rockpopandchips Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) Since I bought a load of new parts for the very annoying Neo airbrush I thought I would give it one more chance to redeem its self, so I have re-started my Vanship build. This really is a very nice kit and I have been working on the wiring and drilling for the LED`s for ages now, so though I would try some paint in a plan to motivate myself into getting it finished. I should say the LED`s are pre made buy the lovely people at smallscalelights. Work I have completed so for , I have hand painted the cockpit and added some seat belts, drilled out all the holes for the lights and wires and made a start on the pilots. These are the parts from last nights efforts, I pre-shaded with black then I went over with gun metal in versus levels to give it some interest and in a moment of madness I then added some clear smoke to the forwards section and more around the vents and then added clear yellow over the round ball parts. I had no idea if this would work but I`m very happy with the results, especially the clear yellow. Sorry about the seam lines I did a crap job with them. Added a bit of AK true metal on the turbines inside the engine parts. Edited February 29, 2016 by rockpopandchips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted February 29, 2016 Author Share Posted February 29, 2016 (edited) I going to have to redo the cockpit dashboard as the paint ran a little and my first seat belts. Edited February 29, 2016 by rockpopandchips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Cool looks like a great start, tidy job on tbe fiddly seatbelts! I always like the look of the van ships, pity they dont do some larger scale stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Yep, what he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Nice going. The paint looks real nice on the Claudia drive. And I had trouble with those seems lime too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 1, 2016 Author Share Posted March 1, 2016 (edited) Nice going. The paint looks real nice on the Claudia drive. And I had trouble with those seems lime too... Claudia drive, I had forgotten what they called them, thanks. Fitted all the LED`s last night, so going for a sub build tonight. I`m still undecided on colour, red or aluminium? Edited March 1, 2016 by rockpopandchips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Making a bit more progress on this, all the LED lights fitted and checked all they work, thats a bonus. Need to finish the back base now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 That's gonna look beauty all lit up!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Looks great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Nice one! And i vote red for the colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 4, 2016 Author Share Posted March 4, 2016 Red it is but i dont just want red i wand RED. So i have mr Crystal rubby red or tamiya clear red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Ok so i have had a bit of a nightmare with the red clear. First 2 light coats whent down ok but i went for a third in an attempt to get a deeper red and its all gone orange peal like. I thought i could live with it so i glued to kit together. Then this morning i have decided i can not even look at it in this state, so even if a make a mess of trying to clean it up it will be better than it is now. So i have cut some the paint back with tcut and then clean with alcohol wipes. Its looks like quite a nice weathered kit at the moment but im going to have a go at masking it all and give it 2 more coats of clear red. Wish me luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Good luck. Both my builds of this died with the red coat. Orange peel galore! Though if it's not to late, one of the things I did was to open the port holes on the sides. It creates a nice effect and you can use Micro Kristol Clear or some equivalent for glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 Good luck. Both my builds of this died with the red coat. Orange peel galore! Though if it's not to late, one of the things I did was to open the port holes on the sides. It creates a nice effect and you can use Micro Kristol Clear or some equivalent for glass. I like the open port idea i will try that on the next one i build, after this one goes in the part bin...... I think the orange peal is down to me not thinning the clear red enough and spraying at a higher psi than i normally do. For some reason my brush is now spraying of center unless i spray at 22-25 psi with a brand new nozzle and needed fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Parts bin? Will the paint not strip off with oven cleaner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Yeah, hate to hear that. I guess the tough part would be getting the paint out from between the louvers on the nose. Hopefully you can save it. Or if not the whole model - then at least the lights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 6, 2016 Author Share Posted March 6, 2016 I have spent most of mother's day (yes im in the mother of my 2 childrens bad books) buffing, cutting, sanding, painting more sanding and re painting my first crap paint job, so im now finished my second paint job there are a few ruff patches and marks but if this kit really wants to be weathered kit then i will roll with it. It looks a lot better what ever else i do with it. Few! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Its not perfect but its a lot better than it was and now i have a much better understanding of how to get a better result next time i try tgis type of paint effect. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 10/10 for perseverance! And despite the problems its a great shade of red 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matiwashere Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 That red is beautiful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one hit wonder Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Good one The overall impression is so charming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 Sparklin I tells yah, sparklin! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 7, 2016 Author Share Posted March 7, 2016 Thanks all much appreciated. I'm really happy with the red as well and glad you all like it. There's still time for some more drama as i need to gloss it now before decals and i had intended to paint in the bigger decals (white wheel arches and whitw strip) but i may have chickend out. I also need to do some weathering as well but im not sure how to go about that yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 The gloss red looks very cool. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Thanks for all the nice comments about the red, but after looking at it for a few days I decided that the finish was still very ruff and the overall look was not right and the colour was a bit to much for this model. So I have given it a much more warn and weathered look, I've not really attempted weathering on this scale before and there is still a few more washes and muddy to add but its starting to come together. its a terrible photos as well. This one was just as I started on the brown wash. Edited March 11, 2016 by rockpopandchips 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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