TOS G5 Station Assembled Almost Done

The painting masks are removed, the main station pieces are assembled and some details have been painted. 

All thats left is the decals, removing the window masks from the lower pods and adding the upper window sections after the final clear coat on the station.

So Close...

TOS G5 Station Painting Update

After a grueling week of applying Aztek Dummy vinyl paint masks,  I finally finished.

Since the paint masks were only designed for the K-& parts of the station and not the lower half; I had to get creative and extend the pattern to the lower portions of the station.

I sprayed the entire station with Vallejo Pale Blue Grey.

I then peeled the masks off to reveal an AWESOME TOS Aztec Pattern....

Now I just need to finish carefully peeling the masks off the rest of the station and start detail painting and decalling. Almost there...

TOS Terraforming Space Station G5 Update

This Fathers Day Weekend afforded me an opportunity to get hours of painting in on the station.

I painted the whole station a base coat of Vallejo Hellblau followed by a light matte varnish for protection.. At this point I need to add the vinyl masks then paint the next hull color.

The blue tanks were first painted Vallejo HellBlau, them masked and painted Vallejo Light Blue Grey.

The red tank section was painted Vallejo Fire Red over a black primer base

Some masking then a spray of Vallejo Sandy Brown

More masking, then a spray of Vallejo Rust.

Obviously I'm a little rusty at painting cause The colors clash a bit too much for my tastes. But no worry, a mist coat of Rust smoothes everything out once I glued the blue tanks in place.

I masked the 3 office dome windows, then sprayed a layer of black primer, followed by grey primer then Vallejo Blue Grey. 

After I detailed the tops, I applied a matte varnish and peeled away the masks. I'm satisfied with the result.