DoogsATX Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Thanks! Need to vary up the metals a bit. The forward fuselage of the 262 was steel, apparently, not aluminum, so I'll see to that. Then I need to deep think on how I want to weather the metal and whether I need to do that before or after the rest of the work. After that it's on to the putty lines, paint on the engine pods and tail, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 Matt Simply stellar looking. Absolutely a gorgeous NMF Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 NMF "shading" last night. I started out by spraying Gunze Super Stainless Steel and was surprised to see it drying lighter than the SF Silver. I guess the silver acts kinda like Alclad Airframe Aluminum then... Needing more tonal variation, I had to switchover to Alclad, and used Aluminum, White Aluminum, Dark Aluminum and Magnesium to contrast some different portions of the skin. It looks a bit contrasty now, but that's intentional, since the visual clutter of all the putty will knock down the contrast of the NMF. Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Some painting on detail bits tonight. RLM 02 for the struts and internal gear doors and a ******* mix representing RLM 77 for the control surfaces. Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy vd M. Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Looks nice! Finish line is becoming in sight I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprm Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 MMMmmmm.. Me-262! A subject matter that's dear to my heart! Great work so far Matt... I'm fascinated to know what colors you will choose for the multi-colored patch-work exterior surfaces. (???) So many models that I have seen so far and artwork depictions of this particular War-end patch-work color scheme, have got it so wrong - to date Cheers! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Starting to mask the 262 for putty lines. Slow going... red baron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 20, 2014 Share Posted January 20, 2014 Geez Matt, that looks like a heck of a lot of work! I would have considered doing it in reverse: paint the airframe the putty colour, and mask out the lines using Blu-tac or similar, and then spraying the silver. Will be interesting to see how this turns out! What are you using for the masking agent? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 Geez Matt, that looks like a heck of a lot of work! I would have considered doing it in reverse: paint the airframe the putty colour, and mask out the lines using Blu-tac or similar, and then spraying the silver. Will be interesting to see how this turns out! What are you using for the masking agent? Kev I considered doing that, but considering all the surface work that NMF needs, I was worried that the masking would introduce challenges to polishing the base coat and so on. My masking agent is a liquid frisket. It's basically just liquid latex. Adheres rather well, but also leaves no adhesive and pulls right up when the time comes. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 After four nights of masking, the 262 is just about ready to go. Just have to finish up some work on the stabilizers and then I finally get to break out the paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Matt Incredible! Thanks for the tip on the liquid mask and just can't wait to see how the 262 looks after the masking is removed. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 That's a really interesting way to mask for the putty lines. Will have to see how that works out, then try it on a future build. The metal work looks great so far Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Interesting approach… keen to see the results! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogsATX Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Finished up the 4+ day masking job tonight: And moved on to paint! For the gray putty I went with Tamiya Medium Sea Gray 2. The darker putty splotches up front look very much like RLM 81 in the color photos, so that's what I went with, using a mix of Tamiya XF-27, XF-22 and XF-10. I won't be able to remove all of the masking until tomorrow, but I went ahead and stripped one of the stabilizers to show the effect (FYI the stab putty lines were intentionally left broad...fuselage lines will be narrower for the most part). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Interesting, interesting…. starting to look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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