toadwbg Posted September 26, 2009 Posted September 26, 2009 Its freehand and actually fairly easy to do. Please tell us what paint (brand) and thinner you used, ratios, pressure, etc. Love that paint job.
gunpowder Posted September 26, 2009 Author Posted September 26, 2009 Colours used were xtracrylics dark sea grey , medium sea grey and vallejo model air pale blue grey underneath. All thinned with.......wait for it..........tap water!
bigern007 Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Hey chum.Is it my old eyes ,or the pic. ,but is that t0p wing star and bar very slightly cockeyed? It is a very nice build,love the'pit.....Ernie
toadwbg Posted September 27, 2009 Posted September 27, 2009 Colours used were xtracrylics dark sea grey , medium sea grey and vallejo model air pale blue grey underneath. All thinned with.......wait for it..........tap water! You should bottle that tap water into leftoever tins, mark it up 3000% and sell it as the perfect AB thinner
gunpowder Posted January 23, 2010 Author Posted January 23, 2010 Well this model has sat around long enough. Its time it was finished i think. I did my favourite part today. The matt varnish. I used xtracrylics matt thinned with tap water. It worked great. I cant wait to do a bit of weathering on it. The red in the artwork should have been the same colour as the cowl , unforunately it isnt. Panel lines came out OK Undercarriage next...
Guest Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 Looking good! 56th FG birds have long been a favorite of mine. John
bdthoresen Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Slick paintjob! Love the camo colors as well. Please keep the pics coming..... THOR, who needs to build a P-47
gunpowder Posted January 25, 2010 Author Posted January 25, 2010 Thanks guys. U/C is fitted and is very strong. I still need to ad the upper doors. I was toying with the idea of Mastercaster wheels , but i think i will stick with the kit ones for now. Maybe i will get better wheels later. The engine is beautiful. Its the quickboost one and the cooling fin detail is amazing. The only down side is no pushrods. I cut the kit ones up and used them. Very time consuming. I still need to add the magnetos and ignition wires yet.
WrongWay Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 Beautiful! Nothing prettier than a Thunderbolt.
gunpowder Posted February 7, 2010 Author Posted February 7, 2010 OK nearly done now. Im really pleased with it. The Hasegawa kit is a beautiful one and easy to build. Just need to add the gunsight , tweek the yellow prop tips , and paint the gun barrels. Gotta love those Eduard prepainted belts. The oil streaks were fun. Dap a small amount of thinned paint on , then blow it with a drinking straw!
dragonfly Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 Gorgeous! Great looking Jug. Nice job! Jerry
ChrisS Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 Looking great, and close to done too. Very nice tbolt!
theseeker Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 The Jug came out great and an outstanding paint job! Rocky
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