer shot of the back left panel:
And a closer look at the left section of the back right panel. This section was a tedious nightmare. I focused on the large sections of grey first so I could use them as landmarks for the other, smaller details. :wacko
A closer look at the bottom right side of the back right panel:
The progress on those back panels was over the course of the last week...doing a little at a time as I went blind looking at different reference pics. I have NOT applied the "mint green" color (AKA Delta Blue Wisp). I'll apply that later so that I only have to break it out and thin it down once.
I moved onto the keyslot area next. For the silver damage on the edge of the keyslots, I wanted to try to replicate the "feathered" look, so I used a piece of foam to apply the paint. I dabbed some bright silver on and then removed the excess by dabbing it on a piece of spare sintra I had laying around. The foam:
And some pics of the keyslot area. The same two colors as above were used plus the addition of the PS PRR Maroon. This paint takes two coats, at least, so apply lightly and then reapply once dry to get the desired coating.
And a bit closer:
Next is onto the hat band area around the back... :cheers