crobinsonh Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 I have been away all this week but I managed to get some paint on! I painted Alclad partly as a way to see faults but also as if there is any chipping then it is real chips so to speak. I also fitted the prop as I had just glued it and I wanted to see what it looked like. I then sprayed the lower surfaces with Gunze Mr Color Medium Sea Gray. I bought 60 bottles of Mr Color in Japan 3 weeks ago - priced at 100 Yen each (around 75p) only to find that I can no longer ship them from Japan as non of the courier companies (Japan Post, EMS, TNT, FedEx, DHL) will take them even by sea as they are flammable! Every other time I have been I have been able to do this but not anymore. The hotel has very helpfully promised to keep them for me until I return next year on holiday. That's great but I am not sure what I am going to do then either! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 On my trip to Japan and Hong Kong last year, I bought around 30 bottles of Gunze Aqueous. I packed them all in bubble wrap, put them in my checked luggage, and nobody said a thing. They arrived in fine shape. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 Hi Bill, I did think about that - but with these being the lacquer based paint and a little more flammable I did not fancy being on the flight if anything happened. I might need to do that next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigum Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Tabs?! Oops - I thought they were just part of the sprue gates, so I cut them off! Doesn't seem to have caused any problems, though - mine went together slick as anything. It's an extremely nice kit, and you're doing a sweet job of building it. Keep up the good work! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCromie Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 John I did exactly the same.....oops! No harm done on my Typhoon either thank goodness! Dave Cromie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Doh - spot the mistake. I used the wrong grey for the lower surfaces - this would be fine for the top surfaces. Back to the paint shop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Thompson Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Doh - spot the mistake. I used the wrong grey for the lower surfaces - this would be fine for the top surfaces. Back to the paint shop... If it makes you feel better, the last time I did anything with Sea Grey Medium undersides, I grabbed a bottle of Testors thinner, diluted the paint, sprayed two Spitfires, and then realized the "thinner" was actually Testors liquid glue. It does make the paint bond wonderfully well to the plastic, though. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 5, 2013 Author Share Posted May 5, 2013 John - that does sound very painful and one to certainly avoid in the future! John/Dave - In truth I came very close to cutting them off as I too, originally thought they where sprue gate attachment points. Ok. I have now found the correct Gunze RAF colours set so I repainted this evening. Bit of a bummer as I really wanted to get on with the rest of the painting tomorrow. I will now need to wait for a couple of days for the paint to really harden before masking and spraying the top surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmick Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 I wants it precious, excellent work, great breakdown and description, really well done, added to the 'to do list' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Masking, masking, masking... Got the top coat on after masking the underside but forgot to take any photos! I am now at the point after a couple of hours this evening where I can shoot the green - was really hoping to get it sprayed tonight as well but I have now been ordered into the lounge with my wife. I will splosh on some Mr Masking Neo tomorrow and then paint it. With the masking of the CMR Scimitars as well this is ALL I seem to have done the last few evenings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) I got a little further last night as I could not sleep. Here are the results so far. [/url] Lots of work still - Cockpit area and sight need painting, weathering, lightning of the underside gray, touch ups, invasion stripes, yellow wing bands etc. For £7.50 this is a great model and great value. Well done Airfix. Edited May 10, 2013 by crobinsonh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Oooh, luvverly job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 What a gorgeous build, I love your topside masking job! It certainly looks like great value for money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Very tasty indeed! Makes me want to move this one to the top of my stash, but I already have 14 kits in the number 1 spot... Cheers, Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 (edited) Lovely kit, and great job on it! When I first saw page two of this thread, I thought the cannons were AM, but looking back at the first page I see they come with the kit. Very nice touch, indeed, by Mr. Airfix. Well, I guess I picked a bad week to give up buying Typhoons. Regards, Jason Edited May 10, 2013 by Learstang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 And all for under a tenner.....Some truly beautiful work on another amazing little kit from Airfix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 11, 2013 Author Share Posted May 11, 2013 Thanks everyone for their comments. More progress today - some "tweezer" chipping down to the Alclad. Now onto the invasion stripes - White first! Black next - I may leave this to Monday/Tuesday to make sure the white is really hard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuidoKM Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 Great thread, wonderful build so far and can't wait to get my mitts on one! Love the alclad technique too! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 It's pushed me over the edge.....Two are on their way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 (edited) A few more updates from last Sunday morning before all hell broke loose... Now the weathering needs to start once I have painted the cannons and I have brought some of the True Earth products to try out. Edited May 17, 2013 by crobinsonh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Decals on... Still lots to do. One of the rocket rails is off, sky band needs repairing after reaction with Micro Sol etc etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuidoKM Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 WOW! Looks awesome! Just got myself one today at Hendon's model show: AMAZING kit! I'm curious as to how you did the left top-of-wing roundel though. Did you just cut the decal or actually put it on the hatch in the closed position? Sorry if I'm not making much sense: there's a lot of model glue in the air right now... haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted May 19, 2013 Author Share Posted May 19, 2013 Hi, Just used Microsol and when it dries it sucks the whole decal down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuidoKM Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Aha, I'll keep that in mind for mine, thanks! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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