We got one of the first real warm days here in Germany, so I used the situation for some more weathering on boots, flightsuit, ankle ties and side pockets. For the boots I brushed on a mixture of brown acrylic paint and water. The softparts were dust-sprayed brown and black rattle-can paint. Now this can dry and some more time in the washing-machine will follow until I get the weathered, light blue/grey softparts, I want to achieve. I know it looks now too heavy painted, but this will fade once or twice washed.
The colours are:
- Humbrol No. 73 (Matt wine) for the detail on the right center tank and the piano keys
- Humbrol No. 154 (Insignia yellow) for the endcaps of the side tanks
- a black acrylic paint for the other detail on the right tank
The red and black areas I just painted one layer , but the tank caps will need some more layers.
The early bird... Tried another yellow Humbrol paint on the endcaps: No.99 Lemon yellow. But I think this is tooooooo bright. Here are some comparision pics:
No.154
Removed the masking and cleaned the edges. Now I´ll let the edges dry another 24 hours.
In the meantime, I´ll sew some more velcro on the ankle ties, so they sit a bit closer. And yes, all will be hand-stitched. I still didn´t find the time to learn how to work with the sewing machine.
The fastest action ever: putting on the decal (sticker). Ready. Next will be weathering. Hope to get my rocket and thrusters from Bobamaker within the next 2 weeks...
Yes, of course, but I won´t weather the silver areas as heavy as the rest. First I´ll do the heavy weathering, then take away the masking and will do the light weathering on the complete jetpack.
Here you go, buddy! As you wish. The masking is removed... But still no weathering, maybe later this day.
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Recieved my beacon light kit from JC27 today. Had to put it into my beacon right out of the box. It works fantastic! Once the jetpack is ready, I´ll post a video to show the light effects. I love it!