desmojen Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedtaylor Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 A bit of an update... I have a feeling that dust inside the fuselage will be a problem from rubbing down... not figured out how to avoid that yet as there are too many holes. Karl. Don't worry about it use your air brush (without paint) to blow it out afterwards, I do that all the time to get rid of dust. Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Yes Ted, I did that to clear it out... I'm just hoping that the last bit of work didn't attract too much more as the whole thing is closed up now! Right, here's some progress, ready for some paint at last... And then I laid on some Tamiya XF-2 and then added some shading and dirtying from the exhausts before the final white coat. This'll all be toned right down with the final coat as these things always look clean. The exhaust dirt tends to be a slight discolouring, as if it's been washed off the shiny surfaces. Hope that it works once all the final coat is on! I did find one other problem on the kit. The left hand pylon is fitted way too low on the fuselage. With this scheme the white and grey are separated where the pylon fits, but on the kit it is about 3mm too low so it would be well below the line. After some tugging and pulling and swearing and some other stuff, I finally got it off without causing too much damage. I've fitted it into its correct position now and sorted out the resulting damage. Hopefully there are no more problems towards the finish! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFY21 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Looking good Karl. Did you prime at all, or did you just spray Tamiya straight onto the plastic? rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Tamiya straight on... I practically never prime as I'm too lazy Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalguru Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 "BLIMMIN'..." HOW FAST! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Seems I've missed this one so far... corrected thanks to Mental mentioning how good it was looking. Gotta say I agree I was going to say that the pre-shade needs toning down, but I see you're going to do that anyway. Should make a good sturdy base for the yellowy bits too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted October 1, 2008 Author Share Posted October 1, 2008 Right, a little more done... Finished off the white, and toned down the shading to what I wanted. The Gull Grey underside is now added, and you can see from this pic that if the pylon was left 3mm lower, it would have fallen well below the colour split. Also added the Yellow strip on the tail, and here's the current position. Still working on some of the smaller parts that are still to add, and also got to do all of the black panels... ticking along nicely now though! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 (edited) Getting there Karl Edited October 1, 2008 by Mish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtd350 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Stumbled across this post and am sorry to read that it's been a mare as I've just aquired the Italeri MH60 Blackhawk. Guess that'll be going on the stash till I can put some time in on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snipersmudge Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 looking very nice karl, i like the subtle tones on the white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousER99 Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Karl That is coming along quite nicely isnt it?!!! I love the preshading. Really adds life to it so far. Looks like I need to toss some paint on my F-1 because you and Jen are killing me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Karl, you really are turning a silk ear into a sows purse, or something. Very nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 OK, latest update... I found out the other day that the underside of the SH-60 has the Japanese writing on it, as well as the aircraft number. The kit only gives you the roundel, so I needed to make some decals to fit the underside. Taking the artwork from the kit decals, these were re-sized and popped onto some decal paper. Here's the latest on the build, All decalled up, but there are still a few dark grey panels to be sprayed onto the top. Also some other work with smaller pieces to be attached. And the new decals added... Still plodding onwards, the masking on the intakes and exhausts took me a while and slowed me up a bit! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Nice work Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFY21 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 (edited) Sloooooow Downnnnnn. I want to catch up . Nice work so far Karl. rich Edited October 7, 2008 by richc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skii Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Looking fantastic Karl, the white looks beuatifully shaded and not overdone , exceptionally neat paintwork and masking too. Really liking this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousER99 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Karl!!!! WOW matey thats just coming out beautiful!! The paint work is exceptional my friend. That Hinamoru had to be fun on the bottom side!! Keep it up amigo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Great work Karl - coming on really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Thanks guys... no update pics but I thought I'd mention that I've added a small amount of exhaust staining onto it. First time I've done this with the airbrush, and I used a really, really thin mix of Tamiya XF-64 Red brown with some black. I was really nervous about doing this onto a white surface as it would have been so easy to over do it. Once I'd finished I'm more than happy with how it came out, looks really spot on with the reference pics, so I'm a happy bunny with that. Hopefully when I do the next shots I'll pick it out on there. Just got some of the more fiddly bits to finish off tomorrow, and I'm there. I've kept saying it for the last few days that I'm almost finished, but I really do hope to finish it tomorrow now! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Your progress as per the previous page is tremendous, Karl. I hope the rest of your build is proceeding as well and it sounds as though we won't have to wait long to find out...... Thanks for pointing out that the script (what I take to be the Kanji for JMSDF) is also placed on the underside; I've not noticed that elsewhere! All the best for what's left to do. Cheers, Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I thought it was looking a bit, well, white, so I look forward to seeing it with the weathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 The white is subtly shaded I can assure you, it's just I've not messed with the white balance much to bring it out. When I do the final pics it will hopefully show up better. They are particularly clean most of the time, which is why it is so soft on there. If you're at Yeovilton, it'll be on the table as part of the display for this GB so come and have a look. Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted October 11, 2008 Author Share Posted October 11, 2008 All finished now, and very happy with it... you can see the final results HERE Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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