80% paint and 20% thinner. Distilled water works, but a proper
acrylic thinner is best.
First I sprayed the loco with primer gray. This was followed with
a few coats of SP scarlet red on both hood ends. After the scarlet
red dried, I masked off the areas that had to remain red, before I
sprayed the SP gray.
Next the shell received a coat of gloss acrylic lacquer to form a
smooth base for decaling. I used Microscale decals for the let-
tering and the wings. I was very pleased to find that the color
match of these and the paint I had chosen was very accurate to
my eyes. They blend even better after another top coat of clear
matte finish was applied.
The clear matte finish dull coat is a little coarser and gives a very
good base to use with weathering powders etc.
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9. Painting in progress, I began with SP scarlet red.
