dennismcc Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, Out2gtcha said: Not sure about shipping, but places like Bass Pro shop have the set: https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/lead-wire-assortment I would think that shipping would kill that one but it still gives me an idea of sizes, so I will have to look at the fishing community over here, thanks for that Cheers Dennis Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Now to the markings, I bought the Maketar set for the Ki84 as I dislike decals and am rubbish at applying them so I normally use masks. However the masks I ordered are Kabuki tape and I could not see what was on the sheet as the cuts are very fine and the instructions are non existant. I could not see the masks and did not know what half of them did, I'm sure that there were some that would have been very handy and they were well made. The canopy masks were very good and the instructions for them were very clear. though. So I could make out the Hinomaru's but did not know which applied to my subject so I had to measure the kit decals to find the ones to use on the sheet. These were then cut out. The problem that I had with the "Bandages" was to ensure that I got the markings central and in the right position on the wing, so I measured the mask and the "bandage" and put some Tamiya tape across the wing to get the marking central, some pen marks were then made on the mask lining up on panel lines to ensure that the position on the wing was correct. The masks were then prepared with some transfer Tamiya tape to hold the circle in the mask, this would ensure that the mask stayed round and I was not left with egg shaped markings. All ready to go with the mask circles removed. Everything else masked off just in case. The the airbrush was loaded up with Sovereign Colourcoats ACJ20 Hinomaru Red and way I went. The finished article And a small repair was needed where I had polished the matt paint a bit too much, a small decal goes here so rather that use a gloss coat I just buff up the area with a nail buffer, so out with the Sovereign Colourcoats ARJ01 Khaki and it was like new.. It wasn't all a success story as I failed trying to line up the mask on the tail, I just could not get it to fit where it transitions from the fin to the fuselage so i will reluctantly have to use the kit decal. Cheers Dennis Alain Gadbois, LSP_Kevin, Out2gtcha and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Lovely job going on here Dennis. Awesome clean build. Troy dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 That looks terrific, Den! Kev dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 love it! dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 4, 2018 Author Share Posted December 4, 2018 20 hours ago, Troy Molitor said: Lovely job going on here Dennis. Awesome clean build. Troy Thank you Troy, it will get marginally dirtier later but as I'm rubbish at weathering it won't be much ! 20 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: That looks terrific, Den! Kev Thanks Kev, I'm really beginning to get back into the modelling" groove" and enjoying it. 19 hours ago, Shawn M said: love it! Thank you Shawn, it's nice to hear it. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Well I have not been neglecting this one too much, the tail marking was still bugging me so I decided to revert to my original plan, initially I painted the tail yellow to reverse mask the marking but I decided to mask it off as normal, my sausage like fingers were not up to this so I gave up. Rather that use a decal which I don't like and would not match the other yellows that I had airbrushed I went as follows: Tail airbrushed yellow. Spare Kabuki mask supplied by Matetar, with transfer tape applied to hold it together while I placed it on the model. Mask surround removed, ready to apply to model. Mask applied to model And the result, just need to do the red "shadow" lines now. Cheers Dennis Alain Gadbois, Fanes, MikeMaben and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Looking mighty fine Dennis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Lovely efforts here Dennis. Take your time. It’s coming out perfect! Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 That looks MOST excellent Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 10 hours ago, Kagemusha said: Looking mighty fine Dennis. Thank you it's trundling along nicely. 6 hours ago, Troy Molitor said: Lovely efforts here Dennis. Take your time. It’s coming out perfect! Yep no rushing here, I do have a side project on the go to fill in time while I wait for paint to dry on the Hayate, more soon on this one. 6 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: That looks MOST excellent Dennis Thank you, it is appreciated. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Nice build and great paintjob. The yellow on the tail worked out nice. dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 7 hours ago, Fvdm said: Nice build and great paintjob. The yellow on the tail worked out nice. Thank you, I am really pleased with this one after it "waiting" for me for such a long time to gather my enthusiasm once more. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Hey sweet ! masking worked out quite well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 13 hours ago, MikeMaben said: Hey sweet ! masking worked out quite well Yes, I'm very pleased that it worked, I'll leave it a couple of days now before trying to mask off for the red component. Cheers Dennis MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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