scvrobeson Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 Perfect recovery. Not that anyone expected differently from you John. Hopefully everything is smooth sailing now to the end of the build. Matt Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 Thanks everyone! I forgot to show the bottom images from the last update. You can see that I painted the recesses for the flaps in Zinc Chromate Yellow. The fuselage star was masked off and the bottom fuselage stripes were painted. scvrobeson, Shoggz, denders and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 The insides of intercooler exits and the intercooler louvers have been painted. A view of completed fuselage invasion stripes. Greif8, D.B. Andrus, tucohoward and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Wohoo!!! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Lovely looking paint all around John! Ernest Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Thank you Jay and Ernest! Painting of the markings continue... the white stripes on the tail are masked and sprayed. After the white stripes dried, I applied the masks for the aircraft codes and numbers. Now that the major markings have been completed, we put the model in the light box to capture progress of the build to this point. There are some differences in sheen as some parts have been given a gloss coat (i.e. flaps, fuselage stars and bars). Shoggz, Greif8, chuck540z3 and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 What a beauty! I look forward to your weathering (weathering-lite, right?). I know you will make that just as convincing as what you have done so far. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 Really looking the business now, John! Kev Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Top work using masks John, something that is not my forte. This is one beautiful build all around. Ernest Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clioguy Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Beautiful! Did you cut your own masks or are you using AM masks? Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Thanks guys! Appreciate the comments! 23 hours ago, JayW said: What a beauty! I look forward to your weathering (weathering-lite, right?). I know you will make that just as convincing as what you have done so far. Thanks Jay... I still haven't thought too much about the weathering but it won't be too heavy. Anyone got a good reference pics of the underside of an operational Jug? 21 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Really looking the business now, John! Kev Thank you Kevin! I still need to blend in the paint between the forward and rear fuselage but the markings help to mask any obvious indications of the previous paint repair. 5 hours ago, clioguy said: Beautiful! Did you cut your own masks or are you using AM masks? Thank you! The masks were cut on my Silhouette Portrait cutter using AutoCAD and scans of the Barracuda decal sheet. JayW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAG Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 4 hours ago, Thunnus said: Anyone got a good reference pics of the underside of an operational Jug? Hey John, here's a few from a 78th FG Jug (coincidentally), although I reckon this dirty birdie is particularly filthy and in dire need of some TLC from her crew chief. I'd say you could go for something half as grubby as this and it would still look realistic. Some other views of the same Jug. I also found this other shot of Lt. Oiler's Razorback, it seemed to be a pretty clean and well-maintained machine, so toning down the weathering might be a good idea after all. Hope that helps! Cheers, - Thomaz Kagemusha, John Stambaugh, Thunnus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Great progress John! What do you use for the serial number yellow? Seems to cover well without needing a billion+1 coats of paint. Matt JayW and Thunnus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulpk Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Well done! Interesting the crude outlining of the tail underside stripes in the reference photos. I wonder how long it took them to paint replacements in the group markings? Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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