747 SOC Restoration Part 11

Some basic aileron and flap details finishes off the wings.

I had to resist a strong urge to add many more details as this is a desktop model and unless I wanted
to spend a lot of time on the shuttle (I didn't) I thought it would look too detailed compared to the shuttle.

747 SOC Restoration Part 10

Panel line details continued with the wings.

Note the old eraser shield drafting tool.

747 SOC Restoration Part 9

It's starting to look like something!

The tail was too plain, so next it was time to add in some panel lines.

747 SOC Restoration Part 8

With the wing done I decided to detail up the tail.

I noticed the de-icing boots on the tail were pretty prominent in the reference pics and it was an easy thing to mask and paint.

747 SOC Restoration Part 7

During my research on the new NASA 747 color scheme, I discovered that the top of the wings have some sort of rubberized coating that manifests in a subtle color variation. I thought it would be a good idea to simulate this effect on the model. To do this I would have admit defeat and pull out the airbrush...

747 SOC Restoration Part 6

With the white top half painted, it was a fairly straight forward step to mask the top off and paint the bottom half.

Masking for two-tone paint job.,

747 SOC Restoration Part 5

Now that the model was whole again, I sanded off all the old decals and livery. A light coat of primer was used again to check for cracks and general smoothness of the model.

Decals sanded away and grey primer sprayed on.