Since I was doing some work on my F-11 Tiger I decided to take out the assembled Harrier II kit and work on that as well. The Harrier looks much more difficult to paint than the Tiger, as it has three different shades of grey. The darkest grey (on top) was the most difficult part in my opinion.
I had to use Tamiya masking tape and actually draw the outline of the camouflage. Then i took the masking tape off and cut it accordingly. I read somewhere that with my Aztek A470 airbrush I can actually use a fine tip nozzle and spray the camouflage outline without masking tape. However I can’t seem to get it fine enough so I thought I better go with the masking tape idea.
Not bad for a first timer eh? The lines are pretty sharp but not as sharp as the earlier paint job on the Tiger. I made sure to blend the three colors better. Then I also had to mask off the rest of the model as I painted the tail fin.
I’m quite happy with the final result. Not the best paint job perhaps but much better than anything I have done before, especially considering this is really my third time using the airbrush on a larger surface.
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