Marcel111 Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 Thanks for all the encouragement! I used Archer rivets to simulate the very prominent fasteners around the windscreen. Not entirely realistic since those are mostly countersunk cross-head screws but there was no way I was going to press into the resin and risk the windscreen chipping and breaking. I'm using Gunze Gloss blues, really hard to snap pics with my IPhone without nasty glare. On the other hand, washing should be super easy, no need for a gloss coat. Notice how the light blue at the front is lighter than the light blue at the back. This is the case on the actual aircraft, presumably front and back were painted from two different buckets of light blue. Cheers, Marcel Piero, Hartmann352, Greg W and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Coming along nicely. The Ukrainians sure painted their toys pretty. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 That looks awesome Marcel! She sure is going to be a pretty bird when done. The rivets look great around the windscreen too...good thinking Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 The tiger stripes are on! In case any of you will be using Jim's masks, you actually need to spray the dark blue on first, I initially got the painting order wrong. Also, I am not quite sure what was going on with the mid-blue masks, I ended up doing those myself, which is easy to do once the main shapes are down using the AMS masks. I used Gunze glossy blues because they are a very good match (to my eye) and I also really like working with the gray TPS Gunze colors, which are satin. However, these blues don't behave quite the same way, they take forever to really harden. If you look closely a the pics you'll see what appears like adhesive from the masking tape on the paint, but it's actually the surface of the paint having been affected by the mask. It's very subtle and unnoticible to the touch, so I hope that some layers of X-22 and possibly some micro-mesh sanding will take care of it. The final coat will be semi-flat and will therefore presumable hide this in any case. Magnification of the nose area. I really like how those vents turned out... somewhat beaten up like the real deal. Overall view... phew that looks gaudy in the glossy finish. Cheers, Marcel Kagemusha, blackbetty, Anthony in NZ and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Got to love the look of that camo! Great job! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 25 minutes ago, spyrosjzmichos said: Got to love the look of that camo! Great job! Absolutely. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Gaudy is right. What were they thinking when they painted this thing? Maybe they really were just using whatever paint they had leftover lol your paint sure looks good. Can’t wait to see the finished product. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Very nice work as always mate! Cheers Alan Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Great job on this Fulcrum Marcel!!! CIAO! Piero Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 The wash is on! And boy does it make the model look better since it tones down the gaudiness of the paint a little. I really like the way this project is starting to look. At this point it's all coming together exactly as planned, which is quite rare for me, there is usually some flaw here or there. Cheers, Marcel Stokey Pete, Scale_artisan, LSP_Kevin and 8 others 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Hey guys, unfortunately I managed to mess this project up right on the last stretch. I'm eating major humble pie since I have previously boasted about how bullet proof my decal application process is using Future. I used Future as always but I was using a pretty old and therefore thick jar of the stuff... I should have simply thinned it down with water. Instead, on just a few tiny decals on top of the wings, I applied too much which left kind of a transparent blob underneath the decals. You'd think that all it would take would be some sanding, repainting and problem solved. However, sanding results in the base blue paint peeling off like a lemon peel, leaving a noticeable ridge to the surround. For the life of me I just cannot get a smooth surface and it's right in a high visibility area of the model. At this point I have just lost motivation for the model, I cannot get myself to throw some of the sub assemblies that turned out really well, such as the exhausts, on a model that will now not be as perfect as I would want it to be. Instead, I have started tinkering with building a Mig-29SMT. But that will be a story for a different thread. Cheers, Marcel Out2gtcha, blackbetty, Landrotten Highlander and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Gutted to hear that. Best thing to do is definitely take a break on it, come back to it later with fresh eyes. Matt Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Dang that’s a shame to hear. Hope you can step back into it sometime in the future as it really looks sharp! Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Tough luck Marcel. Is there anything that you can use to strip the paint rather than just sand it? Since I know that you use acrylics I'm not sure what you can use, but a feathered edge with stripping can sometimes be eliminated. Cheers, Chuck Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Indeed, take a break, do something else, or build something different and get away from it for awhile. Then come back and maybe the motivation to finish it will be there. Marcel111 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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