dennismcc Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 This is going great, nice work Cheers Dennis Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Peter, The cockpit is really impressive. the seat pan does indeed look more like the real one thinned from the inside out. Joel Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Wow, very nice progress here. I like what I see. Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Lovely work Peter. This is going great, nice work Cheers Dennis Peter, The cockpit is really impressive. the seat pan does indeed look more like the real one thinned from the inside out. Joel Wow, very nice progress here. I like what I see. Thank you all for commenting. I got the interior primed black and then painted in AMT-14 grey. I also added some lighter highlights, but it doesn't show too well on the pictures. I first used Mr. Paint which is a terrific paint for airbrushing and I love using it, but the shade was just not right as it was a little on the blue side. So it was time to have a go at the Alan lacquer paint I purchased a while ago and it is a much better match I think. Its not a huge difference and most likely irrelevant when the cockpit is weathered and closed. But it was a good opportunity to try the paint for the first time. So the picture of the painted cockpit are with a coat of Akan over Mr.Paint. But the Akan paint was rather thick and I added around 70% of leveling thinner. It then airbrushed as nice as the Mr. Paint stuff without any tip drying at all. But when I added some Akan white for the highlighting to the grey, the white didn't mix very well with the grey, making airbrushing rather unpredictable. I then added Mr. Paint white instead which worked very well indeed. Hope to get some detail painting done during next week. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Peter coogrfan, XOPCT, Whitey and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Just caught up with this build - Great progress so far, loving the loving attention you're giving to this. Torben Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Peter, The Akah paint does look a little grayer and darker when compared side by side. But alone in the cockpit and closed up with some weathering, and I don't think that it would be noticeable to even a judge with a pen flashlight. Joel Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 Just caught up with this build - Great progress so far, loving the loving attention you're giving to this. Torben Thanks Torben, this kit deserve a bit of loving care Peter, The Akah paint does look a little grayer and darker when compared side by side. But alone in the cockpit and closed up with some weathering, and I don't think that it would be noticeable to even a judge with a pen flashlight. Joel You right Joel, but it gave me a good reason to try the Akan paint! Unfortunately progress is a bit slow at the moment as other tasks which needed to be done didn't leave much time to work on the Yak. I decided to airbrush the top of the side consoles as i figured it is easier than brush painting them. But it needed some tricky masking. The result looks good and I finally finished the detail painting. Gloss varnish next, followed by decals and a pin wash. Then a flat varnish followed by filters, weathering and chipping and all sealed of by a satin varnish! That is the plan ... Cheers, Peter TorbenD, coogrfan, Shawn M and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Peter, The various sub assemblies of the cockpit each look rather good, with just enough detailing to fools one's eye. Looking forward to seeing it finally as one sub assembly. Joel Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 That's looking very crisp and accurate, nice work. Cheers Dennis Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted June 25, 2017 Author Share Posted June 25, 2017 Thanks chaps. Here is more of the same, but now after a wash and decaling and a flat varnish in place. The instructions are very clear where to place the dial decals and each decal has the corresponding letter next to the dial as well. But I managed to place the third row dials onto the second row on the IP - even thinking that the size is a bit too large... Of course I only realized the mistake after adding decal softener Fortunately I had some airscale and Mike Grant dial decals which contained some similar looking dials - at least my IP is now unique I also applied some parts of airscale and Mike Grant placards to the side consoles. And the upper panels. The radio does look smart with the dial decal in place. I am aware that this all gets a bit repetitive and I am afraid there will be more of the same after filters, weathering and chipping are in place next followed by a satin varnish coat to seal it all. Thanks for watching. Cheers, Peter coogrfan, MikeMaben, Uncarina and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Wow, this is really fabulous work, Peter! Kev Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Amazing that looks ever so precise Cheers Dennis Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Beautiful . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Wonderfully clean and crisp work. Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Peter, That's some of the most detailed detail work I've ever seen. The IP looks perfect as does the rest of the pit. And that radio with the decaling and cabling, almost looks real. I'm really looking forward to your next update. Joel Basilisk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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