Collin Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 OOB build, eventually will be Salty Dog 231 from VX-23. Cheers Collin Uncarina, Out2gtcha, Gazzas and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 oh that looks nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Nice work! I like the pre-shading a lot, not your average panel line job. A-10LOADER 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ringleheim Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Love the staining all over the paint job. These things used to get filthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Wasn't completely happy with the MIG color grey's as the base colors. They were just too close to each other and washed each other out. I grabbed some Vallejo acrylic paint that was a slightly darker tint for both the 36320 and 35237. Did a respray (more a marble coat) of the new tints and I like the separation of the base colors much better. The lighting of my workbench isn't that great so the photos aren't be best, sorry about that. From the limited photos I have vX-23 repainted the vert stabs after they got rid of the dayglow orange tails. I painted them in a slightly cleaner paint. Cleaned up the bench and now it's time to move onto detail painting and then decals. Weathering is going to wait until post-decal. Cheers Collin A-10LOADER and Daniel Leduc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnq Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Looking very nice so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Sweet paintwork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Awesome work so far Collin and I love your choice of subject. You hardly ever seen a PAX Tomcat being built. Looking forward to future updates. Steve "TOMCATS FOREVER, BABY...!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 BLUF....I tried something new, and now this build is dead. Attempted to use some masking fluid to cover panel lines then cover the area with Tamiya Smoke. Well after putting the fluid on, letting it dry...dabbing some more on the upper area, I then painted on some thin smoke. I kept going. They tried to tone everything down with a slight coat of very well thinned BUFF from Tamiya. First wing...very nice subtle tone down of the smoke. Mixed some more and turned the wing yellow...now I had a mismatched wing. Followed buy the next hour of repainting, mixing, repainting some more to make the upper colors match again. I was able to get everything back sorta like it was before. But then I tried taking the masking fluid off. It was stuck to the kit like cement. Completely ruined the horizontal stabs and then tried the upper surface of the aircraft. The kit was a MORT after that. I had to bin it. I believe I am a good modeler and just went to far instead of sticking with basics. I like the effects of the multi-tone pre-shading/base painting I have done on this kit (and others before it. I made the mistake of experimenting on this kit when I shouldn't have. I should have just stuck to the basics....gloss/decals/semi-gloss/panel line wash/some light oil weathering/heavier weathering around the engines...and semi/flat coat....done. I love this hobby, it just sometimes bites you and keeps you humble. Cheers Collin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 You ARE a great modeler! We all push the envelope at times with varied outcomes, but the next build is usually better no matter the result of the previous build. Thank you for sharing your work. Sincerely, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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