Scale32 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Great looking paint. Cheers Bevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Brilliant! Really digging the paint work so far. Can't wait to see what the whole thing looks like. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) Thank you so much for checking in with this build! Comments are greatly appreciated! Due to limited time over the weekend, I've held off on starting the main painting. Instead, I occupied myself by painting the Barracuda resin wheels. Much effort was made to make the tread grooves darker than the tread surfaces. Edited February 11, 2019 by Thunnus AceofClubs, scvrobeson, Wackyracer and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 need to go back and repaint the G10 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Hi Your work is beautiful but one remark : if there was putty applied, there would be no panel line visible. Putty was also applied on rivets by the way But your painting is really impressive V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Sublime paint work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Great show. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 11, 2019 Author Share Posted February 11, 2019 Thanks for the comments everyone! 7 hours ago, Vincent/MDC said: Hi Your work is beautiful but one remark : if there was putty applied, there would be no panel line visible. Putty was also applied on rivets by the way But your painting is really impressive V Thank you Vincent! You bring up a very good point and it was something that I thought about but decided against representing. Two primary reasons. Firstly, it's hard to make a model without surface detail look realistic. I'm sure there are ways but they are beyond me. Secondly... I know it was the intention of the Luftwaffe to eliminate the surface imperfections on the 262 using putty but I'm doubtful as to how successful they were. And since Yellow 3 was a well used aircraft, I am thinking that a model with visible rivets and panel lines may not be entirely inaccurate. Azor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageEagle Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Rivets and panel lines can still be seen in close up photos. The surface was not completely smooth, but imperfections removed. See for example a close up of W.Nr. 111711: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/messerschmitt-me-262-family-photograph-41 Azor, D.B. Andrus, Vandy 1 VX 4 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, VintageEagle said: Rivets and panel lines can still be seen in close up photos. The surface was not completely smooth, but imperfections removed. See for example a close up of W.Nr. 111711: https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/messerschmitt-me-262-family-photograph-41 you would almost certainly not see a panel line under the paint but it's a model so why not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageEagle Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 (edited) One thing to be noticed from the photo of W.Nr. 111711 is that putty was not applied on all rivets. The following photo shows the nose of a painted Me 262 where you can still see the panel lines and other details, but I agree that the effect is probably more subtle than if they had not applied any putty at all. So, I'd not highlight the panel lines and rivets with a too dark wash on the model: Edited February 11, 2019 by VintageEagle daHeld 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Vincent/MDC said: you would almost certainly not see a panel line under the paint but it's a model so why not The slats would be dropped too but that's alotta extra work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jep1210 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just got caught up on this build, very nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Thanks guys! This will no longer be a black-base build. I've done and sprayed the whole thing silver. Decanted Tamiya AS-12, thinned with Tamiya Lacquer thinner and some Mr Leveling thinner to help even out the coat. The plan now is to establish the putty lines and then apply hairspray over the wing roots to facilitate chipping afterwards. Not sure if I'll add some mottling to give the camo some tonal variation... maybe some color other than black. daHeld, rafju, Wackyracer and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Outstanding work so far John - really nice! Will you be displaying this bird in flight? I was just wondering why the leading edge slats are in the closed position? Perhaps you mentioned it earlier in the thread - I must have missed it! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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