mywifehatesmodels Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Oh yeah, baby! That looks spectacular! I just got this kit, myself and have been been digging on the web for as much reference material as I can find. I think I will be building it next. So, with that in mind, I have to ask what paints you used and how you liked the Montex masks? I was thinking of going with one of the Montex schemes, as well. Truly inspiring build, Sir. I love it! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxngee Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 Hi I used a mix of colours which i took from what i saw around the internet as I couldn't find out any conclusive conversions for the soviet colours into paint ranges so what i settled on was pale blue Revell 49 hellblau green mr colour verdi mimetico n02 brown humbrol 118 interior pale blue grey tamiya xf23 red tamiya flat red just what i thought was right, much as you did with the p-36 colours. I didnt assemble the wings as one piece tops and one piece bottoms, which in hindsight might have been a better way/ easier way to proceed as i only just got away with doing one wing at a time, and had some awkward fettling to do around the inner wing top pieces. The engine is really nice and could be made a feature but the mounts are scale thickness and suffer from being weak, and theres not much to line up the front of the engine to when you assemble the front fuselage-if you get that wrong the prop will be out of kilter. Theres no back plate behind the spinner. However to me it ended up looking the part, the Montex masks were fiddly, if you get them in position they mask well with no paint creep , its just lining them up is the challenge, I've used montex before on a P-47' snortin bull' and they were good, even the serial number worked and theres no comparison to a decal, a brilliant finish. Hope this helps and encourages you, remember she's a big old battlewagon when finished, I'm having storage problems with it already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Thanks for the info! I will probably end up going a similar route. I know there are the Akan paints available, but there's still plenty of doubt with those and I'm not sure if I want to buy an entirely new set of paints if I can mix something that's to my liking from what I have and, especially, if I'm not going to like the colors to begin with. The subject of color on these planes seems to be a minefield and I know that I have my own opinions on it and would rather "go with my gut", anyway. However, I'm pretty sure it's going to end up looking very similar to yours and hopefully as well executed. Thanks again, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Nice work Komrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxngee Posted August 28, 2013 Author Share Posted August 28, 2013 spassiba tavarich... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Great-looking model, Jax. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 And here's the article! http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1232 Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxngee Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 thanks kev and all the commenters I'm very flattered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxngee Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) Thanks for the info! I will probably end up going a similar route. I know there are the Akan paints available, but there's still plenty of doubt with those and I'm not sure if I want to buy an entirely new set of paints if I can mix something that's to my liking from what I have and, especially, if I'm not going to like the colors to begin with. The subject of color on these planes seems to be a minefield and I know that I have my own opinions on it and would rather "go with my gut", anyway. However, I'm pretty sure it's going to end up looking very similar to yours and hopefully as well executed. Thanks again, John john i have since discovered that according to a vvs modelling website that the brown i used is not accurate-well none of the colours are really but the brown is the bogey, it appears that most of them had a colour i would describe as a warm grey in place of the earthy brown you can see it here http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/il-2/il-2.htm I might try to repaint mine in that colour, be a bit tricky though, anyway I thought you might like to know this Allan Edited September 1, 2013 by jaxngee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 john i have since discovered that according to a vvs modelling website that the brown i used is not accurate-well none of the colours are really but the brown is the bogey, it appears that most of them had a colour i would describe as a warm grey in place of the earthy brown you can see it here http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/il-2/il-2.htm I might try to repaint mine in that colour, be a bit tricky though, anyway I thought you might like to know this Allan Here's a nice long discussion on the subject of VVS colours ! http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234933995-vvs-colours-in-the-great-patriotic-war/?hl=%20vvs%20%20colors Cheers Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaneBramage Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Excellent job bud!! Love this flying tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I really like this camo scheme. And your interpretation is very nice! well done!!! Rom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxngee Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 Here's a nice long discussion on the subject of VVS colours ! http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234933995-vvs-colours-in-the-great-patriotic-war/?hl=%20vvs%20%20colors Cheers Den eeek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Totally cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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