CANicoll Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 This is my second Revell SPAD XIII - its cheap, but oh man the flash, flash, flash.... What was I thinking? But really wanted to do Eddie's aircraft so off we go. Using Tamiya tape to create the masks for the camo pattern: Taking full advantage of 'white-basing' to create a faded effect to the paint on the aircraft. There are lots of different pictures, and drawings, of this aircraft but I liked the ones I've seen that seem to indicate a metallic front end to the aircraft so this is gun metal with PE engine vents. Thought about using the 'printed wood' paper from the craft store but the raised dials on the IP made that just too difficult to take on at this point. My first attempt at masking tape seat belts. The seat was painted in wood to start, then over sprayed with copper (yeah, copper!), then hit with a clear flat coat. Black wash applied randomly with a brush, then dry brush with burnt umber, finally a little bit of lightened brown for some highlights. Looks better NOT close-up. That's my story anyway... Tomorrow looking to lay down the light green, and maybe the dark green. Then on to that really bad propeller.... Chris KiwiZac, LSP_K2, Shaka HI and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigant Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) Looks good so far... At least you know about the engine/upper-cowling/rocker arm cover fairing interference. Do you intend to install the seat support framing on the lower wing before the fuselage halves? When you're up to it, I would also appreciate your also sharing which paints you chose to use. Edited March 18, 2018 by Gigant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Impressive stuff, Chris! Kev CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Finished the camo painting today, and have a bit of touch-up on the PE grills painted gun metal but am generally pleased with how the paint effect came out. Trying for a pretty worn effect overall. The rudder is painted, not the kit decal. It is just easier to paint the straight lines, rather than try and get that huge decal to sit down - and the decal is over-sized anyway. Everything has a gloss coat to get ready for decals and some weathering. The blue is a custom Vallejo mix of one drop of Insignia Blue per two drops of Signal Blue. Turns out to be a perfect match for the blue on the Roundels.. If I had REALLY pre-planned, I would have masked the Roundels (and the wheel covers!) and painted them too. One of the these times I'm going to try that. I had a brain fart on not painting the tires BEFORE doing the hub decals. It didn't hit me until I had one of the decals in the water. Oops. Stay tuned on that one. Thanks! Chris Gigant, Shaka HI, Trak-Tor and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 That camo looks really sweet! CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Nice model. CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigant Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Good coloration. I usually prefer to paint rudder stripes instead of trying to use the clumsy kit decals for the same reason. They never fit a scalloped trailing edge right, trimming them is an exercise of either too much or too little, and you have to touch-up the un-decaled edges anyway. If you like, I can share with you my technique of painting wheels without having to use masks, so the pre-applied decals are not a big problem. Feel free to PM me if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I did one of these many years ago, and man, you are not kidding about the flash!! Very rough kit, but you're doing a great job of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spads57 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Chris, Thank you for the trip down Memory Lane my friend. I've always had a soft spot for the old 1/28th scale Revell kits,especially the SPAD . Looking forward to following your progress.Great work to date as well. Highest Regards, Gregory Jouette CANicoll and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted March 20, 2018 Author Share Posted March 20, 2018 Got the decaling done last night with a few issues. The Copper State Model decals had a bad tendency to shatter on the paper. Of the 17 decals I applied, four shattered to some extent. Not a happy camper. Unfortunately, the first one I tried to apply was the top wing white '1' which is not going to be easy to replace. If anyone has a spare..... I noticed the white 1 was cracking as I pulled it out of the water - disappointing to say the least. Never even got it close to the model as just moving it on the paper gave the above result. I did get the rest of the decals on, but as you see above, one of the large roundels, for the top wing, also shattered on the paper into too many pieces to try and apply. I used the kit roundels on the top wing instead (lighter blue). The rondel on the bottom ring, right side below also shattered but I was able to coax all the pieces into place. Unfortunately I had already applied the bottom wing roundels when the top wing one shattered or I would have used the kit roundels all around. Arrgh. Here is also where I noticed a huge mistake I made in painting the rudder: the colors are backwards! Should be Red, White, Blue, not Blue, White, Red. Blast blast blast!!! The kit decals went down very well using a bit of MicroSol and MicroSet, with a little help from a toothpick to get down into the gap between the wing and the flap, and paint brushes to get down over the wing detail. Interestingly, the Copper State Models decal set has 'patches' for known bullet holes in Rickenbacker's aircraft. On to getting the cockpit installed and then the wing rigging. LOTS of ejector pin marks on those enormous wing struts to deal with. Away we go... Chris Trak-Tor, Jeff, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Looking good! ...but... How old are those decals? Gaz CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Gaz: That was my initial question too, but I just got the Copper State decals a couple of weeks ago, however, I don't know when they had them printed. As disappointing at that is, I'm more upset with myself for not getting the rudder right. I would have happily sanded off the paint and started over, but had the tail decal on the one side. Frig, frig, frig... I sent Copper State an email and they are going to send me another set of decals, so I'll be sanding off the stuff on the rudder and taking a 'do over'.... VERY quick response from Copper State, which I am grateful for! Chris Edited March 21, 2018 by CANicoll Gigant and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Nice work! I just watched the old History Channel "Dogfights" show with Rickenbacker's famous 1v7 battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Chris, I'm glad they're replacing the decals. It hadn't even dawned on me that the colors were reversed. CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigant Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Here is a link with a historic photo that to me makes the kit's upper-wing roundel decals coloration appear to be correct: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2630820/Eddie-Rickenbacker-world-record-setting-race-driver-WWI-fighter-ace-Then-survived-24-days-no-food-bomber-crashed-Pacific-1942-New-book-charts-death-defying-exploits-Americas-real-life-Superman.html CANicoll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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