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Jess- great workmanship. How did you achieve the straight lines between the camouflage colors? Tape, eyeball, or what? If you did use tape how did you get around the many protrusions on the turret?
thanks
DJ
Normal painter's blue tape. I took the turret off, and did the best I could. I used the guides on the back of the Echelon decals, which were researched by Mike Starmer to be pretty accurate. I also have Mike's book about the Caunter scheme, which is helpful for the colors.
Where I couldn't get the tape to sit down perfect, I basically sprayed from an angle that didn't spray paint under small gaps where possible. Where there was a little over spray after, I touched it up. It's certainly not perfect, but it's good enough. As you can see, I also did the base colors before painting the tracks, and that includes the tracks visible if you look up from the bottom into the side armor. I just masked off the outside, sprayed my track color, and went back after and touched up the hull. It's not perfect, but that area is pretty well shadowed anyway, so I'm not too concerned.
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