WIP

 

Final subassemblies before putty. 

 

I always thought that VF-31J and VF-19A were similar 

Tired of painting the cockpit separately in 1/72, so now I try to glue it in before priming. This time there are also decals for the walls and floor, so there will be some challenge.. 

2002 year, huh  

Masks before priming.  

 

Primed and ready 

First color - yellow and shadows (that`s why I used white primer) 

To make things more diffiult I decided to use masks and not decals. Actually, I wasn`t sure, that yellow decals will be non-transparent enough to hide gray base color and I won`t be able to create orange shadow. 

First mask. 

Find masks on photo 😄 

It`s easy to cut black outlines, but with yellow under yellow tape you will need to light up the decals from below. 

Tape for panel lines will have with some curves. I forgot to mention this transparent plastic sheet. It protects decals, you can stick tape to it without glueing to decal and you can use it as transfer layer with difficult forms. Of course at the cost of precision. 

 

Gray base and masks before black. Big mistake with consistency of paint(