dodgem37 Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 I like your style. Sincerely, Mark Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted April 28, 2019 Author Share Posted April 28, 2019 Detail painting in the cockpit is 90% complete (right hand console): The instrument panel was quite a struggle. The raised indices on the dials are really hard to paint. I laid down a white based followed by numerous ultra thin black coats (like a wash) to leave the raised areas white. Well in theory... I do prefer dials without raised details and individual decals for them! Enough of the ultra close ups - let's get to the dry fit of the cockpit in the fuselage: When the last bits are done (probably tomorrow) I'll add a gloss coat, placards, washing, chipping and then I can finally close the fuselage for good! CZPetrP, LSP_Kevin, BradG and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 looking very nice Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Wow that IP is insane. Great work Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Looking good. Regards. Andy Fanes and Out2gtcha 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 One quick shot from the bench: I put the cockpit placards into place. They're all from MDC. The ones on the radio equipment are in 1/48, since there was no way to get the 1/32 ones in place. The Mr. Mark Softer will hopefully do it's magic work and all the decals wills ttle properly without silvering. I'm considering to put the MDC instrument dials on the IP because I'm really not happy with my painting. What do you guays think? florin13, Fvdm, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 They look fine considering what you're given to work with . Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 I think they look pretty good, too. Inside a cockpit and not blown up, it is really hard to pick up details anyway. Nice work you have going there! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 Well I'll leave it as it is right now. A small test with a MDC decal on the clock (right beneath the Revi) wasn't convincing for me. The decal looks great - way better than what I've achieved but the Dragon dials are just a tad bigger than the decals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 I finally painted the gloss coat on! After a liberal amount of time (read 5 days) I got to start the washing. I'm in general a huge fan of this technique but I think it's usually overdone. My wash for the ockpit were in fact three different one for the different surfaces (RLM02, bluegrey and RLM66). The RLM02 wash basically consists of raw umber, blue and some white which were mixed to look exactly like the RLM02. A small amount of black in the mix ensured a nice emphasis on the details. As you can see - the effect isn't overly prominent. The wires on the left sidewall were cleaned up after the photo! I'll apply a flat coat to seal everythin up later on. With some chipping and the construction of the HGW seatbelts (may take some time - it's a first time for me) the cockpit will soon be ready to be installed! Thanks for watching Joachim florin13, BradG, JefH and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Looks really nice Joachim, coming along nicely. Regards. Andy Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 I love a well painted cockpit, well done Joachim. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Great paintjob. Looks real great. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Motivating job. Nice... Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 Thanks a lot guys - you're really keeping me motivated! I fiddled with the seatbelts yesterday evening and I'm still not finished. I'll shoot some pictrues later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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