Citadelgrad Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 No hijack worries. I am learning as i go. Tips and info always welcome. tonight i played with MRP dark dull green and zinc chromate, i think instead of adding ZC to the DDG, i will try adding DDG to ZC and see if i can get an approximation. These photos are after ddg was the base and zc was added. A LOT of zc. Here you can see the difference in hues between my mix and the Mission interior green. Heres the main panel with a coat of mrp black, man, that goes down like a dream. more later. denders, Greif8, Landrotten Highlander and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) Bill, if you have mrp zcy and black, slowly start mixing them, put black into the zcy, to get the interior Green you like. This is how they do it at first hand, I think, to get the tinted zinc chromate Green, later known as interior Green. Give it a try I think you will get it!! John Edited January 10, 2023 by zaxos345 Woody V, Citadelgrad, TAG and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaxos345 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Citadelgrad said: No hijack worries. I am learning as i go. Tips and info always welcome. tonight i played with MRP dark dull green and zinc chromate, i think instead of adding ZC to the DDG, i will try adding DDG to ZC and see if i can get an approximation. These photos are after ddg was the base and zc was added. A LOT of zc. Here you can see the difference in hues between my mix and the Mission interior green. Heres the main panel with a coat of mrp black, man, that goes down like a dream. more later. And if you use mrp 255 black wwii night camo... You will rememper me Edited January 10, 2023 by zaxos345 Citadelgrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Looking good man! I think you will really like how the cockpit goes together on this kit. Also, it looks like you are finding out how nice MRP paint sprays. It is an excellent paint. Ernest Citadelgrad and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 11 hours ago, chrish said: I don’t usually write to manufacturers to gripe but I did with their product. To be safe and not tempted to try it again, I discarded all their products in my stocks and went back to Tamiya paints that’s just one man’s experience, yours may be better. I had a brief infatuation with MM paints, but it didn't last long after I discovered some colors remained water-soluble days after application and some colors formed crystalline bits that clogged my airbrush. Then of course there's this Polyester (?) additive which the instructions state to add 2 to 20 drops (paraphrasing here) but not too much. HUH? I wrote to the owner and was told there's nothing wrong with the paints and said it was my fault. Not wanting engage in a chemistry experiment just to paint my model, I sold the whole lot on Ebay, switched to lacquer and never looked back. Citadelgrad, Brett M, Jeff T and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 10 hours ago, Woody V said: I had a brief infatuation with MM paints, but it didn't last long after I discovered some colors remained water-soluble days after application and some colors formed crystalline bits that clogged my airbrush. Then of course there's this Polyester (?) additive which the instructions state to add 2 to 20 drops (paraphrasing here) but not too much. HUH? I wrote to the owner and was told there's nothing wrong with the paints and said it was my fault. Not wanting engage in a chemistry experiment just to paint my model, I sold the whole lot on Ebay, switched to lacquer and never looked back. You are responsible for my current affair with MRP, I LOVE the way lacquer goes down. If I can figure out the gloss, I will be a happy man. Woody V and chrish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 Rainy weather locally this weekend. Im carefully painting the basic cockpit colors, playing with my own interior green per hints above, and trying to get the black/green demarcations perfect before i strap on the opti visors and go for the switches, buttons, red covers, breakers, etc. my plan is to paint all the eventually red areas with white first so the red “pops”. i plan to have the true toggle switches silver, the breakers red, and maybe some grey for the non toggle switches, for some variety. hopefully i will start some detail painting this weekend. Taking my time on this one and enjoying the ride. MikeMaben and Woody V 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 (edited) Starting to get some color on the breakers. These were all prepped with a white undercoat. It still needs some touch up, probably at least one more coat of red. Then i will switch to the silver toggle switches and buttons. i plan to keep tweaking this until i can say i can't do better. This kit deserves maximum effort. Edited January 15, 2023 by Citadelgrad denders, Brett M, Derek B and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Nice start on the detail painting. Are you adding placards and other markings to the cockpit? Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Greif8 said: Nice start on the detail painting. Are you adding placards and other markings to the cockpit? Ernest Hi Ernest. Thank you. Yes, i have Barracuda cockpit stencils, a first for me. Greif8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Citadelgrad said: Hi Ernest. Thank you. Yes, i have Barracuda cockpit stencils, a first for me. The Barracuda stencils are very nice, I think you will like them. Ernest Citadelgrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) Amon other developments, our daughter is packed up and shipped off to studY abroad this semester, and she is loving it. That and waiting on some MRP interior green delayed this build. now that i am back at the bench, a dilemma has reared its head. I found a wonderful color photo of a cockpit in Dana Bells Corsair Cockpits. Its not a -1a, is a D, but the foot troughs appear to be black, possibly a non skid surface. is this accurate? proof i am making small progress The wash is wet and looks overdone. I am thinking about repainting this part anyway, so i hit it with a dark wash. Edited March 9, 2023 by Citadelgrad Greif8, LSP_Kevin, Landrotten Highlander and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Citadelgrad said: I found a wonderful color photo of a cockpit in Dana Bells Corsair Cockpits. Its not a -1a, is a D, but the foot troughs appear to be black, possibly a non skid surface. Yeah i have that book - looks OD green to me though. There is black all over the place in that picture to compare to. MikeMaben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citadelgrad Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, JayW said: Yeah i have that book - looks OD green to me though. There is black all over the place in that picture to compare to. But definitely not interior green, though, right? Way darker than the seat and the metal right next to it. Its too consistent to just be in shadow. Edited March 9, 2023 by Citadelgrad JayW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody V Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 6 hours ago, Citadelgrad said: our daughter is packed up and shipped off to stud abroad this semester Ummm.... JayW, Shoggz and Citadelgrad 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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