Shiba Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi, It is really nice touch to add cockpit defogger intake pipe , Great work! Regards, Matsu. Gazzas, MikeMaben, Hartmann52 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) ...also some fuel overflow ports ... They were tubes so I doubt they were flush with the surface. Edited December 11, 2019 by MikeMaben Gazzas, Thunnus and Shiba 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 12:10 AM, MikeMaben said: ...also some fuel overflow ports ... They were tubes so I doubt they were flush with the surface. Hmmm... I think there are slight indentations molded at those spots. Could they be represented as holes? Anyone have any photographic representation of these ports? After the pre-shading has been established, it's time to apply the camo colors. The lower fuselage of White 8 appears to be the yellow-green variant of RLM 76 (aka RLM 84), in contrast to the standard light blue RLM 76 of the tail unit undersides. For this color, I am using AK Real Colors RLM 76 Late War Version, which is very similar to Mr Hobby Aqueous H74 Sky (Duck Egg Green), which I also have. The color is mixed with Tamiya Lacquer thinner at a 2:1 thinner-to-paint ratio and shot through an Iwata HP-C Plus airbrush. The color is built up slowly, keeping an eye on the pre-shading effects. I want to get to a point where the pre-shading is just barely noticeable, with the understanding that there will be more layers of weathering yet to come. I like how the AK Real Colors spray. They behave very much like Tamiya and Mr Hobby Aqueous and most colors feature a semi-gloss finish instead of flat, which helps reduce the amount of clear gloss that will need to be applied for the upcoming pastel wash. I am going to try and use a template for the demarcation between the upper and lower fuselage colors. MikeMaben, Alain Gadbois, Kahunaminor and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 That looks really terrific John, I like how the very random under-spray (I tend not to use "pre-shade" for things like this, since it doesn't follow traditional panel lines) actually shows through. It makes for a very believable tone after weathering. Im going to try this on my next build, but will try to ease back on my normal ham-fistedness, as I invariably lay the top coat on too heavy and the undercoat doesnt show. Troy Molitor, Gazzas, Alain Gadbois and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I couldn’t agree more than what Brian has already mentioned. If I tried this I would certainly cover it all up with a too heavy top coat. Brilliant efforts going on here John. Thanks for sharing your techniques. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: I invariably lay the top coat on too heavy and the undercoat doesnt show. I sometimes mix some clear with the color to create a toner rather than straight paint. 12 hours ago, Thunnus said: Anyone have any photographic representation of these ports? Looks like it protrudes a little. Thunnus, Gazzas and Shiba 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Your paint job looks fabulous - exactly what I'm trying to achieve. I'm lloking forward to some pictures with the upperside camo in place. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 13, 2019 Author Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) Thanks guys! I finally got to put some camo colors on the fuselage! I thought the best way of capturing the demarcation between the upper and lower camo colors was to use a mask. I scanned the 332xxx profiles from the JaPo book, scaled them in AutoCAD to be approximately 1/32 scale and cut masks using the Silhouette cutter. I didn't want a hard demarcation so instead of sticking the mask directly on the model, I used bits of Blue Tack to lift the mask off the surface of the model to get a hard but still sprayed edge. First, the RLM 81 Brown Violet (AK Real Colors) is sprayed. And then the RLM 83 Dark Green (Mr Hobby Aqueous). Remove the masks to reveal... ACK! Overspray (or is it UNDERspray?) leaked under the mask and pooled around the bits of Blue Tack. Bummer... I guess my thin paint mixes aren't the best fit for this type of masking method. Some detail airbrushing was needed to correct the issue. The bad thing was that I had to add some layers to the bottom color, which increased the intensity of the color and dialed down the pre-shading work a little too much. You can see the difference between the nose and the fuselage. On the starboard side, I thickened up the paint mixture a bit and made sure that I sprayed perpendicular to the mask but I still got some overspray that had to be corrected like the port side. The white fuselage crosses were painted using home-cut masks. The hand-sprayed "884" codes on the rear fuselage were painted using clear acetate masks attached using Blue Tack bits, similar to the fuselage. However, I thickened the paint mix even more to avoid any overspray. The gaps in the mask were touched up with some fine masking work. Removing the masking from the tail unit, we can see where we currently stand in the painting of White 8. Edited December 13, 2019 by Thunnus Landrotten Highlander, Greg W, Biggles87 and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Awesome work John!! How was your experience with Ak rlm81? I had troubles to spray it in thin layers, it seemed to more coarser graied than the others i used!!! And sometimes it seemed to stuck on the tip of my airbrush (eclipse) even if i thinned down with hardware laquer thinner!! Dont know...a bad bunch??? Anyway, i love your work!!! John P.S. what brand of pastel chalk you use?? Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLWP Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 On 11/30/2019 at 5:13 AM, Thunnus said: I got a surprise package in the post today. A prototype landing gear replacement set for the Hasegawa kit! As this is not released to the public yet, I've been asked to give an evaluation and keep the source anonymous for now. :shutup: The landing gear legs are basically identical to the kit gear legs, I'm surprised that the metal part isn't a smaller diameter than the plastic kit part as I suspect this has to be beefed up to support the model. Not that I have checked any references of course, just instinct Richard Gazzas and Thunnus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Really nice work John, very interesting scheme you have chosen there. Regards. Andy Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Good work, John! A shame about the camouflage masking issues, but I suspect a part of your problem might have been that your Blu-tac was a little too thick, keeping your masks higher off the painting surface than they needed to be. I've found that to achieve that soft demarcation effect, the masks only needed to be raised by about 1mm at the most. Kev Shiba, Thunnus and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Exceptional paint work - can't wait to see the finished model, it'll surely turn out a showstopper!!!!! Lothar Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Wow. This keeps getting better and better to watch unfold. Lovely work John. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kais Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) John, beautiful work. I'm sorry to be the bug stuck in your clearcoat, but check the vertical demarcation between your 76/ "84'. Your decal sheet shows the change from 76 to "84" should occur 1 fuselage station further aft. The "84" section should go under the fin fairing. Sorry. I'll see myself out. Edited December 13, 2019 by Kais Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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