It was only after i made some parts that i found the mainpod wasn't the only bit
that used Gemini parts and as also disovered, parts from the Airfix Saturn V.
These i ended up having to re-cast seperately and glue on once i had done
the castings, can't get it right everytime.
Painting was not a complex affair. Lots of auto grey primer then lots of white primer.
Some of the raised panels on the pods and the detail inside the cages were painted with
differing off whites and other colours, all enamels and by hand.
Weathering was my ole mate the pastel chalks. The decals were another problem.
At the time all i had was an old Amiga 1200 home computer and a dot matrix printer...
a bit stoneage in comparison but no such thing as a BSOD so there!
I had been playing around with some of this new fangled clear decal sheet
that you could paint on to produce you own waterslide decals,
i had no idea wether it would work on this so just to find out i made
up a picture in Deluxpaint4 (anyone else remember that?) Printed some off to test size and
in went the decal sheet. What came out wasn't awe inspiring but i persevered.
Now i know the ink wasn't waterproof so a couple of coats of Mattfix, a 3M product now
seems unavailable which is a shame coz it was the best spray matting agent
i have ever seen, and give the decals a try.
Luck was on my side that day, blue on white showed up a treat
and no ink running.
Continued this trick to make all the small stenciling decals too.