Bughunter

I posted already an update this week, but there are so many things in front of me, that I have to show another solved task!

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Teaser pic 1 The result of this update. I'm really happy about it!

Pic 2 After more masking and painting sessions the Behudet colors are applied. Here the upper side of the wings. Some fine white lines between the colors are not a problem.

Pic 3 And here you can see the lower surfaces.

Pic 4 With a modification of the drawings I let the cutter produce a new set of masks and applied those on both sides of the wings, again after reduction of the tackiness.

Pic 5 The next step was spraying the fine lines with MRP NATO Black, which is a "broken" black.

Pic 6 Many used masks that look like works of art in their own right.

Pic 7 I also applied the same NATO Black paint to the top of a transparent decal A4 sheet. After it dried, I loaded the sheet into the cutting plotter and had it cut into 0.5 mm wide strips. I hope you can see it.

Pic 8 Then I tried to apply pieces of the black decal stripes on to one wing. It works great, but needs a good while! I thought masking off such long, thin lines would be more of a challenge. I'm happy with this first try.

See first/teaser photo for the upper sides of the wings after securing the decal stripes with a clear coat. That was a lot of work!

Pic 9 And here you can see the lower sides which are also done.

Pic 10 A close-up view shows that masking off the strips wouldn't have been easy either. I also had to proceed carefully with the decal strips.

As you can guess from the little masks still applied the wings are not ready yet. But this was a huge step towards the finish line!