As far as weathering is concerned I wanted to show an operational aircraft so a certain amount of wear and tear was in order.
The underside of the Rocket plane took a good amount of beating due to its particular take-off and landing method.
Wing roots were being trampled as on most fighters. The paint in all these areas was chipped using the masking liquid method.
Notice that the undercoat on the wings is red brown rather than metal as the Komet's wings were wooden and coated with a reddish primer.
An oil wash was applied to the panel lines, which turned out to be too dark. Oh, well...
That's as far as I went with the weathering as gliders are kept clean as a general rule and the Komet trainer would have been no exception.
This is the end if this buid report but not the end of the story. After spending many months on the build I lay the model aside once complete and turned to something else but I haven't build the Scheuchschlepper (towing tractor) yet and I do intend to make a little dio for the model in the future.
As a footnote, the model got a Gold at the 2913 IPMS Hellas!
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