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fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) Here's all the interior parts in various stages, its now buttoned up and ready for paint tomorrow. Took about a week to get here. Edited December 22, 2016 by Tony Oliver Picture order 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) Work on the fuselage and details. restoring lost rivets from seam clean up I normally use a woodscrew on 48th builds. To big for this so a skewer instead. Packed in with foam allows this for decals later on. Bomb/fuel rack etch. Canopy masks are perfect fit 👍🏿 Rads and wells masked off. These have been done in a medium sea grey-ish color. Canopy glazing done in tamiya, good match for the mig color to match interior. Will be covered in black next. Edited December 23, 2016 by Tony Oliver Pic spacing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) More progress: black stynylrez Mig silver In daylight. Masking for aluminium on fabric surfaces and steel for fuel tank armour. A more contrasting background. Edited December 26, 2016 by Tony Oliver Pic spacing 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Details. Exhaust stacks in burnt iron. Yellow tip. Red for spinner. This colour was very 'gritty'. Buffed down with 4000 cloth afterwards. Tires. Edited December 26, 2016 by Tony Oliver Pic spacing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) Next phase. This was fridays work. The engine cowls and some larger panels on the body had a 50/50 mix of steel and silver freehand to add a bit of 'interestingness'. Some details were picked out on the airframe, various squares and circles brushed with the steel colour. Then onto the other parts, like the brushed aluminium inner hubs and the legs detailed. The whole inside of door & leg was sprayed aluminium, for the leg colour. Then the inner door brushed grey to match wells. Lastly some mig 'polished metal' on oleo. Tail wheel sprayed grey them the tire brushed with rubber colour. Then Aqua gloss over plane and all bits, Ready for decals etc. Edited December 26, 2016 by Tony Oliver Pic spacing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) Decals on. I love eduard's own decals. Settled like this on their own, with a touch of microset on surface and hot water on the first soaking. Sometimes eduard kits come with cartograph decals, which are printed perfectly and very vibrant, but ornate ones can be a bit thick with all their layers of colour and dont settle into rivets etc as well as these eduard printed ones. Edited December 28, 2016 by Tony Oliver 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I have a thing about Spitfires so I'm not sure how I missed this. Great progress on what appears to be a very complicated kit, I had a look in my one and put it straight in the stash to be done when I'm a better modeller. The NMF is splendid and the decals look painted on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 2 hours ago, Beard said: I have a thing about Spitfires so I'm not sure how I missed this. Great progress on what appears to be a very complicated kit, I had a look in my one and put it straight in the stash to be done when I'm a better modeller. The NMF is splendid and the decals look painted on. Cheers dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Like Beard I'm not sure how I missed this one - great detail and I like that finish Tony, good job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Superb work. As per the others, not sure how I missed this, it aint exactly in a stealth paint scheme is it! I have this kit in my stash (as do quite a few other folk I suspect) and intend to do it in this scheme so watching with interest, and of course tips. Really impressive finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Cheers for the love guys, was worried something was terribly wrong with it but no one wanted to say as there'd been no replies so far up till this evening... Guess its just cause the thread originated around the period regarding the 'celebration of a birth from immaculate conception' or whatever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Liking the NMF you've achieved, very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Looks great, I have this kit in the stash and that's the colour scheme I am going to do. The mig ammo paints look great i have some but I will order more. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Lovely job so far Tony. Really like your treatment of the fuel tank cover - I would tend to disagree with the theory that it was left painted greeen & grey, and instead was a slightly darker shade of metal. Like some others here I have this in the stash, and when I get round to starting it I'll certinly use your build as a reference. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Very nice finish with that silver! Great work. The kit detail is beautiful, will be good to see how you weather it. Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Wonderful build Tony! Looks like the MiG/Stynylrez combo works great for the silver finish, turning into a real beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 So next the etch rad grills were removed from sheet and edges cleaned up then sprayed straight with ak interactive extreme metal (not a mig product - gasp!) this went really well onto the metal being an enamel type product. The bottoms of the rads were them removed (only tacked on during the painting stage) and the grills installed with some pva. The bottoms were then glued on for good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Next is some weathering. I used mig panel line washes, 'deep grey' all over. A nice neutral colour. I tried not to get it into the tiny rivets on the wingtops, but all over the undersides (dirtier) The nose area had the heaviest application. Wheel wells and other grey bits yet to be added had the 'blue grey' wash. Roundels had a black wash in them. Once dry overnight it had some satin varnish to seal this in from the future stages of weathering and give it its final sheen. The next stage in a few days will be adding some filters and staining over the engine area and cowl to match the real pics. These will be added up in several layers. I may varnish inbetween eash one to make them easier to remove if it goes wrong/too far. Anyways here it is as of the last day of the year! Wash on and cleaned up but still glossy - outside in daylight before satin. Looks a bit washed out. (Ha ha) And as it stands now in its satin coat... Sehr gut! Sorry for all the pictures! Edited December 31, 2016 by Tony Oliver Pic order 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Don't be sorry, love seeing the detail on this kit! Your doing a great job on the paintwork and transfers, looking really good happy new year Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Wow, that's a very nice little Spit! Love the NMF-finish too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Don't apologise Tony - those pictures are great! She's looking amazing. Great tip on using the stand too - is it one of those 'desk clamp/magnifiers'? I think I'll take mine apart too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHead23 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Really first class build and finish, Very inspiring. Regards Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 1 hour ago, CedB said: Don't apologise Tony - those pictures are great! She's looking amazing. Great tip on using the stand too - is it one of those 'desk clamp/magnifiers'? I think I'll take mine apart too Yes mate, just took the magnifying glass off. Been using these for a bout a year now. 👍🏿 Works on most things, for jets (see my 72nd tomcat WIP) its the other way around, skewer up the zorst and then the toothpick in the nose gear hole. Fits 1/48 props ok same way this one is, and had up to 1/48 mig 21's mounted on these stands too. Anything bigger and may struggle. Makes decal application so much easier. Also for fine camo work when airbrushing. As well as letting coats of paint dry in the cabinet without it touching anywhere. The uses are (almost) endless! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Beautiful work Tony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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