The crazy open architecture of the Tantalus has me painting in basic color blocks as I construct it. A couple of areas will be below structural brass decking and could be fairly visible and the rest of the build is pretty clean except some split hull plates where the scythe vane hull section aligns with the primary hull. I'll have to sand a and fill this when I get it together, since this central hull area is a pretty complex structure to assemble, and just repaint those areas unless another way to conceal the join presents itself!
The secondary engines were all conveniently on the same large sprue chunk which made it easy to get a consistent look on them. They have guide pins cast in but things don't quite line up so I had to trim those down and pin it normally. The fit on the curved engine compartment wall was really quite good.
Less good was my experiment with the Rat Fur colored primer. It adheres to the model very well and turned up great even coverage, it covers very well so care has to be taken not to apply it too thick. Unfortunately it dried kind of slick and doesn't take paint very well. Its not as bad as uncleaned mold release and just takes a second coat to remedy the situation. While that is a bit of a pain it looks like it will still require fewer coats to get to the final red color which was the goal after all so a mixed review at this point.
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