First on the agenda is what to do about those panel lines? You could of course leave them but for goodness sake don't make matters worse by pre-shading or running diluted oil paint info them. If this does not suit you then it is really a matter of how best to fill them and whether or not to either fill them completely or partially? The three most obvious ways of filling are to use a clay-based filler like Milliput, a liquid-based filler like the Gunze Sanyo Mr Surfacer (or a correction pen), or finally an aerosol filler like Halfords Filler Primer. None of the above really represents any great time saving over the other so it will be more about what you want the finished model to look like. Using Milliput will almost completely eradicate the panel lines and you can use the hint of what is left as a guide to any pre-shading you might want to do. This medium also has the advantage of being very controllable from an application viewpoint, but considerable pressure sometimes needs to be applied to manipulate the filler into the panel lines, so you might want to do this prior to construction. At first glance a Tippex correction pen looks ideal in every respect. It is certainly easy enough to apply as the nib is passed along the lip of the panel line and the excess wiped off with lsopropyl alcohol.
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