Now we are going to back-fill and paint the rest of the wing with the Glossy Sea Blue. This color is an interesting one though and needs some special consideration. Out of the bottle I find it so dark and similar to black that it’s hard for me to black base it in the usual manner. But also, looking at references, I can see that it fades and wears quite a bit, so my process will keep this in mind.
For the marbling coat I mixed a 5:2 ratio of blue to white. This lightens the color significantly. I then marbled this much the same way I did the white.
The next step is to go back with the Glossy Sea Blue straight from the bottle and marble it over the lighted version until you have a well blended wing that leaves some fading effect showing through. Again, take into account that subsequent clears and weathering will tone the effect down.
Now I’m just going to repeat the process on the other wing and other dark blue areas such as the wing floats and cowl.
The process will be much the same for the Intermediate Blue areas too. I’ve already done the main float. For the underlying marble coat I lightened the Intermediate Blue 5:1 blue/white. It doesn’t need as much contrast since the black does a good job on this color.
In the next update I will finish off the chipping. I know this process seems a bit tedious, and it is, but if you are in this hobby for the painting and weathering like I am it’s well worth the effort. Things look a bit rough now, but it will come together nicely.
Here’s a few close ups of the chipping…
When the chipping is done we will move on to the next weathering steps. Happy modeling.