crobinsonh Posted April 19, 2014 Author Posted April 19, 2014 (edited) After work had taken over any modelling for the last 10 months I finally spent sometime in the paint booth for a few hours the last couple of days. Lots more to do but I am quite pleased with the start. Everything is post shaded. More shots to come later. Edited April 19, 2014 by crobinsonh
Mr b Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 lovely attention to detail.....nice choice of aircraft toooo..... rgds mr b
crobinsonh Posted April 20, 2014 Author Posted April 20, 2014 More shots of the main body. More tomorrow - not getting ready to paint the radome, gun and other details. EmperorKai 1
crobinsonh Posted April 21, 2014 Author Posted April 21, 2014 (edited) Thanks to everyone for their kind comments. Managed to do a number of things over the last 24 hours - make hay why the sunshines! Fuel tanks first - I noticed in the DACO book that the two "caps" on the fuel tanks - one is a lighter gray and the second is steel and red. I made a mask first with the Waldron punch and die set Sprayed and the larger "cap" painted Games Workshop Mithral Silver. Ready to spray red Done. The top tank has been weathers and the panel lines etc outline with HB pencil I noticed some glue splats on the nose after I had mixed and sprayed the radome tan so I got that ready for repair. The windscreen (which has caused me so many problems due to my own incompetence) also needed some repairs. I also noticed in the DACO books some of the weathering on the AN/ALQ-165 radar warning antenna. Base coat first. Then Maskol and painted and removed! More work tomorrow. Lots of masking now required for walkways and various other parts that need spraying. [/url] Edited April 21, 2014 by crobinsonh Whitey 1
ColinR Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 What a superb build , the attention to detail is breathtaking
Daywalker Posted April 22, 2014 Posted April 22, 2014 Then Maskol and painted and removed! More work tomorrow. Lots of masking now required for walkways and various other parts that need spraying. [/url] VERY impressive work, love the overall look so far. The post shading looks just right to me, subtle but obviously there. Your attention to the small detail such as the chipped paint on the antennas is really going to pay off in the end. Looking forward to more!
crobinsonh Posted April 22, 2014 Author Posted April 22, 2014 Thank you for your kind comments. I have been through masking hell tonight (I HATE masking) do all of the walkways. Looking at the DACO book there are quite obviously a number of ways of doing this and it varies from one aircraft to another. I therefore just copied the layout that was printed on the decals. As you may know there is some sort of non-skid material applied on the actual airframe - I chose to simulate this by stippling Mr Surfacer 500. Not sure how this is going to work out but I guess I will find out when I apply paint. Painting on the menu for tomorrow night - walkways, touch ups, engines etc etc. Need to keep on a roll as I am off with work again on Sunday to LA then Frankfurt and then Japan over the next four weeks. This will not leave much time for modelling when I am home for a day or two in-between travels.
crobinsonh Posted April 23, 2014 Author Posted April 23, 2014 Spray paint on - masking tape off. I am actually really pleased with how the walkways turned out. I think the Mr Surfacer stippling was actually quite effective. And finally some small areas masked and painted Whitey 1
crobinsonh Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 One last quick update before I start my travels. Some more progress on the tanks and pylons. Whitey and EmperorKai 2
EmperorKai Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Just found your build log here- awesome job! I have always been a huge fan of gray navy aircraft, and you've captured it beautifully. I'll definitely be taking notes for my build and looking forward to your next post. Kai
crobinsonh Posted June 3, 2014 Author Posted June 3, 2014 Thanks for the feedback. Slow progress as I have been travelling a lot lately. I bought a couple of GBU-24's from Eduard. Kits in themselves and quite fragile (having broken two of the tail fins already). This is not the best shot but at least you can see some progress. More later this week when I am back at home.
Youngtiger1 Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 Daaaannnngggg, it all looks very good buddy. Makes me want to build one right away
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