1to1scale Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 I will describe the last few nights... Sanding Sanding Sanding And tonight, sanding. But, you have to treat Hobbycraft like they are short run kits, because they are. The plastic is very thick close and translucent, glue takes a while to set, and sanding is needed to fix some seams, no, all the seams. The good news is it just required a few spots of filler, except for the belly scoop. It's not even close. I had to load it up with filler and let it dry a while. This will give me time to work on some details. LSP_Kevin, MikeMaben and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 (edited) I found a great source for the fishtail exhaust...Hasegawa P-40N from the Eduard kit. Since it comes with Resin exhausts, the plastic ones are fair game. Hopefully Brassin will sell them separately, and I don't have to keep buying these Eduard kits. Edited January 28, 2018 by 1to1scale TorbenD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Getting closer to prime, looks like I have another round of putty and sanding. r0t0rdr1ver, MikeMaben, jean luc and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nice work, everything seems to fall into place effortlessly . Love it ! Cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Not so bad, yes quite a bit more filling and sanding than I first thought, and if I did another, I would have used plastic shims and not as much filler. I had hoped to have it painted by last night, but I am now actually ready to throw the first coat primer on, everything is masked and ready to go. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 (edited) This quick build is still fighting me, after filling some goofs, i primered it again, applied some masks, then... Yup, disaster struck. I spilled yellow all over the nose, I grabbed a paper towel and made it worse. So cleaned up as much as I could with alcohol and waited for it to dry. Edited February 4, 2018 by 1to1scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 After drying some, I sanded out the goof, then sprayed some more paint. In the end, no rivets were lost. The silver is now covered with chipping fluid, prepped for paint. Gigant and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Camo is done, I stupidly forgot the fin flash and didn't realize it until I was spraying the Sea Gray over the tail, which I prepped with white before. I am going to have to spray it white next before I come in with blue and red on the roundels. The Beaty of masks, you can spray them either way, it's just getting white to cover over dark colors is tough. KiwiZac, LSP_Kevin and Shawn M 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Gorgeous job so far. I have a couple or three of these kits in my stash and they beckon me, they do. I had six once, I'm down to my last three, I have one of each except the A-36. It's not a bad kit, just be prepared to use a little filler on the seams and both scoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 I figured out why I forgot to mask the fin flash...Montex didn't include any! Really? Save $.50 on the masks? Shame on them. I ended up having to mask my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 I'm getting paint finished up, next is some weathering. This project was the most complex as far as how many different colors I had to airbrush. Camo paints were standard Tamiya British colors, the rounded blue is 8:1 blue:black, the red is 6:1 mix of red:nato brown. I was a little skeptical about the brown red, but after painting, it looks right. R Palimaka and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 chipped and clearcoated LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Weathered and mostly assembled, still a few bits and a dullcoat needed. Weathered using wash (Flory grime and dark dirt), pigments (dirt on wings), pastels (soot and oil), and oils (ivory black, burnt umber, raw umber) Shawn M and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 MikeMaben, Shawn M, KiwiZac and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Looks really nice. Wish I'd not sold my couple of this kit (for reasons not now apparent to me?). Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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