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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Estes Klingon Battle Cruiser, #1274, Step 25, Small Brush Painting Details


Considering how small the hand painted areas are, it doesn't make much sense to include the brush paint bottles. 
Small black dots in the primary hull recesses (upper left) 
Silver paint in the rear ridge centers of the warp drives (Upper right) 
Two small red dots on the top of the bridge (bottom)
You can't brush paint the black into the round recesses. You could dip a sharpened dowel in the paint and touch the centers of the recess making a round dot.

I used Sharpie pens. 
Rotating a larger round point pen in the hole left a center where the tip couldn't reach.
A ultra fine point Sharpie filled in the center.


Here's the finished black. 
The Sharpies came through again.






The red dots were done with a fine point brush.
This Klingon nose cone reminds me of Squidward.

The "Bonus" kit included a bottle of red paint - for these two little dots. No other red on the model.



The third brushed color is silver.

If you've got a decent square brush, it's easier than you would think.