Uncarina Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 16 hours ago, Vynce804 said: Hi Tom, really great progress, you have left me way behind! I was wondering what your thoughts on painting the upper camouflage were? I know there is a hard demarcation between the upper and lower surfaces but do you intent to have a feathered or hard edge to the upper camo colours? cheers Matt Matt, thank you! For the upper camo I plan to have a tight feathered edge. I will spray the Ocean Grey, lightly mark the edges of the green, then paint using my trusty Aztek 470 with either the tan or black tip. I use thinned Tamiya paints, and a low pressure for this. Hope your build is going well! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Madmax said: You really don't mess around Tom. The surface detail is fantastic, and who would have imagined that it would be Airfix to pioneer this in an injection moulded kit (not sure about the Kinetic F-86). Once you have done a kit like this, does 1:32nd scale seem a bit fiddly? Thank you! This is my first Airfix kit since I was a kid, and I have been well and truly impressed! At this point, 1/32 does seem a little small, though my B-17 begs to differ! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, dennismcc said: That looks great and as others have said the surface detail looks "real", this thread is starting to make me want to build one of mine when my current projects are finished. Cheers Dennis Dennis, thanks! It would be great to see you work your magic with this kit. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Pastor John said: Amazing Tom, thanks for posting Pastor John, thank you! I am a big fan of your work. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobsyouruncle Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Lovely work. A fair bit neater than mine and you work a lot faster too. great stuff. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Excellent progress Tom, I really fancy building one of these as they look just amazing kits to build. Keep up the great work. Regards. Andy Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Well done; looking good, Tom! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Thanks guys! I very much recommend this kit, and know all of you would excel at building it. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 19 hours ago, Bobsyouruncle said: Lovely work. A fair bit neater than mine and you work a lot faster too. great stuff. Bob, I am very impressed with your work. Building the front windscreen from scratch, for example: meticulous! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 Just a little update: prepped with a Tamiya AS-12 application followed by a dark sea blue mottling. Paint to follow! Cheers, Tom R Palimaka, MikeMaben, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynce804 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Hi Tom, looking really good! What brand of paints are you going to use? Also on some builds I have seen, the fuselage halves have been joined before being offered up to the Wings, which is contrary to what the instructions say, just interested to know what you did. Cheers. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 Matt, Thanks! These days I use Tamiya paints and Quickshine (very much like Future). I finished the wing assembly (joining upper and lower halves), then taped the fuselage halves together to get a feel for joining them to the wing. This gave me the confidence to glue the fuselage together before joining to the wing. The fit is really impressive, especially for a kit this size. The advantage was being able to tackle the fuselage seams without having the wings in the way. Overall the only fit challenge I have faced was the cowling sections. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 (edited) ...and a wee update: Edited December 4, 2018 by Uncarina Vynce804, MikeMaben, Out2gtcha and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Nice! That yellow really pops with the camo. I'm no expert but are the invasion stripes the correct width? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 Brian, Thanks! Not invasion stripes: the ID stripes the Tiffies used before D-Day to prevent confusion with the FW-190’s, which they resembled. Cheers, Tom TorbenD, Shawn M, R Palimaka and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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