Greif8 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 The tank will look good on your build Pete. I really like the camo scheme. Ernest Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 Experiment number 1: A very quick and quite sloppy attempt at this scheme. I tried out the paint colours, using the horizontal stabiliser from the unbuilt kit. I’m almost convinced, maybe the brown needs a drop or two of red or orange to warm it up a touch. It looks pretty damned cool though. red Dog, LSP_Kevin, BradG and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 UPDATE. I’ve tweaked the ‘recipes’ a little to warm the colours a touch. The left example being the original, vs the new attempt on the right. I also had a go at stencilling the grey areas for the decals. I’m rather happy to proceed based on the results of that little experimental session. Lessons learned from this? That it’s gonna take an awfully long time to get this one done, and that miles of masking tape will be needed. patricksparks, Landrotten Highlander, Greif8 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Those colors look spot on to me - What colors have you used? Thanks Niels Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I like the dark brown and the black. The tan I’m a little hesitant on. In the pic it looks a little more orange. How’s your test piece look in person, is it a little warmer? chris Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Zola25 said: Those colors look spot on to me - What colors have you used? Thanks Niels They’re all from MRP. 077 - NATO Black which I tend to use any time I need black. It’s got a lightness that allows me to vary shades. 394 - Radome tan, to this I’ve added a couple of drops of yellow and maybe a tiny amount of red, to warm up the tone. (Still a WIP) 282 - olive brown, again with a couple of drops of yellow, and a drop of red to warm the tone up. 7 hours ago, themongoose said: I like the dark brown and the black. The tan I’m a little hesitant on. In the pic it looks a little more orange. How’s your test piece look in person, is it a little warmer? chris I’d agree with that assessment Chris. I’m waiting on seeing it in true daylight. The photo was shot under a fluorescent tube light which I think cools everything down. Update, on further reflection, I mixed up a small batch of orange. Added a couple of drops to the tan colour. This is the result. A much more pleasing result. Edited February 12, 2023 by Stokey Pete red Dog, themongoose, BradG and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 The colors look right to me Pete, and you are right this will be a complex masking job and the result will look spectacular. Ernest Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 12, 2023 Author Share Posted February 12, 2023 19 minutes ago, Greif8 said: The colors look right to me Pete, and you are right this will be a complex masking job and the result will look spectacular. Ernest Thanks Ernest. My aim has been to paint as many of those little grey areas as possible. The DXM decals are nice enough, but I’m wary of having 2 layers of decal for each marking. They’ll only be used for the complex shapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I’ve bought in on your colors sure looks like it’ll reflect the pictures well. On to the good stuff now! This is gonna be so sharp! Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Dog Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Glad you darkened a bit the tan. The initial one looked way too light to me I have a soft spot for that airplane and JASDF aggressors, I made textures for a few JASFD aggressors Flight sim models. The process is quite similar to modelling without the sanding Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Enjoying the build, excellent progress!! I've done a couple of JASDF Eagle Aggressor builds, last one i ended up with a ball of masking tape over a foot in diameter. Lots of small areas to mask, if you miss them, it looks off. IIRC i used the old Two Bobs sheet, had most of the stencils printed on grey backgrounds.. Don Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 6 hours ago, dmthamade said: Enjoying the build, excellent progress!! I've done a couple of JASDF Eagle Aggressor builds, last one i ended up with a ball of masking tape over a foot in diameter. Lots of small areas to mask, if you miss them, it looks off. IIRC i used the old Two Bobs sheet, had most of the stencils printed on grey backgrounds.. Don The DXM sheet is similar. There’s a lot of panel numbers with the grey backgrounds already on. But they also provide separate grey blocks and individual numbering too. The decal sheets are insanely packed. I’m kinda dreading trying to cut them off without trashing anything. BradG, Landrotten Highlander and Daniel Leduc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 9 hours ago, Stokey Pete said: The DXM sheet is similar. There’s a lot of panel numbers with the grey backgrounds already on. But they also provide separate grey blocks and individual numbering too. The decal sheets are insanely packed. I’m kinda dreading trying to cut them off without trashing anything. i can off a little mental stress relief in terms of stacking decals…i used the grey background and the lift here decals over one another and they laid down super smooth, nearly invisible before adding microsol. Very pleased with these decals! Stokey Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 40 minutes ago, themongoose said: i can off a little mental stress relief in terms of stacking decals…i used the grey background and the lift here decals over one another and they laid down super smooth, nearly invisible before adding microsol. Very pleased with these decals! That’s awesome to know, and will now make use of both layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 Ok, so here starts the painting in anger. This is the result of a whole afternoons work, and I’ve still to do the masking tape work as well yet. I’m happy to say that I’ve managed to repeat my paint recipes several times with no variation between mixes. During… Preparing to peel… After… My only real gripe, if you can call it one, is that the painting order is back to front for my liking. I’d rather be painting the light colour first before finishing with black. The way the masks are designed and cut, means I have to paint black, brown, tan, greys. Landrotten Highlander, Alain Gadbois, Michael931080 and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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