Peter Marshall Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 The lovely Accurate Minatures kit, and i am building it as the cover version 'Dirty Dora', a very weather beaten and worn Mitchell I have a couple of extras for it - Quickboost engines And Truedetails wheels Work starts with the Cockpit ( just for a change ), Sprayed dark green , with the back of the bulkhead interior green, and the bomb aimer's access tunnel aluminium Then painted and weathered down the instrument panel. Painted the instruments from the back, then the front black, leaving the instruments, then some of MIG's Clear in the dials. Used the provided decals for the belts, mainly as once it's closed up it will be almost impossible to see. Picked out some of the switches and throttle levers with artist's gouache paints. Next the bomb bay and navigator's position - assembled and glued in position, using the fuselage side to help align everything. Painted with Interior Green and then picked out the details, and an oil wash Finally for today, sprayed the inside of the bomb bay Alclad aluminium Peter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Great start Peter. Another build up to your usual high standards. Love the nose art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Vander Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 The "Modeling Machine" back at it...me likes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Interesting looking project. Looking very good so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Looking forwards to this one Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Yep you got me. Looks like a great start. Looking forward to seeing plenty more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 6, 2014 Author Share Posted July 6, 2014 Today's work on 'Dora' - started the upper turret, first glued all the bit's together, and filled the back of the cartridge collection bags with some Tamiya Light Curing putty. Then painted Interior green, with Gunmetal MG's, aluminium collection and feed chutes and a leather seat. Then masked the turret with tamiya tape, sprayed the frame Interior green, and attached to the main turret with GS Hypo cement Right fuselage side, attached the 'furnature' to this side including the changes specific to 'Dora', hence the plastic strut across the rear window Painting next - Dark Green for the cockpit section, interior green for the rest of the fuselage apart from the bomb bay which is aluminium Finally slotted the cockpit sections into place, just to check fit and see what it looks like so far Peter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 12, 2014 Author Share Posted July 12, 2014 Today's work on Dora First adding the 'furnature' on the port side Then painting the details, once again rear section Interior green, Dark green for the cockpit, and aluminium for the bomb bay Made up the nose - using GS Hypo glue for the clear parts, and to fill the slight gaps Next the Huge advantage of having the original Accurate Minatures boxing - you get the brass sheet weights that fit straight in the nose Finally got the fuselage closed up with the aid of 5 Berna clamps, and used some filler along the joints to smooth it all out. Will need some re-riveting / re-scribing later but nothing major. Also cut out the blast deflector plates for the side 50cals - still need to add blast deflector plates for the top turret. Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 13, 2014 Author Share Posted July 13, 2014 Today's work on Dora - first for the day, added the blast shields for the top turret out of 10thou plasticard, and rescribed the couple of bits on the top that needed panel lines restoring Then added the cockpit canopy, using the vinyl masks included in the kit to mask it - don't need to bother with the nose as this is overpainted for Dora Some nice straight forward construction now - the tail. Dora didn't have any tail guns fitted - instead they had them in the side windows in the rear, which is why there is no glass in the rear windows, and a mounting bar has been added. Then fitted the entry hatches and the bomb bay doors - not great fit these. Finally for the day, assembled the wings, and tacked the cowlings in place with blu-tak. Lots of little gaps on these so lots of Mr Surfacer 500 everywhere, but they should clean up nicely. No point in fitting the engines until after all the spraying is done, especially with the masking for the blue flashes for Dora It's fighting me, but that's half the fun Peter 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adilson Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 Very good job congratulation .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 Day off today so got some more done - first a coat of Alclad Grey Primer, then a light rubdown, then clean with a tac cloth Then sprayed Alclad aluminium on the leading edges followed by some AK Worn Effects liquid Preshaded with a mix of black and dark grey Then broke up the surface randomly with a buff / grey mix that was very thin, and gradually lightened as I went on Then onwards with the base coats - first Neutral Grey ( Gunze , with levelling thinners ) Followed by the Olive Drab ( once again Gunze with Levelling thinners ), and the theatre ID patches on the fins ( white ) Let all of that cure overnight before the masking marathon (or snickers now ) tomorrow for the blue bat Peter 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 This mornings work on Dora - Masking Using the vinyl masks provided with the kit - they work well, but not a huge fan of this type of vinyl - has a tendency to be a bit too sticky. First placed the vinyl masks in place, then masked around the edges with tape. Then sprayed with slightly lightened Tamiya Flat Blue ( 10:1 Flat blue to White ) Now weathering starts - first rub the leading edges with a wet brush, which dissolves the "Worn Effects" fluid, and weathers randomly back to the Alclad Aluminium. Once that was done glued the wings in place. Painted and fitted the Quickboost engines - Mithril Boltgun, Neutral grey and silver details with an Oil wash over the top Cowlings and Engines in place Finally for the morning a coat of Klear over the top - waiting for this to dry ( and the thunderstorm to pass over so I won't get soaked going down to the shed ), then decals next. Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Excellent progress Peter! It's all coming together very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 Well as it stopped raining I got some more done - the Decals are on Defineately batty now - need to wait for all of them to dry completely now. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Wow Peter, you haven't hung around with this. Last time I checked in, you was still working on the interior. Lovely paint work, she's quite a mean looking beast with that nose scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 A bit more done today - first the External gun packs ( sprayed a slightly different shade of OD as they were fitted later ), added the Landing gear with the Resin wheels. And it doesn't Tail sit :-) MIG Neutral Wash over the underside MIG Dark Wash on the top surface Then after a while rub the wash off Peter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Brilliant job, I love the paint job on the nose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyB Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Wow, incredible job Peter! Can't wait to see this one finished now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted July 26, 2014 Author Share Posted July 26, 2014 This mornings work - starting the weathering proper. First spraying some 'True Earth' weathering resins over the top to lighten and darken panels slightly and sprayed the exhaust stains ( gradual build up of Tamiya Light Grey, Dark Grey then Black ). Then Flatt coated everything - this needs to dry then I can start with the oils Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 That is looking fantastic, love the nose job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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