Peter O Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 20 minutes ago, monthebiff said: ... and the rest I can spray on using masks! You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! Peter monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 So I now have the basic paint scheme on in readiness for any markings I will be spraying on. The colours of the upper surface look a little odd in the pictures but to the eye are much darker. Regards. Andy Tommy Osvald sorensen, LSP_Kevin, Uncarina and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Andy, It's looking sharp! What brand(s) of paint are you using? Tom monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Uncarina said: Andy, It's looking sharp! +1!! Maybe you already said Andy, but what scheme are you going with? monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 16 hours ago, Uncarina said: Andy, It's looking sharp! What brand(s) of paint are you using? Tom Thanks for looking in Tom, I'm using Tamiya acrylics as usual, I generally custom mix them from ipms Stockholm colour charts. They spray beautifully and I never have any issues with them and I can get them from a local craft store 10 minutes down the road which is helpful Regards. Andy Rocat and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 15 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: +1!! Maybe you already said Andy, but what scheme are you going with? Been having a bit of a dilemma over the scheme I am going for, initially it was this one. But after a bit of deliberation I've finally settled on this one today. Thought I'd push myself and try a hand painted winter scheme and lots of heavy wear and tear. Regards. Andy Brett M, Lothar, Victor K2 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice! On Radu's sheet, that is the one I'd go with too. monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 A little more done today and added the yellow flashes to the lower wings, nose and tail band followed by the national insignia on the tail. . Time for some decals and a practice on a my test mule (Mk V Spit) to get the white wash technique right!! Regards. Andy Alain Gadbois, Uncarina, Kagemusha and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rigor Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Nice. Cool scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 39 minutes ago, monthebiff said: A little more done today and added the yellow flashes to the lower wings, nose and tail band followed by the national insignia on the tail. Time for some decals and a practice on a my test mule (Mk V Spit) to get the white wash technique right!! Regards. Andy Looks great, Andy! Your build will be a great help when I start mine. The more I see of your build, the farther up the pile my kit floats. Radu's decal instructions say that the white distemper was painted with a 20cm distemper brush, which scales out to 1/4" in 1/32. I've never heard of a "distemper brush" before, but having been a USAF aircraft maintainer, I can picture some poor private being reamed out by an NCO for using the wrong kind of brush to paint the distemper Peter monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Peter O said: Looks great, Andy! Your build will be a great help when I start mine. The more I see of your build, the farther up the pile my kit floats. Radu's decal instructions say that the white distemper was painted with a 20cm distemper brush, which scales out to 1/4" in 1/32. I've never heard of a "distemper brush" before, but having been a USAF aircraft maintainer, I can picture some poor private being reamed out by an NCO for using the wrong kind of brush to paint the distemper Peter Peter, pleased you are enjoying the build thread! I have a couple of new flat brushes and definitely have something around that size. I need to have a play around with thinning the paint so it goes down smoothly and getting the brush strokes to look right if I can. Could be a bit of a challenge I'm thinking! Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
florin13 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, monthebiff said: A little more done today and added the yellow flashes to the lower wings, nose and tail band followed by the national insignia on the tail. . Time for some decals and a practice on a my test mule (Mk V Spit) to get the white wash technique right!! Regards. Andy Hi Andy, I admire what you've done so far, but I can't agree with one thing. Maybe my screen is cheating on me, but from my experience, I can tell you that the shade of yellow is not the right one. You need a yellow-orange, to have the right wedding. When you get the decals from Radu, you will understand what I'm talking about. For the right shade, I use Mr.Paint-142. Cheers, Florin Edited January 19, 2020 by florin13 monthebiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 1 hour ago, florin13 said: Hi Andy, I admire what you've done so far, but I can't agree with one thing. Maybe my screen is cheating on me, but from my experience, I can tell you that the shade of yellow is not the right one. You need a yellow-orange, to have the right wedding. When you get the decals from Radu, you will understand what I'm talking about. For the right shade, I use Mr.Paint-142. Cheers, Florin Hi Florin, Thank you for your comments and I certainly appreciate your constructive criticism regarding the shade of yellow used so far. I have not purchased Radu's decals as I'm going to use a set of national insignia from my AIMS Bf 110 G2 conversion set. I've had a look on line and can see exactly what you mean and also Pastor John seems to have the colour about right. I was assuming that the Romanian machines where in their original german colours with the new national markings painted over the old ones? Regards. Andy Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, monthebiff said: I was assuming that the Romanian machines where in their original german colours with the new national markings painted over the old ones? Apparently there's some uncertainty about that. Radu's decal notes say that the Germans had delivered other aircraft to Romania in solid upper colors rather than splinter patterns, and that photos of Romanian Hs 129s appear to show a solid color. He says it could be either RLM 70 or 71. Of course, if you do the white distemper scheme, what's underneath will not be very noticeable anyway! Sorry to be dense, but who is Pastor John? Peter monthebiff and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpjack Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 For distemper read whitewash rather than a common ( and deadly) dog ailment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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