LSP_K2 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 You may find this amusing, Kev. I have completely lost/misplaced my own MD-80 kit that I was building for the brother of my roommate! I have no idea at all where it is. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: You may find this amusing, Kev. I have completely lost/misplaced my own MD-80 kit that I was building for the brother of my roommate! I have no idea at all where it is. Now that's a bummer! One of only two decent airliner kits that Minicraft ever produced. Kev LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 28 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said: Now that's a bummer! One of only two decent airliner kits that Minicraft ever produced. Kev It'll surface eventually, it has to. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 I'm pleased to report that the engine nacelles are now fixed and ready for action: I probably need to start photographing this one on something other than a white background! Kev Rampenfest, Fanes, chrish and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 15 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Now that's a bummer! One of only two decent airliner kits that Minicraft ever produced. Kev Hmmm. If it’s really that much better than all the other ones, maybe I need to get one… What’s the other decent airliner kit? LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Looking good! LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 Looking good Kev. Nice change up after your Buc 109. LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 7 hours ago, Alex said: What’s the other decent airliner kit? The DC-8, apparently - though I've never seen one myself. I'm currently more interested in the new one from X-Scale. Just having trouble paying for it, as their PayPal isn't working at the moment. Kev LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 4 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: The DC-8, apparently - though I've never seen one myself. I'm currently more interested in the new one from X-Scale. Just having trouble paying for it, as their PayPal isn't working at the moment. Kev Cool. I didn’t know about X-scale, but now I’m going to need more stash storage space… LSP_Kevin and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 Made a little bit of progress on this one, and also trying out a darker background to see if it helps. I don't think it does to any great extent, actually, as the whites are still super blown-out - perhaps even more than before. Anyway, I've installed the landing gear legs, as they're allegedly a similar grey colour to the undersides, so I'll paint it all at once: I also traced the white oval background decals for the tail logo, and used it to cut masks to use instead: I'm looking forward to getting some paint on this thing. But I'm not looking forward to having to mask it up! Kev chrish, Alex, LSP_K2 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Looks great always have a hard time photographing white as well LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 Did I mention that I hate masking? I'm really struggling to identify, let alone nail, the lower colour on the Compass MD-80. Here I've used SMS Boeing Grey (awesome paint!), but I think it's too light and too brown. Below we can compare it to about the best reference image I have: The problem is, I have no idea how to get there from here. Suggestions? Kev CODY and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 That looks very brown for a Boeing Gray. But even the MRP Boeing Gray that I have used is, I think, too warm for the gray you are trying to hit. Given that it looks like a pretty neutral gray shade you might try the simple expedient of starting with white and adding black until you think it looks right… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 From the pic, almost looks like gloss USAAC underside grey! LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 Thanks, fellas. I've even had suggestions of Light Compass Grey, ironically! The only version of that colour I can find, however, is an AMMO acrylic, which I'm keen to avoid. I'm going to run some paint tests on a mule - something I should have done in the first place! I'll start with trying to darken the Boeing Grey, but my real problem is that I'm still not sure what the actual colour I'm shooting for is! Kev LSP_K2 and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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