Kagemusha Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Looks great, keep on keeping on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmctaggart Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 A quick update. A bit of detailing with some light deck tan and sky gray as well as starting to prep for the metal.Rock on. Gord Landrotten Highlander, Shawn M, Anthony in NZ and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmctaggart Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Black Tail. Gord BradG, johncrow, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dany Boy Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Missed this one but it’s looking very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmctaggart Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Titanium Tail Gord BradG, Landrotten Highlander, johncrow and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmctaggart Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Dirty Tail. Gord LSP_Kevin, johncrow, BradG and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmctaggart Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Stripped Tail. Ohh and so stripped it took off the paint. NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS VALLEJO PRIMER. Thanks for checking this out. Gord johncrow, Out2gtcha, BradG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Looks great, but I too have never ever had luck with Vallejo primer. I switched over to Tamiya/Mr Surfacer 1500 a while back and havnt looked back. Cheetah11 and daveculp 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Very nice paint job! A pity with the primer though! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmctaggart Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Finally, major painting is done. Tape is off and I can see what the results are. Some paint touch ups for ripped paint and over spray as well as picking out the finer details is next. My next worry is whether the paint will hold up to the application of the dry transfer. Some initial work in this regard has not been promising. Perhaps after a few coats of clear over everything it will harden up the paint surface allow me to apply the markings. Time to tread lightly but until then here are some pics of the results so far. Thanks everyone for reading and your words of encouragement. Gord Azgaron, chrish, LSP_Ray and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robthepom Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 your colour modulation technique is very good, thanks for the photo sequences. I'm looking forward to seeing you dry transfers, i have some to try on my latest build Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Looking good! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Looks amazing. I feel you for the ripped paint I just had this issue on my bf-109 in multiple section of the camo.. form what I gathered is was mostly due to finger grease on the plastic prior to primer. The rear was to random to be anything else. I really like your multicolor basing on the top side really gives an interesting waethering effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmctaggart Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Thanks everyone. Neo, Your probably right, I had washed the model before building nut perhaps needed to do a more thorough job. It has made the process very frustrating. So a quick update. After being sick for a couple of weeks and other holiday commitments it has put me against the wall. I have been able to address the paint rips and started using the dry transfer. I was really looking forward to using these but after applying a few markings realized this was not going to work. The larger graphics seemed to work the best and I was able to apply these without issue. However the smaller ones created the problem. Parts of them would not transfer over and so I would continue to apply more pressure and keeping rubbing them to no avail. They would then pucker the paint underneath or the paint would adhere to the transfer sheet and rip. Realizing that this wasn't going to work, I changed horses and went back to building up the kit with the Tamiya decals. So far this has been fine however some of these have cracked or ripped on me. Needless to say, with 5 days before the end, I am on a knife edge between completing the kit and disaster should something not work out. I am hoping to have the decals finished up in the next day so I can do a clear coat, final assembly.and weathering. Fingeres crossed. Thanks again for everyones support. Gord Alain Gadbois, BradG, Azgaron and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrotten Highlander Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 crossing me finger and toes so all may work out for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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