Wolwe82 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Hey guys, after ages i have finaly some time for modeling At this moment i just needed to build something quick, so i chosed the Eduard´s 1/72 F6F Hellcat. It is great kit, goes together like a charm! Building this OOB. Well.. mostly.. so far i made new position lights and landing light on wings, cut off the exhausts and ll replace these (and gun barrels) by needle tubes later. I did not take shots during the building phase, so here is where i m now Here are the painting steps: 1. aluminium overall 2. chipping fluid 3. zinc chromate yellow 4. scratch down the yellow paint on most used areas 5. chipping fluid 6. some sort of preshading done by sponge and dilluted acrylic paint 7. airbrushed patches of dark shade of base paint 8. airbrushed patches of light shade of base paint 9. mascol applied by sponge 10. airbrushed patches of very light shade of base paint 11. applied salt in random pattern 12. airbrushed coat of medium shade of base paint 13. removed salt and mascol 14. airbushed very light (much much thinned) coat of the base paint 15. using water to dissolve the chipping fluid (applied at step 5) make some scratches around Right now the Hellcat got coat of gloss varnish and is geting ready for decals I had one big trouble though with white paint - some failure batch probably, it does not want to mix properly, it does not adhere well and keeps peeling off... had to remove the bottom side paint twice already up to bare plastic, still it is not perfect but i m not going to remove it for third time.. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Wow! Looks impeccable. All the wear is in the right places, too. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Hi Wolwe. Nice to see you back again. Hope you are keeping well. Lovely work as always and especially impressive in 1/72. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 A lot of work but a fantastic result to the paint from it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) That is one hell* of a result! Fantastic. I won't lie when I first saw it with the salt etc on i thought you had gone nuts......evidently you have not Rob *didn't even intend the pun Edited July 9, 2015 by rob85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 That looks awesome Wolwe! I love your weathered builds and you've done it again. I think you've made a great choice in having the paint chip mostly to the primer rather than bare metal. It seems that pics of Hellcats and Corsairs often show the top coat weathered down to the primer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 That is one Helluvacat! Definitely want to see more so post away. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 salt techniques are some weird magic to me but this + maskol + + + looks amazingly accurate in the finished product 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Thanks a lot guys for your kind words The bottom side white keeps peeling off more and more, but i decided i m not going to strip down the paint at this stage - in the shelf the bottom side wont be seen anyway.. As for the techniques so far, i m trying to learn from mr. Bera Károly and his great tutorials (he is sharing these on his facebook page, one of the best work one can see around i believe) and this stacking up layers with various techniques seems to work very well Anyway, some progress for today, not much time for making the post, i m sorry guys :/ More progress hopefuly tomorrow 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 That really is very good.. And thanks for the heads up on where to find the tutorial Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace From Outer Space Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Now that is a work of art! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Nice work there mate. The layer approach looks to of come out nicely, especially in 1/72nd. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 Thanks once again guys This is probably my shortest WIP as the hellcat is already finished Well, not the best work, but i m happy for the top side More shots in RFI http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234985137-f6f-3-hellcat-172-eduard/ Thanks for your support guys 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 AMAZING model! Top work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I love how you have weathered that top coat, fantastic Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Yo´ve done an amazing paintjob and the weathering looks superb! Can you tell me what is the chipping fluid? And How do you remove the salt from the surface after painting? Thanks and keep sharing your work! Best regards from Uruguay! Ignacio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Awesome!..... Top stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Thanks guys for your kind words and i m so sorry for my late reaction.. Ignacio - chipping fluid is usualy something you can dissolve by water - it used to be hairspray earlier (can use it now as well as it might be cheaper option so it is good for practicing), but at these days i m using original chipping fluids made by ammo of mig jimmenez, i think they are offering some for heavy scratches and some for more gentle scratching. Using the chipping fluids is quite easy - paint the base coat (usualy metal undersurface), let it dry, apply the chipping fluid either by spray, handbrush or airbrush, let it dry for some time, apply the top coat (must be acrylic paints, does not work with enamels or laquer based paints - for me, good acrylic paints for this are tamiya acrylics, vallejo, ammo, and such) and once the top coat is dry (can be just 10+ mins usualy if you use thin coats of paint), you can start to work on the chipping - simply dib some water on surface (gently, do not flood the surface!) and by using various tools (toothpick, needle, stiff brush, ...) and just a LITTLE pressure, you can start to scratch the paint As for removing the salt - i let the top coat dry enough (in this case at least half hour or use hairdryer to speed the procces up) and then use soft old toothbrush to remove the salt. i do recommend to use different toothbrush from what you are using for your teeth.. If i could help or give any tips, just let me know (or send me PM as it shows up in my mail as well so it is easier to recognize for me at these days:) ) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thanks very much !!! You are very kind sharing your knowledge. I build models since I was 6 (32 now), but I'm completely new on weathering. Thanks again, Ignacio 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Fantastic job on the paint , certinaly learnt few bits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 I m happy i could help a littl bit to you guys i m still learning as well, but all i know is from other modellers online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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