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    You can also make a very thick pastel wash and that will probably be a lot easier to control. Also, since it will just be water, no harmful effects to paint!
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    Stunning build! Nice work!
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    I’ve been having some pretty good luck with Vallejo Putty. Water based, sands easy, and you can just use your finger dipped in water to smooth it out.
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    Thank you all for the recommendations!
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    Good day gents, Been using a generic Amazon pin vise and drill bits for a while. It really is not great Any recommendations for a solid, quality pin vise and drill set? Definitely looking for something to make at a minimum 1mm (maybe less) holes for scratch building etc. Been looking at Tamiya’s as that is what my local shop carries, but wondering if there is something of equal or better quality for a similar price that ya’ll would recommend from experience. Thank you!
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    Not large scale, but I am up to five versions of the 1:72 scale JASDF “special livery” F-15DJ’s Slowly amassing each one for a little collection.
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    This is ridiculously cool! Nice work with the 3D printed bunks! Looks very nice.
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    Fantastic!
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    This is really well done!
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    Top notch build, and spot on with the weathering!
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    Gorgeous!
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    Super cool! Love the weathering and wood grain!
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    Thanks, I am hoping so too
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    Close! In the past I have done: 1. Paint color 2. Gloss coat 3. Enamel panel liner 4. Let dry and wipe away with enamel thinner 5. Flat coat to seal it all in. All of the products I have used for this were all Tamiya besides the enamel thinner I use in step 4. I use Testors enamel thinner on a Q tip to wipe away excess panel liner, but everything else are Tamiya products. Hope this helps!
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    Thanks all! Got some more paint down and this is where we are: Filling in the color gaps some more with the gray and green. I went for a slightly lighter green on the cowl and fuselage spine, as all the profiles show a slightly different variety of RLM83. Not super noticeable, but subtle enough for me. I am happy the rivets are still showing through even with the Vallejo paint. I am hopeful with a wash, they will come out pretty nicely. Sadly, my airbrush broke, so I am waiting for the replacement part from Midwest Airbrush Supply. I’ll be on hold until the part comes.
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    Coming together nicely!
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    Great choice! Can’t wait to see the build process and the kit come together. For the squiggles, on the camo: I have seen people buying empty fillable felt markers, filling them with their color of choice, and using them to great success to “draw” them on. I myself have not tried, so not sure how the reality is of it. Haha Cheers!
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    I have used Tamiya Panel Line wash (enamel) over Tamiya acrylics for years with no ill effects. I have also done the effect you are after on grills/grates using Tamiya Panel Line wash to great effect. The key was “building it up” so I would have to do 2-3 applications and let it dry between to build up enough pigment. I suppose you could also just take some Tamiya Black or Nato Black, thin it down slightly and use it as a “wash” as well. Cheers!
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    Finally laying some color down! Using the Vallejo Air RLM 75, 81, and 83. The Eagle Cals description mentions that the very inner wing roots are RLM 81, so I have replicated that here. Also, some sources indicate that the engine cowling was a replacement and thus did not match the RLM 83 green in continuity along the cowl. I decided to do this as well to add some visual interest to the model. Some artistic liberty. Also got the drop tank painted up and ready for some light chipping. That’s all for now, cheers!
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    Very nice work, and cool to see a different paint scheme on a Skyraider!
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    Nice work, and beautiful build!
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    That’s awesome! I really like the large tail Dora, despite them being few. Look forward to seeing you build it! Been looking for more, but they are hard to find…. Yea, the color callouts are vastly different with Eduard. The Eagle Cals decal sheet for “Black 6” has the same color callouts for the top of the plane as the Hasegawa instructions do. However, Hasegawa’s included instructions for the underside do not match Eagle Cals or Eduard. I ended up deciding on following the Eagle Cals sheet for the whole model, as I know there was vastly more research done than I could ever hope to do, despite no one being able to turn up the mysterious color photograph of “Black 6” - Cheers!
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    Thank you! I appreciate it. Has been a long build thus far just because of life. Haha I agree that I think I’ll be able to save a fair amount of these masks! I’ll definitely be buying other sets of these masks for other builds as well. So worth it especially for the tiny parts. Very nice not having to gloss coat and pull out the Micro Set/Sol for tiny decals and parts! Cheers!
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    More progress today.... Removed the 1Man Army Masks from the landing Gera doors. Love how these turned out. The set includes all the markings you need, but sadly does not include a "6" or the serial number for "Black 6" as the set is for 3 different 190Ds. I'll most likely have to settle using the kit decals for those two parts, as I do not feel like shelling out money to just get 2 decals.....we will see lol Got the spinner painted, but sadly there was a lot of bleed through despite making sure that the tape was pushed down firm against the surface. I'll just have to do a couple touch ups and I'll call it good. Also started on painting the underside. I am using Vallejo's "Graublau" as I feel it is looks the best.
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    Got to spraying some more today… I used one of the Uschi stencils to do a sort of mottling/pre shading. I plan on layering some other colors on top of this before the final camo colors go on. I taped off the areas that are RLM 66 for now. I then started spraying the control surfaces with RLM76 from Vallejo. You can see the subtle shading underneath bleeds through nicely. Also, as well as a few areas I need to work on the tail with regards to the left horizontal stab and my fingerprint
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