11-16-2015, 12:41 AM
The openings are masked and then a coat of primer is applied
![[Image: .IMG_1792_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1792_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1794_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1794_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1814_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1814_m.jpg)
The preshading consists of panels randomly painted in Panzer gray all over the entire surface.
![[Image: .IMG_1816_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1816_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1817_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1817_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1818_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1818_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1819_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1819_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1820_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1820_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1821_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1821_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1822_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1822_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1823_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1823_m.jpg)
It is then covered with an off white (white with few drops of sky grey xf19)
![[Image: .IMG_1835_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1835_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1836_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1836_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1838_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1838_m.jpg)
Even if the original model is even whiter than what I did, I think it is too much white.
So, to mitigate it, I sanded the surface with an abrasive sponge.
![[Image: .IMG_1839_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1839_m.jpg)
After a light gray oil wash, I airbrushed very thin coat of the same light gray to finally arrive slowly to the color that satisfied me.
![[Image: .IMG_1844_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1844_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1845_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1845_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1792_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1792_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1794_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1794_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1814_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1814_m.jpg)
The preshading consists of panels randomly painted in Panzer gray all over the entire surface.
![[Image: .IMG_1816_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1816_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1817_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1817_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1818_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1818_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1819_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1819_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1820_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1820_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1821_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1821_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1822_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1822_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1823_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1823_m.jpg)
It is then covered with an off white (white with few drops of sky grey xf19)
![[Image: .IMG_1835_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1835_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1836_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1836_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1838_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1838_m.jpg)
Even if the original model is even whiter than what I did, I think it is too much white.
So, to mitigate it, I sanded the surface with an abrasive sponge.
![[Image: .IMG_1839_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1839_m.jpg)
After a light gray oil wash, I airbrushed very thin coat of the same light gray to finally arrive slowly to the color that satisfied me.
![[Image: .IMG_1844_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1844_m.jpg)
![[Image: .IMG_1845_m.jpg]](http://olcabour.hangar.blog.free.fr/public/starwars/RC_stardestroyer/.IMG_1845_m.jpg)

