Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Morning - right - so I've started. Apart from some seatbelts this will be what comes in the box - which is pretty good! The yellow chromate primer is Tamiya XF-4 while the cockpit parts are painted in DuPont 71-036 Light Green, or as i call it Tamiya XF-71 IJN cockpit green One thing to watch is that some of the parts have some very, very fine flashing round them - just a swipe with the edge of a scalpel blade removes it, but its worth watching out for Cheers Jonners 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squibby Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Oh, is this their new one? I didn't know it was released. I'll be watching this with interest, despite my love hate affair with Airfix, they're still widely available here and generally build up really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Your not hanging around! Looking good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 morning!! Bit more work on the cockpit - There are still some decals to add to the side walls, but the instrument panel decals fits nicely! Jonners 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Looking good, tempted to get one myself so will be following this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Looking good Jonners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Looks great so far. This is a kit I am definitely getting. The details look really impressive, so I will watch your progress with interest. Cheers Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 Afternoon! Heres the finished 'pit Marking options change of plan to an early 112 sqn machine, still in the US equivalent DE/DG top colours. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 That looks a cross between excellent work, and an excellent kit, excellent! I had no interest in getting a P-40 kit but will definitely get this on the back of this build, hope Airfix will do the later variants aswel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Fast work Jonners, and the cockpit looks the business! J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Wow, that looks good! I think I might need one of these... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Righty ho - an update. Model primed with Vallejo primer ( first time I've used it - and was pretty impressed. Its easy to airbrush and clean out of the Ab easily using their own airbrush cleaner) - So painting will begin soon, once I've checked everything I've re-scribed the missing trim tab - which took about 5 mins. So it's annoying but not fatal. Removing the hinge took about 30 seconds..... I spent a "wee" bit of time yesterday morning and this morning looking at mixes for that much discussed colour DuPont 71-021 Sky Gray, and have arrived at a mix of Tamiya XF-23 light blue, X-2 white and XF-55 deck tan to give a pale blue with hint of green. i.e. rather like RAF Sky Type S but not as "green" nor as saturated - so if you will a "sky-grey" LOL For those interested I'd say it was about 5:5:2 Sky Blue: Deck tan: White, but as with a lot of acrylic mixes they tend to darken when totally dry so this may be changed once i inspect the sample I brushed . UPDATE: Ive since lightened this more and it's now giving me a colour I'm happy with - I'd say the ration is now 5:5:5 of all 3 colours - but as I'm very empirical in my mixes, down hold me to that! For the DuPont Dark Earth I'm using a mix of Tamiya Flat Earth, with some Flat Brown and yellow added - this gives a hue that's a little brighter and lighter than RAF Dark Earth, while Tamiya NATO Green looks good for the DuPont dark green - as it's just a tad more towards US Medium Green in Hue when compared to RAF Dark Green. So the general idea is that these 2 colours will give that "Sand & Spinach" look that seems to be a common description o the US DuPont equivalent colours Barracudecals have arrived too Cheers Jonners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Ha, don't know about you, but for me your text (on last post) carries merrily along beyond the border, so's I have to scroll right to finish reading. Looking forward to seeing it "dressed up"! bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Good work that cockpit looks great. How are you finding the new plastic? I hope it's not too hard as I liked the softer blue plastic - one job I hate is rescribing panel lines around the leading edge of wings on kits with hard plastic, like Hasegawa. The softer plastic Airfix were using made this very easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 15 hours ago, Tbolt said: Good work that cockpit looks great. How are you finding the new plastic? I hope it's not too hard as I liked the softer blue plastic - one job I hate is rescribing panel lines around the leading edge of wings on kits with hard plastic, like Hasegawa. The softer plastic Airfix were using made this very easy. Hi, the new plastic is not as hard as your typical Hasegawa sort, but does seem harder than the previous blues-grey sort. It scribes OK, but I'd say use a light touch, as it does have a tendency to gouge a little if you are over-enthusiastic! it sands well though, and takes adhesive like Tamiya Extra Thin well. Cheers jonners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 1 hour ago, Jon Kunac-Tabinor said: Hi, the new plastic is not as hard as your typical Hasegawa sort, but does seem harder than the previous blues-grey sort. It scribes OK, but I'd say use a light touch, as it does have a tendency to gouge a little if you are over-enthusiastic! it sands well though, and takes adhesive like Tamiya Extra Thin well. Cheers jonners Sounds good, thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 DuPont Sky Gray mix applied - and these 2 pics show how the colour changes just with the light. Cheers Jonners 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Blinkin eck mate,........this is quick!! Looking brilliant,......which scheme are you going for? Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Wow, faster than a speeding bullet! This is on my Christmas present list, but I don't know that I'll be able to wait that long, I like all the detail in the cockpit, particularly the representation of the fuel tank behind the seat. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Kunac-Tabinor Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 32 minutes ago, tonyot said: Blinkin eck mate,........this is quick!! Looking brilliant,......which scheme are you going for? Cheers Tony Hi mate, one of these two - bu't cant decide which yet.... jonners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 2 hours ago, Jon Kunac-Tabinor said: Hi mate, one of these two - bu't cant decide which yet.... jonners Should have picked up two kits and done both! Selwyn (Trying to spend your hard earned for you!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 On 29/10/2016 at 5:02 PM, Jon Kunac-Tabinor said: morning!! Bit more work on the cockpit - There are still some decals to add to the side walls, but the instrument panel decals fits nicely! Jonners Noice! Cracking work Jonners, keep it up, cheers, Pappy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 I think you should combine the decals to make a personalized "CAD" I don't know about that underside color- it looks too blue... no, too yellow... wait, bring that torch over here... Just another helpful contribution! bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Outstanding work Jonner's I got this one on Friday so now I have a one stop reference point when I start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusty one Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 looking mighty fine there Jonner's!🙂 I just picked one of these up hope mine turns out half as good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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