Stage III - Painting Experiments

Full experiment:

1. black basing with light mottling (right wing)
2. black basing with dark mottling (right engine cowling)
3. multi-color panel line pre-shading (left wing)
4. single color panel line pre-shading (right/left vertical stabilizer)
5. single color mottling on primer

Black base was Mr. Surfacer 1500 black, gray was Mr. Surfacer 1200. 

Blue and brown panel line pre-shading; attempted streaking with brown. 

Darker mottling on primer 

 

Left vertical stabilizer was pre-shaded with brown 

Right vertical stabilizer was pre-shaded with blue 

After first coat 

After first coat 

After first coat 

After first coat 

After first coat 

After second coat
 

After second coat
 

After second coat
 

After second coat
 

After third coat 

After third coat - the photo is poor but the mottling effect was essentially lost on the upper half of the wing due to application of too much paint 

After third coat - the photo is poor but the pre-shading effect was essentially lost on the upper half of the wing due to application of too much paint. Some pre-shading survived along with the streaking. Still learning when to stop!