OlCabour's Hangar

Red 2 took the first round, because the documents concerning him are of good quality and is relatively well covered. Indeed, it has been exposed several times (including the SW exhibition in London in 2000).

Before weathering, with all the panels painted :

For the weathering, he first received the famous very diluted black wash. Then a white drybrush, focused on the red, yellow and blue panels to "age" the color, and then some brown filters here and there, essentially to broke the monotony of the livery, and followed by a greenish brown filter on the reactors and the rear of the fuselage. Then traces of rust, paint chips in dark gray, and dry brushing with dark gray and black oil. Finally, a mat white rectangle with the airbrush on the upper left engine cover, and a decal applied in this area (an half Tamiya logo).

I used very few decals, because I found that FM ones do not stick well. So all the black dots (XW is a teenager?), mainly localized around the cockpit are done by hand. I also tried dry transfer ("i" dots) but they do not stick either (well it might be because of my painting, so ...