dennismcc Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 12 hours ago, dodgem37 said: Good show. Sincerely, Mark Thank you Mark, one of my better efforts. 12 hours ago, Thunnus said: Excellent work Dennis! The engine looks great! Thank you John, can't wait to see how yours turns out, the work on it so far looks really great. 6 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Yes indeed, that does look good Thank you for that, as far as detailing engines is concerned I'm definately a novice, but the finished result pleased me a lot. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Engine looks excellent! I especially like the rust color you’ve got on the exhaust. dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Alex said: Engine looks excellent! I especially like the rust color you’ve got on the exhaust. Thank you Alex, the exhaust finishing was something that I picked up on Britmodeller a few years ago. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) Not much modelling has been going on lately but there has been some progress, I've been preparing the sub assemblies, having seen John's treatment of the undercarriage I made a special effort on mine, not in John's class but better than my usual efforts. The prop blades and bits have been painted though I am not too happy with the colour of the prop blades, I will probably change it to the same paint that I used on the Hayate. The build up of parts is getting there I also masked off all the clear parts and after fitting the gun sight I attached the windscreen and aft part of the canopy to the fuselage using Formula 560. Then the start of the paint work, using Sovereign Colourcoats ACJ20 Hinomaru red I airbrushed the upper and lower wings ready to fit the masks before completing the main colours. And as you will have noticed I fitted the combat flaps in the close position. In front of the windscreen is a scoop which I should have either drilled out or replaced with some plastic trunking but as I am not very confident with drilling out clear parts nor have the correct size of trunking I will leave it well alone. I have also been checking out my metallic colours for the undersides and after some pondering will use Xtracolour RAF High Speed Silver, the last time I did an overall metal finish was many years ago on an Oscar for which I used Humbrol Metacote Matt Aluminium, which turned out fine but I prefer the Xtracolor now. Cheers Dennis Edited August 15, 2020 by dennismcc Spelling and added a photo Out2gtcha, turbo, Madmax and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 The Shiden Kai looks great, Dennis! Looking forward to seeing the metal finish on her. I've not decided how I'm going to treat the metal areas on mine. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Lovely! I have this kit in the stash too, and look forward to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Interesting options for the metal undersides. I am going to have to figure this one out when I get to my P-36. I have mostly used Alclad in the past, and mostly on much smaller models. Making a 1:32 fighter look good in NMF is going to be a challenge. Looking forward to seeing how your paint turns out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share Posted August 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Thunnus said: The Shiden Kai looks great, Dennis! Looking forward to seeing the metal finish on her. I've not decided how I'm going to treat the metal areas on mine. Thank you John, the NMF will be interesting as it's one area that I have always shied away from maybe this will change things. 11 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Lovely! I have this kit in the stash too, and look forward to it It's a great kit and a great subject. 7 hours ago, Alex said: Interesting options for the metal undersides. I am going to have to figure this one out when I get to my P-36. I have mostly used Alclad in the past, and mostly on much smaller models. Making a 1:32 fighter look good in NMF is going to be a challenge. Looking forward to seeing how your paint turns out here. Could be a disaster Alex but I will give it a go, I just used to bung some Humbrol Metalcote in the airbrush and blast away, but I just tried that and it did not work very well, so it will be another learning curve for me. Having always had motorbikes I know how grotty bare aluminium can get so getting something similar will be a challenge. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Try the old white base with a mottled pre-shade ?? https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/74817-revelamiyastang/page/3/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 52 minutes ago, MikeMaben said: Try the old white base with a mottled pre-shade ?? https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/74817-revelamiyastang/page/3/ Wow that is so impressive, what a great finish, a bit beyond my airbrushing skills though. I would have to try that out on a scrap model before trying it out on my latest pride and joy so I have bookmarked it. Cheers Dennis MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Thanks Aaron, it's definitely worth trying out, it's not really difficult. I'm not an airbrush master so if I can do it , you can. Obviously try it on a mule first . Renegade and Madmax 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) Progress is slow but it is happening, I am carrying on with the pre painting for the markings which will all be reverse masked, however as I don't want to risk pulling paint off I have been letting the paint cure for couple of days. The poor old George is looking like a paint mule now. I wanted to airbrush the yellow for the fuselage stripe but to prevent overspray onto the white I wanted to get the fuselage Hinomaru's masked off first. Once the white was fully cured the first step in applying the mask was to use some Tamiya tape to hold the red and white fuselage Hinomuru together while I applied it to the fuselage.. The placement of the mask was marked out with Tamiya tape and the mask fitted. the wing masks were than applied. Next up is fitting the masks over the yellow tail and airbrushing the yellow for the fuselage strip. Cheers Dennis Edited August 15, 2020 by dennismcc Spelling MikeMaben, Lothar, LSP_Kevin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Colors ... yeaay dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Looking good so fare Dennis! dennismcc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted August 16, 2020 Author Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, MikeMaben said: Colors ... yeaay Yes it's that fun time 1 hour ago, spyrosjzmichos said: Looking good so fare Dennis! Thank you very much, so far so good Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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