1/72 Airfix P-80C Shooting Star

by Jojo Anonuevo

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Here is my Airfix P-80C Shooting Star which I built last year as my entry to the 4th IPMS Philippines Nationals.  It was built Out of the box except for the addition of seatbelts. 
I wanted to capture the weathered (and "burned metal") look of natural metal aircraft that have been used in air operations.  In order to achieve this I tried pre-shading (a technique I learned from my friends at IPMS Philippines) the panel lines with Tamiya Flat Black before over coating it with Gunze Silver.  A wash of paint thinner and oil paints for the recesses was applied as well.

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I think I overdid it though, next time I'll be using dark gray.

Hope you like it.

Jojo

Photos and text © by Jojo Anonuevo