Fanes Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/29/2019 at 5:49 PM, Kagemusha said: Wow, that really is stunning. On 12/29/2019 at 6:33 PM, Out2gtcha said: Wow, that looks terrific! The green stripes really add to it Thanks a lot mates - I hope to come to a satisfying end with this build. Something unsatiyfying to start with: I had to resort to the decals from two Revell Bf 109G-6 for the drop tanks and they turned out....well see for yourself: I started some small stuff as long as the gloss coat was taking its time to dry. All surfaces painted RLM02 recieved a dark pin wash with oils (raw umber and black). I tried to keep it understated. And finally the Quickboost exhausts (I noticed my bad cleanup as soon as I took the photos - well now it's too late) got some paint. I apllied Alclad steel over a black base followed by pale burnt metal and at last jet exhaust around the openings. More colour will be aded with brown and black oils, pigments and MRP exhaust soot. More bad news - no pictures so far, forgot my camera - from th weathering: I applied two salt fading coats (MRP light grey and a dark brown) and both somehow ate through all previos paint coats down to the black base Joachim kkarlsen, Out2gtcha, mozart and 10 others 8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 keep at it man you got this! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Happ new year Joachim, hopefully you can repair this mishap! Did you do a "sealing" coat BEFORE you started weathering? I´m using Future every time I did a step in weathering (paneling i. e.). It is only slightly time consuming but very useful if the result isn´t satisfying - removing could be done without any damage to the previous steps. Take a breath, have a cup of coffee - and come back with this fantastic 110! Reimund Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Good advice there Joachim from Reimund, take a breath and your time to finish this beauty off properly. Tell me, do you swear in German or your excellent English! 109 and Fanes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 That really is a great shame, but as others have said, just take your time. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Bit of a set back there for sure, but nothing that cant be overcome! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 On 12/31/2019 at 4:01 PM, Shawn M said: keep at it man you got this! Thanks Shawn - I'm going to tackle the beast on the weekend! 4 hours ago, Isar 30/07 said: Happ new year Joachim, hopefully you can repair this mishap! Did you do a "sealing" coat BEFORE you started weathering? I´m using Future every time I did a step in weathering (paneling i. e.). It is only slightly time consuming but very useful if the result isn´t satisfying - removing could be done without any damage to the previous steps. Take a breath, have a cup of coffee - and come back with this fantastic 110! Reimund Thank you very much Reimund - happy new year to you, too! I'll try to gently overspray the damaged area - it might turn out fine since the damage is quite irregular/in small spots. Everything was sealed up twice: first with Tamiya clear, followed by MRP clear after the decals. I guess herein lies the problem: both can be thinned with laqcuer thinner as was the colour used for fading. So Future or any other water based gloss coat would have ruled that out from the beginning. I take the week of frm my Messerschmitt, have several cups of tea to calm down and I'll be back on track in a few days! 4 hours ago, mozart said: Good advice there Joachim from Reimund, take a breath and your time to finish this beauty off properly. Tell me, do you swear in German or your excellent English! Max - you're making me blush behind my screen, but I can assure you most swearing was in German. I might change to English if I finally get back to my Spitfire build Cheers to all of you fine mates Joachim Isar 30/07, 109, LSP_Kevin and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 I dropped my Gladiator this afternoon and swore in Anglo-Saxon! 109, MikeMaben, Out2gtcha and 2 others 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 (edited) Now with some time and courage there comes progress! FIrst of all: damage report From afar everything looks just fine: With closer examination you can see where the paint ate trough all coats down to the base With some RLM79 sprayed on carefully The coat turned out ultra flat and quite light even though it's from the same jar. After some polishing with a sanding stick the result was a lot more even. The salt fading is a lot heavier than I would like it to be - those MRP colours are sometimes covering too good! I'll try to tone the effect down with more filters. Moving on to the underside: Oil-dot-filter Lots of small dots of white, blue, brown and umber apllied with a toothpick and blended in with mineral spirit The area inside the engine cowlings recieved some extra dark oils as a base for the exaust stains While I was waiting for the oils to cure to aplly a gloss coat (hopefully without any surprises) I turned my attention to the exhausts. They recieved multiple very transparent layers of browns. The idea is to break the uniform look of the exhausts and make every single one unique. The effect is really hard to capture in a photo - the rusty sheen is unfortunately invisible. So where am I? gloss coat repairs decals gloss coat salt fading touch ups oil dot filter gloss coat panel wash gun and exhaust stains careful chipping dust and dirt 1000 small things Still lots of things to do but I really do enjoy weathering and I'm relieved that there's now no more need to hurry which obviously wasn't my style at all Edited January 4, 2020 by Fanes 109, LSP_Kevin, Gazzas and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Keep up the great work, Fanes! mpk and Fanes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Keep on truckin' Fanes Fanes and mpk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Servus Joachim, looking at the "damage", I thought this wouldn´t look that bad - it´s a desert veteran that fought most against the elements. Correcting the mishap, now it´s a really war weary 110. Glad, you could fix it and it looks now more convincing to my eye! Can´t wait to see more Progress! Cheers - Reimund Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 On 12/30/2019 at 1:02 PM, Fanes said: Something unsatiyfying to start with: I had to resort to the decals from two Revell Bf 109G-6 for the drop tanks and they turned out....well see for yourself: Great work! Did the discoloration around the decals resolve itself? I've experienced this also when I have not allowed the clear coat to cure thoroughly. The decal solvent (Microsol, in my case) seems to discolor the paint. But I've found that it is temporary and the effect fades pretty quickly. mpk and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted January 9, 2020 Author Share Posted January 9, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 7:15 PM, Thunnus said: Great work! Did the discoloration around the decals resolve itself? I've experienced this also when I have not allowed the clear coat to cure thoroughly. The decal solvent (Microsol, in my case) seems to discolor the paint. But I've found that it is temporary and the effect fades pretty quickly. Unfortunately it didn't at least not to my satisfaction. My guess is that it's related to the flat carrier film of the Revell decals. I carefully sprayed some blue in their vicinity and that turned out as bright as under the decal - so the final flat coat might resolve the issue mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Well a lot of time went by since my last update. Work and some other hobbies got in the way but here we are. Oil dot filter applied to the upper surface Stuff left to do: gloss coat repairs decals gloss coat salt fading touch ups oil dot filter gloss coat panel wash gun and exhaust stains careful chipping dust and dirt 1000 small things Cheers Joachim mozart, Elger, Brett M and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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