Thunnus Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Thanks guys! Thank you Kais for posting that excellent tutorial on the modifications you performed on your Ta152H build. I hope it helps others avoid the fit issues that I ran into. Let us know how it works out! I know it's a lot of work to absorb in such a short time but strike when the fire is hot, right? With the major markings being painted, the amount of decals to applied is lessened. Mostly stencils from the Eagle Cals decal sheet. She's all shiny... nice and purdy but we'll start throwing some dirt on her soon! Lothar, Rivas, Ralph-D and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiba Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Hi, She is beautiful John ! Great for you ! Ta 152 H is one of my favorite bird of all time By the way, I think she has one more stencil on the hatch aft of supercharger intake. I heard it is a black out line and S3 letter in it for some kind of engine primer stencil. Please see the pics. I hope I'm not confusing you because I don't have any farther information about this stencil. I'm sorry Hoping for someone can tell what it is. (Sorry about my english too) Regards, Matsu D.B. Andrus, scvrobeson and Martinnfb 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Not confusing, Matsu! I am aware of that stencil. When I was doing internet research, I stumbled onto a French discussion board which discussed this subject. The artist, Herbert Kruse, did a profile and close-up of this side of 150007 based on the photo from the LO+ST book that you've referenced. I don't think I have such a decal but I'll take a look at my spares box to see if there is something similar. Otherwise, I'll have to do without. After I sealed the decals with a thin gloss coat, I did a pastel wash. Usual homemade mix using scrapings from pastel chalks. Dark brown for the bottom and almost black brown for the topside. I did the bottom of the wing halfway so that you can see the difference between the washed and unwashed sections. I do sections at a time so that I don't forget to leave a section unwiped. I focus alot on this center bottom area because of how much work I had to put in to clean it up. Some of the areas that didn't hold the wash will be rescribed to get a uniform result. Back into the light box for a better look at the first stage of weathering. LSP_Kevin, F-4Phanwell, Wackyracer and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Man, what a beauty! Really nice! Cheers Alan Martinnfb, Thunnus and Dpgsbody55 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 37 minutes ago, alaninaustria said: Man, what a beauty! Really nice! Cheers Alan Agreed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 Superbly done John. Love it. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 The markings and wash truly bring it to life. Any chance that stencil on the cowling could be printed by the stencil cutter, then painted? Not sure how small those cutters can get. Matt Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, scvrobeson said: The markings and wash truly bring it to life. Any chance that stencil on the cowling could be printed by the stencil cutter, then painted? Not sure how small those cutters can get. Matt I haven't tried but I believe its too small. I had some trouble getting the 0007 to print and the text/detail for that stencil is a fraction of that size. I looked through my decal stash and couldn't find any empty black triangles. scvrobeson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Thanks gents! Still in a holding pattern on this build but there is some movement on the latch decals. Hopefully, I'll them soon. In the meantime, I've decided to start on some of the post-shading... Landrotten Highlander, TAG, leoasman and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Very skilled work, John. Even at this stage, it looks amazing. Kev Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Very skilled work, John. Even at this stage, it looks amazing. 100% agreed. Looks really terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Looking very good. For all your struggles, this is proving that your efforts have been worth it. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-4Phanwell Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Excellent work again, as ever known from you John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Wow John, killer work. Might have to bump my vac model back to the bench soon. If mine turns out half as nice, I will be well and truly chuffed. Your recovery on the fit issues look excellent! Keep em’ coming! THOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 *drool* Always excellent work John. Keep it up. Can't even tell where all of the corrective work had to be done on the underside. Matt Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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