Shawn M Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 looking good! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Go go go! you’re almost there! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 Getting one step closer to the finishline: I applied the blend coat of RLM79 It's kept very transparent so far because I plan to do the final blending after the RLM80 stripes are in place. Some weird bright spots appeared after drying - this never happened before. I couldn't motivate myself to tackle the RLM80 stripes since I'm not a 100% sure how to do them. My first idea was to paint them black and slowly build up the green like on a regular black base. This would require a lot of time and the black base has to be really precise. The traditional way would be to paint the green directly on the RLM79 which worked only so so on my 109. What do you guys think? As a distraction I tackled the props. I shamelessly copied Thunnus' technique from his 109K-4 build. Alclad Aluminium base coat, hairspray, RLM70 - light and dark spots via Radu's template and then chipping (stiff brush and a toothpick). The photo didn't turn out like I wanted but anyway here it is: The spinners recieved a coat with Mr. Color off white, followed by MRP RLM23 red for one third - photos will follow after unmasking. Cheers Joachim BradG, LSP_Kevin, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Very nice paint job so far! Håkan Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 On 12/24/2019 at 10:34 PM, Azgaron said: Very nice paint job so far! Håkan Thanks Håkan - more to come later today Azgaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Terrific paint job, all that hard work really paid off. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 One small step after another - getting there slowly I finished painting today but first things first: the finished props and spinners: Raising the curtain - ehm masks: I had some problems with paint lifting on the crosses, but I'll fix that after the gloss coat. What's left to do: gloss coat repairs decals salt fading oil dot filter panel wash gun and exhaust stains careful chipping dust and dirt 1000 small things Quite a lot of tasks for the next 5 days Alain Gadbois, Phantom2, Isar 30/07 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Ah, the addition of the green lines brings it all together now Joachim! I couldn’t quite see where it was heading before then, but that now looks superb. Pre-planning, just wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 15 hours ago, mozart said: Ah, the addition of the green lines brings it all together now Joachim! I couldn’t quite see where it was heading before then, but that now looks superb. Pre-planning, just wonderful! Max - neither could I! I had no idea if my plan would work out. Luckily it turned out as I hoped it would mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 nice nice nice! that looks fantastic Fanes. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Well look at that. Looks great. How did you do the green lines free hand ? Masks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 12 hours ago, rigor said: Well look at that. Looks great. How did you do the green lines free hand ? Masks Thanks rigor - the green lines were free handed with a 0.15mm needle and a lot of patience/swearing. Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 So where am I right now? What's left to do: gloss coat repairs decals gloss coat salt fading oil dot filter gloss coat panel wash gun and exhaust stains careful chipping dust and dirt 1000 small things Well it seems to me that I'm not going to make it until the dead line. The repairs took me a lot longer than expected (some idiot spilled levelling thinner on the model) and the Dragon decals took about half a day to really settle in (even with the hot Mr. Mark Softer). Since I need to apply two more gloss coats - one of them tomorrow after work, there's no way to finish this here in time. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Wow, that really is stunning. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Wow, that looks terrific! The green stripes really add to it Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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