Thunnus Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Thanks for the comments guys! I'm sure you'll be hearing from the maker of the landing gear replacements very soon! Here are the RLM 76 parts after they've been given a brown pastel wash. You can now start to see the rivet detail that was added to many of the parts. The prop blades have been painted, chipped and given a few coats of salt fading. Fanes, Martinnfb, scvrobeson and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Great work, very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 9:45 AM, Thunnus said: I messed up the windshield. When trying to attach the armored glass, the capillary action of the Tamiya Extra Thin seeped in and made a mess of things. Thankfully, Hasegawa supplied a spare windshield. If you ever have to do that again (clear part on clear part) use Future/Klear or UV glue. This is a less risky approach. I like what I saw up to now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Bautiful work on the prop blades - I'm going to copy your approach for my Messerschmitt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Apologies for the delay: Sincerely, Mark Shiba 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 Thanks guys! Thank you Mark, for that detail on the landing gear indicators on the upper wing! A question... Vincent K was kind enough to send me some stencil decals from the MDC resin cockpit set. It includes some decals for the exterior. Does anyone know which port the blue/red circular stencil decal is for? I don't have the instructions, unfortunately. Dpgsbody55 and Antonio Argudo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Argudo Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Shiba, daHeld and Thunnus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 On the upper port wing there are 2 hatches just outboard of the wing root. This decal is placed over the round hatch with Pressluft fur MK toward the front. Just in case, the Sauerstoff decal goes on the modeler scribed hatch under the stbd. wing. HTH, D.B. Thunnus and Shiba 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Nice work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) The aftermarket landing gear legs have been painted. I added the brake line spanning the retracting oleo section. I decided to go dark grey on the legs so the detail doesn't quite pop. The Barracuda resin wheels have been painted as well. I'll probably do one more round of weathering to tone down the white stenciling. After spraying the canopy frames dark grey (RLM 66), I spray the frames in black. I want to make sure that the frames are opaque. Nothing says, "Hi, I'm a plastic model!" than light shining through thinly-painted canopy frames! I'm also settling on the exterior colors using my 262 engine nacelle as a paint mule. RLM 76 Version 2 Light Blue - AK Real Colors RLM 76 Late War Variation Yellow/Green - AK Real Colors RLM 81 Version 3 Brown/Violet - AK Real Colors RLM 75 Grey Violet - Mr Hobby Aqueous RLM 83 Dark Green - Mr Hobby Aqueous The lighter grey is a Tamiya shade that I don't quite like so I'll have to revisit that color. Edited December 5, 2019 by Thunnus Antonio Argudo, LSP_Kevin, D.B. Andrus and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 Added a pigment wash to stain the tires a little bit more... TenSeven, D.B. Andrus, LSP_Kevin and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Great progress John. Cheers Bevan Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Struts, wheels,, & tires look great. I'd stick a structural pin into the landing gear/wheel well locating pin. But that's just me. Sincerely, Mark Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Excellent progress so far, John! I have a set of those new landing gear parts too, and they are indeed fantastic. Kev Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 Thanks for checking in guys! The tail on this particular aircraft is colored differently than the rest of the aircraft, perhaps a replacement? And since it involves masking hard-edged mottles, I thought it would be easier to paint the tail now before the wings and elevators are glued into place. I can also practice my new mottling preshade technique. First I highlight the panel lines and other details in black. Using a brillo scrubbing pad, I establish the first stage mottle, which is a diffused effect. With a artist's template for random hole patterns, I get a second later of harder edged mottling. Over this preshading pattern, I spray my Light Blue (RLM 76). The Light Blue is masked off and the tail unit is painted Grey (RLM 75) I scaled up the tail mottle pattern from the JaPo 109K book to approximately 1/32 scale and used it trace a mask in AutoCAD to export to my Silhouette cutter. Here is the tail with the final Dark Green (RLM 83). The black swastika is bordered in white and such a thin border is a paint to mask to I'll probably use a decal. The 332884 mask for the tail did not accurately resolve so I'm going to try and cut some new masks. Otherwise, I can also resort to decals. F-4Phanwell, LSP_Kevin, TenSeven and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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