zaxos345 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Awesome weathering work!!!! John Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Smith Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Agree on excellent weathering job! Out of curiosity, what method did you use for applying the exhaust stain? Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 LE chipping looks fine to me TAG and Hoss FL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 A 100% agreed with the rest of the pack: This is looking great! Especially the chipping and worn paint on the wings. One tiny weeny bit that - at least to my eye - isn't up to the very high standard is the sirt/soot aorund and behind the shell ejection chutes on the wing underside. I can't say if it's the shape or something else. Cheers Joachim Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Pretty damn good stuff! Cheers Bevan Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reuben L. Hernandez Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Bad A$$ build. Very inspiration. Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stambaugh Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 The aggregate of several weathering techniques pay off quite well. Combined with close adherence to reference materials brings this model to a very high standard of excellence. Bravo sir. Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss FL Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 15 hours ago, Fanes said: A 100% agreed with the rest of the pack: This is looking great! Especially the chipping and worn paint on the wings. One tiny weeny bit that - at least to my eye - isn't up to the very high standard is the sirt/soot aorund and behind the shell ejection chutes on the wing underside. I can't say if it's the shape or something else. Cheers Joachim Thanks Joachim. Great eye and catch on this one. I've since adjusted the pattern to reflect the photos. Thanks again! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss FL Posted June 7, 2022 Author Share Posted June 7, 2022 21 hours ago, Phil Smith said: Agree on excellent weathering job! Out of curiosity, what method did you use for applying the exhaust stain? Thanks Phil! Much appreciated. As for the exhaust, I used the following photos I found on the interweb (don't remember the sources) as primary references. The first is my subject and shows the entire stain from the exhaust stubs to the tailwheel. The second is Big Beautiful Doll and I thought was a good color reference. I started the process with a streak of burnt umber oil paint that I worked into the general pattern. I followed this with a very thin Tamiya black brown mix (XF-64, XF-1 and X-20A thinner, at 90% thinner). This was applied in very light streaks along the pattern at very low volume -- just wisps -- probably 50+ passes to build up the color. You can see that the edges of the pattern (top and bottom) are much lighter than the center in both photos. I used Tamiya deck tan XF-55 in the same streaking approach but in a much tighter line to replicate the photos. As a final step, I used a darker version of the black/brown mix for some streaks in the center, replicating the darkest areas in the center of the stain. I'll also probably apply some pastels - brown and black - around the exhaust stubs at the end of the build. Hope that helps. Thanks again for looking. Fanes, CANicoll, Dpgsbody55 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss FL Posted June 11, 2022 Author Share Posted June 11, 2022 My rendition of The Millie G is now complete. Since the last update, I finished weather the smaller parts and finalized all the detail painting. The I added some detail to the drop tank connections and gun bay doors. Final photos are on the Ready for Inspection thread. https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/93574-132-tamiya-p-51d-the-millie-g/ Thanks again for all the comments, critiques and suggestions. Much appreciated. Thanks for following along. LSP_Kevin, Greg W, zaxos345 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stambaugh Posted June 11, 2022 Share Posted June 11, 2022 Thank you for sharing your build. It has been both educational and an inspiration. Congratulations and bravo. Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Smith Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/6/2022 at 8:23 PM, Hoss FL said: Thanks Phil! Much appreciated. As for the exhaust, I used the following photos I found on the interweb (don't remember the sources) as primary references. The first is my subject and shows the entire stain from the exhaust stubs to the tailwheel. The second is Big Beautiful Doll and I thought was a good color reference. I started the process with a streak of burnt umber oil paint that I worked into the general pattern. I followed this with a very thin Tamiya black brown mix (XF-64, XF-1 and X-20A thinner, at 90% thinner). This was applied in very light streaks along the pattern at very low volume -- just wisps -- probably 50+ passes to build up the color. You can see that the edges of the pattern (top and bottom) are much lighter than the center in both photos. I used Tamiya deck tan XF-55 in the same streaking approach but in a much tighter line to replicate the photos. As a final step, I used a darker version of the black/brown mix for some streaks in the center, replicating the darkest areas in the center of the stain. I'll also probably apply some pastels - brown and black - around the exhaust stubs at the end of the build. Hope that helps. Thanks again for looking. Many thanks and an interesting approach I’d not considered before, Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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