themongoose Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Dang that’s a bright yellow! You’re right, crazy to see a Phantom in that color. I’m with you on the mixing. I tend to do what looks right, and if that means darken it a little more than let’s do it Zola25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 The yellow is bright for sure Niels! This is going to be a really cool paint scheme! I think the mixing technique you use is just fine, and if it works for you so much the better. Ernest Zola25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 I’m so looking forward to seeing the rest of the scheme come together. Zola25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Stokey Pete said: I’m so looking forward to seeing the rest of the scheme come together. You and me both Pete I have a lot of modelling-mojo this weekend so I managed to finish the complex masking - The masking set is a custom made set from DN Models - they have since released it for everyone to buy. It is upscaled from 1/48 so I was a bit concerned that it would not fit without major reworks. I am happy to say that it fits very very well Only real tricky part is that the masking pieces are very large to handle (especially the tail section) and difficult to move around but with a lot of patience and plenty of breaks - I managed to get it as symmetrical as I am going to get. - I am hoping to get a coat of black primer on it later today so it can dry thoroughly the next couple of days. /Niels Cheetah11, Alain Gadbois, Phantom2 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Awesome!! Some frisket will help with those large unwieldy masks. I use clear drawer liner myself. If you’re not too far along and you want an easier time with those big masks it might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 6 hours ago, themongoose said: Awesome!! Some frisket will help with those large unwieldy masks. I use clear drawer liner myself. If you’re not too far along and you want an easier time with those big masks it might help. I was more struggling getting them to conform to the surface than avoid having them curl up on themselves. If you look at the tail it is a two-piece mask (one for each side of the fuselage) but it needs to conform to both the bulky shape of the fuselage and then make a 90 degree turn up along the tail. Its really hard to get a one-peice large mask to do that. You cannot avoid cutting some slits in some strategic places to get it to lay down properly - at least I can´t /Niels themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 Good job on some pretty tricky masking work Niels. Vinyl masks can be tough to work with and it looks like you mastered them pretty well. Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 On 2/20/2023 at 4:06 AM, Zola25 said: I was more struggling getting them to conform to the surface than avoid having them curl up on themselves. If you look at the tail it is a two-piece mask (one for each side of the fuselage) but it needs to conform to both the bulky shape of the fuselage and then make a 90 degree turn up along the tail. Its really hard to get a one-peice large mask to do that. You cannot avoid cutting some slits in some strategic places to get it to lay down properly - at least I can´t /Niels ahhha, i see what you mean now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Just finished the black-basing and doodles - Ready to start painting some blue in the coming days. I am already getting excited to unmask and see the result /Niels denders, themongoose, Stokey Pete and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 This is going to look epic Niels! Ernest Zola25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 On 2/23/2023 at 9:01 AM, Greif8 said: This is going to look epic Niels! Ernest I hope so - I am waiting on some paint to be delivered. I am not entirely happy with the shade of the light blue when I sprayed that.. /Niels themongoose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 I am tweaking the blue colors as I go - maybe I should have tested more but I also find that smaller test pieces don´t always represent the result on a large airframe. Its a natural part of my process but I should get more paint delivered on Tuesday.. I find the light blue is a little too light at the moment /Niels patricksparks, Uncarina, scvrobeson and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokey Pete Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Are those the MRP out of the bottle, or your own mix? They’re not a million miles away from what I can tell. It’s looking pretty darned good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 36 minutes ago, Stokey Pete said: Are those the MRP out of the bottle, or your own mix? They’re not a million miles away from what I can tell. It’s looking pretty darned good. I am actually using Mr.Color for this, C374 JASDF Shallow Ocean Blue and Mr.Color C375 JASDF Deep Ocean Blue. I tested the MRP JASDF color set but they were even lighter than the Mr.Color colors. I will likely use them for highlights They are not far away as you say and spraying more dark blue will surely also make the overall hue seem darker. I will continue to work on it and do some additional toning. I just painted the left wing and it is starting to look more balanced already... /Niels Anthony in NZ, scvrobeson, themongoose and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 The colors look Ok and with the yellow stripes and the red Hinomarus the perception of the blue hues will again change. So I would not worry that much! This looks good. Zola25 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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