desmojen Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Nice work Neil, nice work Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 26, 2007 Author Share Posted July 26, 2007 Very creative I'm not looking forward to finding the codes for my highball, as it's getting towards that stage shortly Luckily you don't need any of those big fuselage letters, for the serial number how about this matey .... http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=X48044 Nice work Neil, nice work Jen. Hope to be sorting your stuff tomorrow Jen, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Luckily you don't need any of those big fuselage letters, for the serial number how about this matey ....http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=X48044 Taa laa I'll check me decal bank before I go ordering anything tho, as we wouldn't wanna spend any extra shekels when we don't need to, do we? I'm still humming & harrring over the specifics of the scheme, and where to do what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Worked out ok, And there, ladeez and gentlemen is an example of quintisential English understatement ! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Some excellent finishing on the D Day stripes. Everyone else has said the rest - pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenshb Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I'm watching and enjoying... Jens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 This bit may or may not be of use if you are building one of these. The inboard wing sections have some quite prominent rivets in the 'no step' areas where the decals go, and because most of the decal is clear carrier film I had a feeling that I may end up with lots of 'silvering' around the rivets. Decided to cut most of the clear areas away (the Black triangles on the spare decals in the foreground) so that they had a better chance of being drawn down onto the surface. With these clear areas cut away it does get very floppy ( Mrs .... ) so you have to be careful putting them on, once in place I used plenty of Micro Set and Micro Sol and left them overnight. Came back to the workshop the following morning and the decals had snuggled down very nicely around all of the raised detail, no silvering at all, . The Tamiya decals seem to work very well with those setting solutions, . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Good tip - thanks Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Another quick view of all the sub assemblies before sticking them all together, including the exhausts, u/c doors and the 57mm gun barrel, the canopy framing still needs a coat of Matt Varnish too. The u/c doors are painted in lightened Humbrol No.78 Green, given a wash of thinned Tamiya Matt Black Acrylic, then dry-brushed with Humbrol 78 again which is lightened with a fair bit of White. The Redish-Brown patches on the doors are Bakelite rubbing pads. Don't remove the moulded round discs on the inside of the doors, they are access panels and not ejector pin marks. Exhausts were painted Humbrol No.26 Brown, given a wash of the Tamiya Black, then dry-brushed in slightly lightened Humbrol 26 again, trying to give a sort of blackened rusty-brown effect. All the decals are now on the airframe too, and the prop spinners will get a touch of weathering before fitting. The tyres could do with some dry-brushing also, maybe in a Brownish-Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entlim Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Coming along nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Broadbent Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 This is so good, Neil!! MORE! I think I'm going to pull out my moribund Mossie project (was going to be an Israeli FB VI but the Overlord stripes look so good........) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiSteve Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Another quick view of all the sub assemblies before sticking them all together, including the exhausts, u/c doors and the 57mm gun barrel, the canopy framing still needs a coat of Matt Varnish too. The u/c doors are painted in lightened Humbrol No.78 Green, given a wash of thinned Tamiya Matt Black Acrylic, then dry-brushed with Humbrol 78 again which is lightened with a fair bit of White. The Redish-Brown patches on the doors are Bakelite rubbing pads. Don't remove the moulded round discs on the inside of the doors, they are access panels and not ejector pin marks. Exhausts were painted Humbrol No.26 Brown, given a wash of the Tamiya Black, then dry-brushed in slightly lightened Humbrol 26 again, trying to give a sort of blackened rusty-brown effect. All the decals are now on the airframe too, and the prop spinners will get a touch of weathering before fitting. The tyres could do with some dry-brushing also, maybe in a Brownish-Grey. Keep posting Neil, your tips are priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 This is so good, Neil!! MORE!I think I'm going to pull out my moribund Mossie project (was going to be an Israeli FB VI but the Overlord stripes look so good........) I don't know Rowan. Desert Mosquito. Yum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 Ta, peeps. Had a tentative go at enhancing some of the panel lines and adding some shading with some Paynes Grey oil paint today, but quickly stopped that little venture because the oil paint was 'sticking' to the upper camo surface and not wiping off and blending as it should. Obviously the camo colours are not quite 100% fully dry yet, so I will have to put this aside for a while to let it do it's own thing. Underside shot for now with the u/c, drop tanks, gun barrel etc just clipped in to see how things look overall. Itching to get this finished, everything always comes together with a coat of Matt varnish sprayed on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 I've run out of superlatives. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entlim Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 All the camo paint now seems dry enough at last, and have made a tentative start on enhancing some of the panel lines etc on the upper surface because I applied the camo colours too heavily and almost obliterated the pre-shading. Have applied a faint wash using Paynes Grey oil colour, thinned with White Spirit, on some of the upper wing, dingy hatch and around the armour plate on the fuselage sides below the cockpit. Hope to have all the panel lining/shading done within the next few days (time permitting). Finally beginning to look how I want it too .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skii Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Absolutely beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil @ Flory Models Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 It's surprising how just a touch of shading adds to the overall effect, I'm looking forward to getting the rest of it finished. Will probably also add just a hint of colour lightening to a few random areas on the Green and Grey camo colours too, sort of slightly faded look in places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalguru Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Skiii or Cop Can you change to say NEIL please- ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Thomson Posted August 1, 2007 Share Posted August 1, 2007 Yep, you just about cracked it Neil. Lovely work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Aotearoa Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 All the camo paint now seems dry enough at last, and have made a tentative start on enhancing some of the panel lines etc on the upper surface because I applied the camo colours too heavily and almost obliterated the pre-shading. Have applied a faint wash using Paynes Grey oil colour, thinned with White Spirit, on some of the upper wing, dingy hatch and around the armour plate on the fuselage sides below the cockpit. Hope to have all the panel lining/shading done within the next few days (time permitting).Finally beginning to look how I want it too .... Hi Neil Lovely job on a lovely aeroplane! You may have answered this already, but wots wiv the darker gray around its snout? All the pics I've seen of them have been in the the same camo' colours as the rest of the airframe. And that's how they show it on the old Airfix box art - and that MUST be right! Looking forward to seeing this completed! Cheers from NZ MIke Aldridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 Hi NeilYou may have answered this already, but wots wiv the darker gray around its snout? MIke Aldridge At some point in this aircraft's life, the nose was left in a different colour to the rest of the airframe for some reason. There are two black and white pics of the real 'plane at the beginning of this thread, on the first page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Itching to get this finished, everything always comes together with a coat of Matt varnish sprayed on. This is another cracking job Neil, from start to finish but, I'm with you,......it does look a little wierd when it's all glossy. Marvellous stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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