This kit was built OOB. Paint was done using MM flat gull grey with MM gloss black on the tails and ventral fins and MM flat black on the skunk stripe. Weathering was done with pastel chalk ground into a powder and mixed two parts water to one part powder. I left the weathering solution dry over night to make sure I got a good base. Then, with a paper towel and a few Q-tips wiped it in the direction of airflow. Then, I followed it up with Tamiya Weathering Master Set B "soot". The helmets were spares from a couple 1:32nd scale Hasegawa kits in the stash. The instrument panel cowlings were covered with kleenex tissue and then painted brown to provide a canvas appearance. The markings are from CAM Decals sheet. I am not sure if it was because this sheet had been in my stash for awhile or just because they were from CAMs older line, but I found these much thicker than previous sheets. Still, they fell into the panel lines nicely with a couple coats of MicroSol