Collin Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) OOB build. Wanted to try my hand at freehand airbrushing with the new AK paint line. Looks ok to me. Cheers Collin Edited October 20, 2019 by Collin Anthony in NZ, Cheetah11, D.B. Andrus and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 So far, so good! It looks great at this point LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg W Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) Yup. Very good. Extremely well done. Especially for a first go with a new paint line! Edited October 11, 2019 by GDW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 Very nice paintjob. Sincerely Pascal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Very nice. How did the AK colors thin and spray? I've got a few of them to test out on some armor stuff. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 I thinned the AK paints with Mr. Leveling Thinner to get the fine painting done (about 1/3 paint to 2/3rd thinner). Then shot un-deluted paint straight from the jar (maybe a touch of thinner ust to improve the flow) and that started to give the "blotchy" look that I was trying to replicate. Then I mixed in a touch or darker or lighter grey and added some touch up paint "blotches" as well. Thinned AK shot pencil think lines from both the 770 and 20/20 (both of them I think are .2mm). I shot some paint from my Tamiya .3mm tip, worked like a champ there as well. I just have to slow down and be patient with multi-color schemes. That really is my limiting factor. Took me about a week to get to this point from a dark grey primer coat. Decals went on yesterday ( there are very few of them). Weathering will be a very very light and non-contrasting panel line wash. Cheers Collin scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Small Update. Still need to do all the little things (paint the air refueling hatch, static wicks, gear and gear doors....you know, all the little things that take forever to get done!! Cheers Collin Out2gtcha, Lenny320, scvrobeson and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collin Posted October 20, 2019 Author Share Posted October 20, 2019 Kagemusha, D.B. Andrus, LSP_K2 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Outstanding! Cheers, D.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 This looks great. The two color phrasing is something I'll eventually need to do on a big Skyhawk that I have in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cnq Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Lovely build. I would love to see a pilot in cockpit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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