Chris/Germany Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 a little addy before the panting sessions: flaps have to be detailed ´cause in "down"-position the upper edge is open and a bit of the mechanics are visisble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 (edited) painting sessions: after the whole beast was primed with TAMIYA grey ( spray can) I sanded it with 1200 wet-sandpaper. Although the real bird looks pretty clean in all reference pics I decided to give her a session of preshading. Then she got a overall coat of flat white with another session of sanding/ polishing.Then the whole paintsheme was slightly marked with a soft pencil and the challenge begins: the remaining white areas were masked first in two steps: the outlines were masked with small stripes of tape, the areas then where filled using pure latex. This stuff comes from the movie/theatre business and is exactly the same you can buy from REVELL/TAMIYA/HUMBROL except......the price! Can be found on E-bay and is about 8 -10 dollar for a 500ml can! Can be applied with a brush, brush can be cleaned with water and the whole thing can be removed after painting like a glove! If you check this link you can find a small explanation with pics of the stuff ( german only) on our clubs homepage: http://www.pmc-bodensee.de/html/materialien.html after masking the white areas the next session was the light grey tone masking aka covering the light-grey areas is the same as before: outlines tape, filled with latex, remaining areas are dark grey. addy: all colours/ paints are REVELL Enamels with a quick- dry- additive from the automotive business. demasking after painting will be like unpacking a late X-mas present;-) Edited December 28, 2010 by Chris/Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 To read this step you must at least be 18!..........stripping the beauty! ;-) the following pics show removing the masks and, especially, how easy and great the pure latex works! stripped! next steps will be correcting some minimal paint faults here and there, add addional colours ( nose and top of fins) and mark the cutaway edges red. more to come Chris "the ripper" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 stunning work, chris! das mit dem latex muß ich mir merken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max N Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Fantastc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Dude! What a great scheme. And all of that extra detail work? Just fantastic. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken35 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Splendid! OK, I've just to buy some latex now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) Thanx mates, glad you like it. Still lots of work to do, here´s a short update: gear bay covers have to be reworked because of beeing much to thin straight from the sprue. A piece of balsawood ( 2mm) glued on the backside and sanded into right shape fixes this. Edited January 16, 2011 by Chris/Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Riveting is simulated with thick paint, applied with a toothpick...not really in scale, but looks good for me more to come Chris "the ripper" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 stripped! next steps will be correcting some minimal paint faults here and there, add addional colours ( nose and top of fins) and mark the cutaway edges red. more to come Chris "the ripper" It's interesting how the Soviets/Russians still build their aeroplanes like battleships (even a "dog" like the LaGG-3 was a very tough 'plane). It's also interesting how the greys are very similar to the greys the VVS used on their fighters during WWII. As they say in Texas "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!. Chris, brilliant work, by the way. Regards, Learstang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) Hy guys, quite awhile since this thread was updated......but some progress went on the last weeks and: SHE´s DONE! Here are the progress: After careful masking engines were sprayed with ALQULAD in different shades and ,partially, heavily thinned blue. Edited March 22, 2011 by Chris/Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 After giving her some coats of gloss my hardest decaling session ever started..........lots and lots of stencils on this beast! Code-numbers are masked and sprayed, for stencilling I used the highly recommended sheet from BEGEMOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 While the usual final coat was applied in several sessions ( using REVELL matte, heavily thinned with Turpentine) some additional goodies and details were made: Back antenna for left Vertical fin: chocks for the mainwheels using reference photos: Covers for the backends ( like seen on some of my reference pics), made from kitchen foil and finally: the base ( 75 cm x 50 cm !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 And then:..........Tatatataaaaa!!!.....Rollout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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