Once the model has been finally prepared, sanded, filled, smoothed et at, it was given two coats of Gloy matt black enamel serving as a primer Over this later went another two coats, but this time Pelikan Plaka mixing a little white in with the black to reduce its starkness. This medium represents the original finish of Special Night (RDM 2) rather well. The model is painted overall in thin black including the cockpit area, although fuselage and wheel well interiors were painted Aircraft Grey Green. Collector rings and ex-haust pipes are a dull bronze colour. National markings were taken from Letraset sheets M9 and M11 while the Sky Grey codes were painted on as rough squares using Humbrol HX5 Light Aircraft Grey plus a dash of 23/M8 Duck Egg Blue. I could only locate codes of the correct size from Letraset sheet M14 and being in red these were applied over the grey areas to act as a stencil. Having applied the Plaka mix over them, tape was rubbed over the area and pulled off once the paint had dried to reveal perfect codes in the correct colour. Serial number was in dull red and can be 'manufactured' in the same way if unavailable elsewhere.
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