Float covers got last bruch touch-ups to emphasize the fabric's minor ripples, and then sprayed with satin varnish to diffrenciate their surface from fuselage's metal gloss.
Anti-glare surface is just a coat of matte transparent varnish on the already painted nose section.
I didn't go mad on the weathering side. Just a tiny bit of exhaust stain that's visible on almost every photo of TF-SIF (except for the ones taken in the museum). I like airbrushing Tamiya's X-19 Smoke for the dark stains. It allows for good control over the intensity and area covered. X-19 is glossy by nature, so final matting around the area was done with transparent matte varnish.
One piece that's not strictly 'out of the box' is the antenna, but it's required by the model's assembly manual, so ticks the box. Another new purchase from Uschi van der Rosten - rigging line. No more damaging wife's tights. It's very thin stretchable thread that doesn't fray, and can be fixed with super glue. Isolators near the ends of the antenna were jsut small blobs of Surfacer, paintedd gloss black.
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