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Hasegawa 1/32 Fw 190D-9 Late "Brown 4"


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Thanks for the comments everyone!

 

On 10/30/2022 at 2:49 AM, Troy Molitor said:

Wow.  That really looks amazing.  Superb efforts going on here John.  

We still get to see the Ki-61 after this one?  Perhaps the Me 163?  Maybe something new?  LOL.  

 

Troy 

 

Not sure Troy!  Most likely shifting back to the Ki-61.  Not too enamoured with the Me163 as Meng's decision to mold the clear parts without the framing is yielding results that just kill my eyes.  So maybe something new soon... kinda contemplating a Razorback P-47 per Gazza's discussion over on the LSP Discussion board.

 

After a few failed attempts, this is my final coat of RLM 76 Light Blue on the drop tank.  Kept having trouble with the hairspray chipping stage.  Once you take off too much paint, it's hard to bring back to an acceptable state so I've had to scrub everything off and start over a few times.
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After an acceptable hairspray chipping exercise.
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The drop tank after the decals and a flat coat.
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The ETC rack was painted RLM 66 Dark Grey.
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Temporarily mounted on the yet to be weathered fuselage bottom.
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Thanks guys!  I appreciate the comments very much! 

 

On 11/3/2022 at 8:56 PM, scvrobeson said:

Wonderful work on the drop tank!  What did you use for the basecoat on it?
 

 

 

Matt 

Since the tank color was light (RLM 76), I wanted the base to be dark to get a good contrast for the chipping effects.  In this case, I used Alclad Steel.

 

In preparation of the flat coat to come, I masked off the metal portions of the wing bottom so they wouldn't be adversely affected by the flat.
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Here is the model after the flat coat...
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After the flat coat, I gave the model the first round of post-shading effects.  Essentially a highly-thinned mixture of black and brown that is traced around the panel lines and edges and also streaked, front to back.  I find that this technique works the best if it is built up very slowly.
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