Thanks for the comp SixTGunr ..... coming from someone who has far more experience at this than I do.
It's basically a fiberglass stock from cheaper than dirt.
Primed it gray w/ Tamiya plastic/metal primer (after a good washing)
Hard part was finding the pattern. As I have no artistic talent to speak of there was absolutely NO WAY I could do something like this free-hand. So I found a pattern on the internet and printed it to paper.
Cut out the individual shapes and just sort of layed the pieces of paper on the stock, one at a time and traced around them w/ a pencil.
A year or so ago I bought one of those air spray guns for hobby models and that works like charm. Though I again used Tamiya colors, which being acrylic, IMO, were a little hard to work with as the gun nozzles needed frequent cleaning. Personally, I think the airgun was a must-have to make everything look smooth.
After two coats of each color, I put on 3 coats of Testors dull coat. Had to be careful not to touch it. It's like a paint remover until it drys. Also, you don't want to put it on too think or you get a colored paint-run.
