SU-34 – Weathering cockpit and starting with exhaust cans.

The cockpit and the front wheel bay got an oil wash.

Oil wash applied
Oil wash applied.

The instrument panel got the decal on. A bit fiddly as there wasn’t much space to hold the IP when working with the decal. A bit hard to move around as the decal stuck all the time, but after some work I got it in place.

The decal looks pretty nice!
The decal looks pretty nice!

Using q-tips I removed some of the excess wash, and then I did some weathering with Tamiya weathering sets.

Excess wash removed.
Excess wash removed.
Weathering done.
I did some dirtying down with weathering sets.

When the weathering was done, I could put the IP in place.

Instrument panel in place.
Instrument panel in place.

The main wheel bays was mounted into the lower body.

Wheel bays mounted.
Wheel bays mounted.

I started out with the exhaust cans, who sits on two separate sprues. Some cleaning up to do. Quite easy to put together and have pretty nice detail.

The parts to one side.
The parts to one side.
One side test fitted.
One side test fitted.

I must say the instructions are a little sparse when it comes to painting instructions.

Exhaust assembly instructions
Exhaust assembly instructions.

Now I need to figure which colours to use for the exhaust pipes.

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