The Dude Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Looks good! Nice work, dutik! That's officially one of the strangest camouflage schemes I've ever seen. Kev I agree it is a strange camo pattern but it sure does break up the outline of the plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 That is one remarkable scheme. Good work. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dutik Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 The nice part of the paintjob: the jam session with oils Goal is a worn and weathered look. Tropical sun, dust, austere conditions, heavy combat duties... Used some light browns, two grays, two greens, yellow and white. Left the red, violet, black and blue in the box. Made a good number of small paint dots with wooden toothpicks and brushed them with a wide brush soaked in turpentine along the airflow. Take care to soak off any turpentine pooling with a clear dry brush, which are common at the wing edges and in recesses. Added some extra streaks too. Wings are ready; fuselage and tail to follow. Close up: Close up of the still clean parts: Enjoy - dutik ShotMagnet, Iain and KiwiZac 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Wow Really different and I can tell you are relieved it's done with......awaiting the final reveal ...looks great Rgds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 Incoming! Take cover! Finished the weathering last weekend. The oil paints just had to dry for some days. A clearcoat, a little bit of paneel lining, some pastels (gunsmoke, eyhaust stains, some dust here and there) and another clearcoat. Vallejo Air Aluminium brushpainted at the canopy frames. Then I peeled the masks off... Port side looks good! Starbord has one window with dust and another with some smear. First idea were glue residues from the masking paint. Tried to rub it of with isopropanol, aka Tamiya acryl thinner, but it is from the inside... Pondering my options I think I will mask the walls around the canopy then try to cut off the front part with a new blade to clean it from inside, then reglue again. My handmade gun sight behind the front window Lower side: UC bay detail: OK. Let's start to build the UC and add some bombs Enjoy! - dutik TaffyMan, Pfuf, ShotMagnet and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 Will at the weekend try to remove the canopy section behind the windscreen (cut it off, to be correct) to clean it from inside (greasy fingerprint) and to remove dust from inside of the other clear parts. Feels like operating at an open heart. Anything is possible from scratches to breaking and worder... Wish me good luck and a steady hand! Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Very nice and unusual !!.........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 The emergency procedures were considered a full success. Opened, cleaned and sealed again the greenhouse without doing harm to the clear parts in the process Now doing some more prosaic work: Building and painting the undercarriage. Only two weeks left until the upcoming exhibition! Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I still can't get over how crazy that paint scheme looks! Great work, mate. Kev dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Standing on my own now: UC struts are a bit flimsy in the lower part around the wheel. Fit and alignment are not great, but good. Struts and othe metal parts are aluminium with a brown wash. Wheels were painted German grey, wheatered with "Vietnam earth" pigments and clearcoated with Ultra matt ernish by Vallejo. So whats left? Touch-ups of the canopy frames - add some more paint here, polish off some too-much paint there. Underwing stores. Rigging of the antennas and break lines. The prop. Will do the touch-upsd and the prop as next step. Rigging and stores maybe in April. Boxing in the model inbetween to take it to an exhibition. Regards - dutik Iain, KiwiZac and TorbenD 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 That's an awesome scheme dutik - really changes the character of the T-6 - nicely interpreted! Iain dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted March 19, 2017 Author Share Posted March 19, 2017 Working on the underwing stores: These are 50kg bombs from Dragons Bf-110 kit. Wait, what? German bombs at an ex-French plane? Oh my dear! Shocking! Not so much. The bomb racks are type "Alsace Schloss 50 mod. 46", which is a french made post-war version of the German light bomb rack of WW2. Used on the Texan, the Toucan (french made Ju-52) and a third one... So we are fine with German bombs too The very plain kit bomb racks still need some more detailling to look like the real deal. Stay tuned. Regards - dutik ClumsyDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Looking really sweet dutik. The weathering is impressive over such a complex colour scheme. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted April 29, 2017 Author Share Posted April 29, 2017 What did you do at the weekend? - Building some bombs and fusing them. OK, we expect a surprise visit from Homeland Security... Ready now. Dragon bombs, Kitty Hawk bomb racks (modified), Evergreen styrene braces, CMK resin nuts, fuse props punched out of PE remnants with Micromarks gourgeous Micro Punch set and cut into propeller shape with my trusty tungsten bladed scissor. A multinational effort, indeed If you need a punch and die set with larger punches than the common modelling sets then look for Micromarks. Largest die is 5,0 mm diameter, which is larger than any other set I know. Highly recommended! Regards - dutik Shawn M and KiwiZac 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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