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  1. Torbjörn Hanö
    What missing piece? /Torbjörn
  2. Torbjörn Hanö
    Thanks!
  3. Torbjörn Hanö
    Ah, I didn't know that. Thank you! I'll replace one of them, since I painted and weathered thenother ones as well. My first jet since I was a teenager, so not as up to speed on these machines as I am on WWII aircraft.
  4. Torbjörn Hanö
    Thanks! I really like using oils, they are versatile and you can fool around with them without having irreversible mistakes. Acrylic colors dry to fast, and then they are impossible to remove without also removing everything down to the bare plastic.
  5. Torbjörn Hanö
    Yeah, so I am one step ahead! 🤣
  6. Torbjörn Hanö
    Finished! I enjoyed every moment of this build. Will get my hands on Tamiya's Phantom soon. If you want to see the different stages of painting, you can find it here: All but one of the pix are close ups, since the model i huge even in 1/48. I made one huge mistake, let's see if anyone spots it. And it's ready for pickup, Axel! Stay safe, take your shots and keep glueing plastic! /Torbjörn
  7. Torbjörn Hanö
    And then some oils ... I like Ammos Oilbrushers, they are really easy to use. First a little oil paint, then some dliuting/blending with a moistened brush. I try to blend the paint along the edges of the different panels. I then use a broader brush, moistened as well, and do strokes in the direction of the airflow. Here's the result so far. I think the surface still is a bit too uniform, so I used small dots of white oil paint, and then blended it in with a more than moist brush. I will have to redo some panel lines, using the same watercolour as before, since the diluted oil paint gets in the recesses. That's all for now! Torbjörn
  8. Torbjörn Hanö
    Can you use a sprue cutter to separate them from the herd, sorry, the sprue, or do you have to chop them off?
  9. Torbjörn Hanö
    It really looks great, man! Top job. /Torbjörn
  10. Torbjörn Hanö
    It's a great kit, fun to build.
  11. Torbjörn Hanö
    I cut out the decals and used them as templates. The rear I only used to mark where the "triangle's" rear end should be. Hope that helps. /Torbjörn
  12. Torbjörn Hanö
    A bit further on the way. All the decals (except for the ordnance) are on, and a wash for the panel lines etc as well. Nowadays I use watercolour for washes, with a little hint of washing-up liquid to get rid of the surface tension. It really works well; doesn't smell, and you can take your time removing the excess paint. I use a broad, flat brush, slightly moistened with water, to wipe it off, sometimes using good quality paper towels as well. I keep the brush tilted at a very low angle, this helps the paint stay in the recesses. It really makes the panel lines and rivets stand out, but not too much. That's a matter of personal taste, of course. For the grey and white I used Payne's gray, a personal favourite when it comes to water colours; great for clouds and shadows. But, I digress ... Some other parts of the result of the wash. On the black areas I also used Payne's gray, but lightnened up with a touch of Chinese White. On the gray areas you can see the result of the underlaying mottling from the priming. The finish turns out a little patchy and not so uniform, just the effect I am after. Next up is sealing it all with a thin layer of satin varnish as a preparation for some oil paint rendering. See ya! /Torbjörn
  13. Torbjörn Hanö
    I totally agree! The challenge for me is to improve my techniques and to get better all the time. But also to take on new subjects. And a really good kit challenges you to make the best out of it. You can't blame the kit if it doesn't turn out well. Cheers!
  14. Torbjörn Hanö
    My first jet since I was around 16. Wonderful kit, this Tamiya Tomcat. I like challenges, but sometimes I do like to build a kit that goes together without snags, and where you don't need a plastic to putty-ratio of 1:1. Others have built their cockpits and displayed them, and done a better job than I can. Therefor I focus in this build thread on the external painting. Feel free to suggest solutions or tricks. The following techniques aren't new, but I like the result so far. I primed with Ultimate Primers glossy black (I love the way it performs! Never let's me down), then sprinkled it with salt when the primer had cured. That was followed by spraying a speckled/marbled pattern, quite randomly, with Tamiya XF-57, XF-59 both on the upper surfaces (that will end up light grey), and lower (which will be white) with some XF-49 on the upper and XF-55 on the lower surfaces. With the salt removed it looked like this. I then sprayed it with Vallejo 71.001 on the lower surfaces and XF-19 on top. I tried Tamiya white first on the lower surfaces, but it didn't behave the way I wanted. Either it was too opaque to get the effect of the preshading I had done, or it became too "runny", resulting in spidering and pooling. Hence Vallejo, which performed brilliantly. This is the result, and it's almost exactly as I had hoped for. I managed to stop in time, and did it in two sessions, so I wouldn't overdo it. Patience is the trick! Now I'm gonna seal it with some Aqua gloss from Alclad, then put on the decals (there are about a zillion of them!), followed by some washes. Stay tuned, and stay healthy. /Torbjörn
  15. Torbjörn Hanö
    Great work, makes want to build one. Now!
  16. Torbjörn Hanö
    Thanks for the tip! That sounds like it's right up my alley. ICM has a firetruck from Chernobyl, now you've gotten me really interested in that kit. /Torbjörn
  17. Torbjörn Hanö
    Thanks! Maybe I should lose the guns... /Torbjörn
  18. Torbjörn Hanö
    I do like kits that have something out of the ordinary. I've built kits for 40 years, and need something to intrigue me. /Torbjörn
  19. Torbjörn Hanö
    Thanks!
  20. Torbjörn Hanö
    You can see the finished result here:
  21. Torbjörn Hanö
    Finished! The kit is a bit over engineered in some parts, most of all the rear hull. And half of the plastic is unused, some of it goes straight to the spares box. Great fit over all. I really enjoyed it, though. I don’t know why I’m so fond of rusted blue vehicles. Maybe it’s because of the old SAAB I drove when I was 20. Hm. The only thing I'm not so pleased with is that the dust turned out a little bit too orange. Anyway; hope you like what you see. Til next time, happy modelling! Torbjörn
  22. Torbjörn Hanö
    I'm almost finished, and sometimes, when I really enjoy a build, it leaves me with a feeling of sadness when it's done. This one leaves me with that kind of feeling. I've really enjoyed building and painting this kit. /Torbjörn
  23. Torbjörn Hanö
    Yes, their acrylics. /Torbjörn
  24. Torbjörn Hanö
    Thanks! I've found that Tamiya paints work best with the hairspray technique. Vallejo flakes off in big chunks, as does Mission Models' paints and Migs' as well, so it's much harder to control. /T
  25. Torbjörn Hanö
    The tractor was a testbed of sorts: Now to the real thing, the Miniart kit of the SLA APC T-54 with Dozer blade. First a rust primer, then chipping medium, and finally Tamiya XF-18 (blue) and Vallejo 70957 (red, on top of some light dusting of Mig Steel). And you know the feeling when you stop just short of overdoing stripping off the paint after using the hairspray technique? I think I did it just right. Hope you agree. A little weathering (oils and what not) will follow. Stay tuned.
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