Speedman Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 (edited) As with my previous Star Wars easy kit, I put it together and immediately decided to take it apart and repaint it. Hunting around online for reference photos for the correct colour (the kit was too blue) I found a picture of an Interceptor with red stripes. After a bit of digging around I found that it was the markings for the 181st Imperial Fighter Group, so that's what I decided to do. I repainted the interior, detailed and weathered it plus I painted the pilot in the 181st uniform colours. The exterior was primed and then a few light coats of white followed by gloss red for the stripes. The lines were then masked and I put down a couple of coats of black for the panels. Once the panels were masked the whole model was sprayed with a grey/blue mix. Individual panels/bits were picked out using various colours (mostly greys) followed a couple of coats of Humbrol Clear and then a simple oil wash. Once the excess was removed I sealed it with Tamiya satin varnish. Painted in Revell acrylics apart from the Humbrol Clear and Tamiya satin varnish. Edited July 19, 2013 by Speedman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Cooool The red stripes look nice - though I wonder why the black panels should be overpainted. I alwas thought the black colour had something to do with the function - in fact I though they would be something like solar panels, and I would not paint such a thing on a war maschine... Still looks cool! Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 wonderfully constructed ... Paint job et al is excellently done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Looks really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseGill Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Nice, A new look for a vary familiar subject is always good. How was the Humbrol Clear in the airbrush? I hear it's the new Johnson's Klear and possibly better by a long shot and maybe just needs to come in much bigger jars? J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 (edited) I brush painted the Clear on this one but I have sprayed it as well, in both cases it's fantastic. The only thing I've found is that you have to make sure transparencies are thoroughly clean if your dipping them. As for the price, seeing how some people are paying £20 and upwards + p&p for a 1 litre bottle of Klear on eBay the price isn't too bad. I already had a bottle but I've bought another 7 at half price from Modelzone. Edited October 20, 2013 by Speedman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMChladek Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 Beautiful work! The details pop on this TIE quite well and your masking of the red stripes was expertly done to get things to conform to those details. What colour did you end up using for the TIE Blue shade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted July 28, 2013 Author Share Posted July 28, 2013 What colour did you end up using for the TIE Blue shade? It was a custom mix of Revell acrylics... 48% 05 white 32% 76 light grey 16% 49 light blue 4% 56 blue I spent 4 days experimenting with the mix, I had to factor in the oil wash as well and ended up making over 30 test swatches. I like the way the colour changes, in the shade it's grey and in strong light (or camera flash) it's blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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