In Part One I mentioned I was working to build my Wellington, as a U-Boat hunter with Coastal Command, well that was the initial plan. Sometimes, you realize that what you intend, and what you end up doing are two different things.
The paint scheme was unique for a British bomber, the sides and lower surfaces are Gloss white, instead of the standard Gloss Black. But I was running into a problem, painting white over medium gray is difficult, in not impossible, oh it can be done with multiple coats of paint. The problem is each coat leads to a certain amount of streaks and in some cases bled through causing you to add additional layers, leading to streaks and a tacky appearance.
Since this will be part of a display at the Jefferson County Public Library at the beginning of January of next year, I had to make a decision, attempt to rectify this and push through with a lot of scrap building of radar masts and a leigh light, or find an alternate paint scheme that would still be interesting and not the standard Brown, Green and Black scheme of Bomber command.
Last week, I found the scheme, it is still a night bomber scheme, but for Wellingtons used in North Africa. Because these planes were used in the desert they have a two tone brown scheme on the upper surfaces, which is very different than how one sees this plane.
The nice thing about using acrylic paints over oil based, you can clean off the paint with a little warm water a wash cloth and some dish soap. In a few minutes you can strip your model down to the base color and start from scratch without any loss of detail or damaging any clear parts already in place.
Here are some pictures of the model as it was appearing, next time I will have some photos with the new paint scheme under way.
Enjoy.
The paint scheme was unique for a British bomber, the sides and lower surfaces are Gloss white, instead of the standard Gloss Black. But I was running into a problem, painting white over medium gray is difficult, in not impossible, oh it can be done with multiple coats of paint. The problem is each coat leads to a certain amount of streaks and in some cases bled through causing you to add additional layers, leading to streaks and a tacky appearance.
Since this will be part of a display at the Jefferson County Public Library at the beginning of January of next year, I had to make a decision, attempt to rectify this and push through with a lot of scrap building of radar masts and a leigh light, or find an alternate paint scheme that would still be interesting and not the standard Brown, Green and Black scheme of Bomber command.
Last week, I found the scheme, it is still a night bomber scheme, but for Wellingtons used in North Africa. Because these planes were used in the desert they have a two tone brown scheme on the upper surfaces, which is very different than how one sees this plane.
The nice thing about using acrylic paints over oil based, you can clean off the paint with a little warm water a wash cloth and some dish soap. In a few minutes you can strip your model down to the base color and start from scratch without any loss of detail or damaging any clear parts already in place.
Here are some pictures of the model as it was appearing, next time I will have some photos with the new paint scheme under way.
Enjoy.
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