Hoss FL Posted January 5 Author Share Posted January 5 Time for a quick update. The main topside camo is now complete. I started with the Dark Earth using Mr Color C369. I've had good results using white tack for the masking boundaries - no ridge and a relatively hard edge line. The base dark green was Mr Color C361, but I used a number of other similar colors to depict the variety of paint from the various subcontractors (engine panels, tail section, canopy frame, etc.) and the lightening of the fabric surfaces. The variation is subtle but it's there. It may go unnoticed after decals, panel line washes and other weathering, but it will contribute to the overall look I'm shooting for. That's all for now. Gloss coat and decals next. Thanks again for looking. Comments and critiques always welcome. Trak-Tor, Tony T, Shoggz and 25 others 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Great progress so far! Looks like a very enjoyable build process Matt Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Looks very good to me, and subtle, as it should be. Cheers Dennis Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMK Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Really like that camouflage, both the colours & the finish. Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss FL Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Time for another update. The decals are now complete. The decals are by Cartograf and they are thin, in perfect register, the colors look spot on and they conformed to the surface as well as any I've used. The model really comes to life when the markings go on. The stencils were apparently overpainted on the underside when the aircraft was painted from the black and white scheme to Sky Blue. Note to future bulders of this kit. The decal process over the extensive positive rivets took a long time, tested my patience, but worked in the end. If you zoom in you can see the zillions of rivets that each decided to become a bubble during the decal process. The exhausts are cool and the kit has decals for the manifolds. My version of inconel is gloss black base coat followed by a 1:1 mix of Mr Color Metallic Black and Super Stainless. I'll weather the exhausts after sealing in the decals. Here's my work on the figure so far. Still a long way to go. Next is a gloss coat over the decals and then a panel line wash. Thanks for looking. Comments and critiques always welcome. Iain, Trak-Tor, dennismcc and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Wow, nice build and your figure painting is outstanding! Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyrosjzmichos Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 It's really looking lovely! The painting is exceptional! Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 As you say, it really does come to life with the decals on. Good work getting the fuselage markings to conform, I think it would have been more difficult to paint them accurately with all the rivets sticking out. John Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 That looks great. The camo colours look spot on to me eye. A yellow spinner will look perfect with that! Hoss FL and geedubelyer 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 That's coming together beautifully! Iain Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 It must have taken a lot of patience to get those decals to snuggle down like that, they look great. Cheers Dennis Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Excellent progress and nice work on the decals@ Regards. Andy Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 On 1/7/2024 at 6:10 PM, Hoss FL said: The stencils were apparently overpainted on the underside when the aircraft was painted from the black and white scheme to Sky Blue. Yep. Super looking progress Jim. Gonna be a beaut ! Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss FL Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 (edited) My rendition of Spitfire QV-K is now complete. Since the last update, I applied another gloss coat over the decals, applied an oil panel line wash, did some weathering to match the photos as best as possible and finalized assembly. Here are a few teaser photos. Here's the link the to RFI page: Thanks again for the comments and for following along. Edited January 14 by Hoss FL Mekon, LSP_Kevin, GMK and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 What a beauty. Now that's how to do exhausts! Superb. This will be a benchmark for others to aspire to but you've set the bar high. Great job. Thanks for sharing. Cheers. Hoss FL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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