dennismcc Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) I decided in the end to stick with what I have, however I really cannot understand how I came to be painting the engine pod in the first place, I normally paint the undersides first, it must have been a "senior moment", so on with the show and masking tape at the ready I masked off the RLM 81 areas, the cockpit and the wheel wells. I also "cheated" and used Montex masks for the clear parts and they are great ! With the underside airbrushed with RLM76 (Xtracolor) it was time to mask off the undersides/lower half of the fuselage and paint the upper RLM 82 (Xtracolor X212) using paper masks and White Tac to get a soft demarcation line. I have got my building programme wrong this time as I usually have two models on the go so that when I am held up on one kit I can continue work on the other one unfortunately both kits have ended up at the paint stage at the same time so I seem to be waiting for paint to "cure" all the time, at the moment I am waiting for the paint to fully dry on my MDC Hawker Typhoon so that I can mask off for some markings. Cheers Dennis Edited October 12, 2019 by dennismcc Replaced blurred Photobucket photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) Well the RLM82 went on really well though I forgot to take some photos of it, next was a tricky one, the downward sloping wing tips had a "paper doilie" effect pattern on it that I did not want to leave out so a bit of ingenuity (or bodging) was called for, the first attempt was to photo copy the profile of "my" aircraft and make a mask with a new #11 blade. This one went into the "too hard" box, the next idea and I saw it on a build on here was to use some Blu Tac to mask off the pattern, so the wingtip was masked off and airbrushed with RLM76. And the Blu Tac was added with a toothpick Not convinced though, the splodges are too irregular so I will have to try and make it more convincing with a brush. As I was removing the masking tape I managed to rip off the wing (!), this was glued back on but I ended up with a few spots of CA on the fuselage which meant that I had to sand them down and will need to re paint the RLM 82. This is were I am now Cheers Dennis Edited October 12, 2019 by dennismcc Replaced blurred Photobucket photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 7, 2014 Share Posted May 7, 2014 Looks good Den! Shame about the wing coming off - must've freaked you out! I agree about the pattern on the wing tips though - I'm not convinced either. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 (edited) For a simple build of a very nice kit I'm making a real dogs dinner of this one, but there is some progress, I've repaired the paint paintwork after the wing pulling off incident, and I have redone the paintwork on the "winglets". So time for some markings, I like to paint them on using mask,s so when I bought the kit I also bought a set of Montex masks, even though I have changed the identity of "my" subject I thought I would use the national markings from the masks set, so I carefully positioned the upper wing masks. However they did not look right, a quick check on my references (and other people's builds) showed that the crosses on the masks were all oversized, here they are loosely put back in place with the kit decals for comparison. Maybe the subjects in the Montex set had larger crosses. So I think that tomorrow morning I will start on the decal route using the Kit decals and the Kagero ones Cheers Dennis Edited October 12, 2019 by dennismcc Replaced blurred Photobucket photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) I'm determined to get this one finished, so out with the decals, in my decal file I found a 1/48 Aero Master decals sheet of swastika's and it had the right size, design, and colour for "my" aircraft, the national insignia and stencils would be from the kit decals and the individual aircraft identification from the Kagero Topcolours decals. The kit decals did not settle very well despite my nice shiny paintwork (which was also polished with a nail buffer) and they required some heavy duty Micro Sol and Set treatment. The Aero Master and Kagero decals went on a treat and were a pleasure to use, highly recommended. The gun troughs were painted black with Humbrol 85, not a perfect job but I did not want to chase my tail neatening up with RLM76 then black then RPLM 76, so I left it as it was. The Aero Master sheet And the decals all done Cheers Dennis Edited October 12, 2019 by dennismcc Replaced blurred Photobucket photos shepard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 (edited) Well I'm still plodding away on this one, it's amazing what a matt coating does for a model, I also gave it some very light weathering as these aircraft were fairly new and as they were the latest wonder weapons I presume they would have been looked after well by their ground crews, rather than the sad pictures of derelict airframes that we are used to seeing. However I still managed to overdo it and had to backtrack a tad which has left some interesting over spray in some areas. Which I have decided to leave well alone as it would mean masking over decals ! My camera also seems to favour green, all my photos show the paint as a vibrant green which it is not, so holding the model in front of the screen I have adjusted the colour to show a more realistic colour. Just a few bits and pieces to do now. Edited October 12, 2019 by dennismcc Replaced blurred Photobucket photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Nice progress Den! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Looks good Den, on the home stretch now! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Looks really good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 the colors match good together....awesome results! shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thanks guys, I've just got back from 2 weeks holiday so I should now be able to get round to finishing this one off and speeding up progress on the MDC Typhoon Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 (edited) Well it's certainly took a while to shake off the holiday effect but at last I have finished my first kit for 2014, for some reason this one was not easy to photograph, I had to have three attempts to get some photos that I was happy with, my camera seems to intensify green, but here are the best of them. Cheers Dennis Edited October 12, 2019 by dennismcc Replaced blurred Photobucket photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Looks great Den! Really makes me want to build one some day. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Looks great Den! Really makes me want to build one some day. Kev Agreed! It turned out really terrific. Surprisingly, I have the "V-Tail" conversion for this from Fusion, but do not actually have the kit itself in my stash. Im waiting for a forward swept wing conversion from a friend. Great job on this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 That's Nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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