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Dandiego

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Don, the orange is straight  out of the little  square  bottle.

 

I have 3 choices when it comes to decals. 1, kit decals which are in English and  35 years old. 2, An old Microscale sheet , English with no placement diagram and maybe 25 years  old or , the Two bobs sheet.

 

I will be using the Twobobs  sheet at first and I will see how it goes. None of these options are perfect.

 

I am ready to spray the  white paint.   Stay tuned.

 

Dan

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Alright I have done a ton of masking. I have gotten out that darn marker again. And I have begun spraying white on the main airframe.

 

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Removed some masking over the grey, Got some orange on the vertical tails.

 

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Coolness!

 

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And a little Brown. Rust actually.

 

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Painting and masking will continue. Lots of oversprays, and at least one orange fingerprint to take care of.

 

Dan

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Hi Dan. I've been following your build here, great job with the challenging paint work! 

 

Question, what color blue does the Revell instructions call out for the inert practice bombs? I was looking at the photo on the box earlier in the thread. I went to the Revell website to download the instructions but they are for a more recent boxing that does not feature the same weapon load-out. 

 

Thanks for doing this WIP, nice to see how you are progressing along, 

 

Greg

 

 

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A lot of masking, a lot of painting, a lot of mistakes....

 

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Many, many small corrections are needed and one really big one near the airbrake. Colorful huh?!

 

I plan on fixing all of the painting mistakes before I unmask the areas that will be natural  metal.

 

Dan

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Thanks Brian. 

 

As much as anything this is "shakedown " cruise  for my new airbrush. It was a Fathers day gift from my son. It is a Paasche Talon and it is very nice. As with any new tool there is an adjustment  period. But it is much more precise than my previous airbrush which I had been using for 30 years.

 

Dan  

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A little progress.....

 

Landing gear with some gloss white paint. Mains are the kit plastic gear, the front gear is metal.

 

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Canopy has the grey applied. However a lot is missing. There is a small shelf at the very rear of the canopy which is not included in the kit. I will have to scratch this detail.

 

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Tanks are also camoed. These are the basic colors but there are still more details to be added.

 

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Seats, I now have both widened. I have found that they sit very low in the cockpit. I think the easiest solution is to raise the cockpit floor.

 

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Stabs. Finally added the missing stencil grey surrounds.

 

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And so it goes,  Dan

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I have been working on the bare metal areas st the rear of the airframe. 

 

First I have applied the Alclad Gloss black base coat.

 

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And after a day to harden off I have applied the metal coats. The basic color is Metalizer buffing Stainless steel. Followed by various metalizer colors to get a worn, hot metal look. A little masking between colors to get a slight panel look on the bottom. This was all followed by a wet coat of Tamiya Clear.

 

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And a little bit more. A metal vent behind the cockpit and the refueling door.

 

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Thanks, Dan

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