Hewy Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 A truly gorgeous aircraft and your doing it total justice, nice work on top of the fuselage, i know we keep saying it but on top of the box there, its a big unit Good stuff Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Supersonic snuck up on me too. Love that grey its the actual colour required. The cockpit is looking special too. Great surface detail, great 25 in the making. Pity your going to work I will have to wait for you to pick this back up. I propose a WOW group build... (Week Off Work) so guys like CRAIG can build consecutively with no breaks.. great work 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Good to see more progress Craig. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Thanks again guys. I finished the over all grey but the more I looked at it the less I was happy with it, not that the colour was wrong but that it was too uniform over the whole airframe. So to make it a bit more interesting I mixed up a colour that is slightly lighter than the original and sprayed it roughly in the centre of the panels. I am happy with the result, gives it that "Mother Russia couldn't build a big enough hangar for it so she left it out and the open" look about it. Have a look and let me know what you think. Not the best of pictures but hopefully you get the idea. Thanks for looking in. Craig. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 I get the idea craig and i like it,nice painting Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Love that effect. Can't do that with the Picasso instruments... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Loving the subtlety of the paint. Far better than a strong cartoon type wash etc etc. Top job, well done. I reckon you could maybe gently break it up a bit more with some more shades. Trouble is - when to stop..? Edited April 9, 2017 by RMP2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Very nice touch Craig, looking suitably faded. I'm sure you know already but watch out for the gloss layers, can't tell you how many times I've shaded it to look just right to my eye at this stage, then it all disappears under successive clear layers . Keep up the top work! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 23 minutes ago, mirageiv said: Very nice touch Craig, looking suitably faded. I'm sure you know already but watch out for the gloss layers, can't tell you how many times I've shaded it to look just right to my eye at this stage, then it all disappears under successive clear layers . Keep up the top work! Thats very true. Sometimes you do need to go too far then it normally gets reigned back with the decal varnishes... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 54 minutes ago, Tony Oliver said: Thats very true. Sometimes you do need to go too far then it normally gets reigned back with the decal varnishes... yeah it's a PITA! At least if you go maybe over the top you can always tone it down even after the decals are on with very thin layers of paint to blend it post decals. Trying to introduce shading later on after the decals is more tricky (but doable) ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 Thanks for the advice guys and I know what you mean about paint effects disappearing, I have masked her up for painting the dielectric panels ( a job which took me far longer than I thought it would) and will then need to do the anti-glare panel on the nose. After that i will hopefully be ready to apply some gloss varnish, sparingly! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, mirageiv said: yeah it's a PITA! At least if you go maybe over the top you can always tone it down even after the decals are on with very thin layers of paint to blend it post decals. Trying to introduce shading later on after the decals is more tricky (but doable) ! I'm going to have to tone down the markings too, can't have bright factory fresh markings on a faded paint job. Might use the old micromesh for this, carefully. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Or you could post shade some very thin grey over them to fade them out? Micromesh may take away the top layer of decal to show a white or something type base layer? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 10, 2017 Author Share Posted April 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Tony Oliver said: Micromesh may take away the top layer of decal to show a white or something type base layer? Thats the plan with the national markings as pictures show that when they are worn they reveal white underneath. Good idea for overspraying the other markings Tony, should tone them down a treat. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 looking good still Craig. As some have sugested, maybe overdo the lightness and then overspray everything with a thin filter of grey to blend it all in once decalling is finished. Either, it's coming along nicley Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 Having been looking at some photos of the MiG-25 lately I noticed the paintwork seemed to fade and chalk quite badly so a good deal of weathering wouldn't be wrong for this one. Certainly what you've done so far looks appropriate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 15 hours ago, Red Dot said: looking good still Craig. As some have sugested, maybe overdo the lightness and then overspray everything with a thin filter of grey to blend it all in once decalling is finished. Either, it's coming along nicley Andy Is there a way to post highlight detail with brushes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 5 hours ago, Valkyrie said: Is there a way to post highlight detail with brushes? Yes val it's called dry brushing, is this what you mean,, dip the end of your brush in a lighter colour to that which is painted with the detail rub most of the paint off the brush onto a paper towel and gently flick the brush over the high detail parts or corners and edges a few times , remember very little paint, you hardly want to see any coming off the brush ,find an old scrap piece on which to practice, if you didn't mean this ,and you meant somthing else " plastix" is in my regard the best brush painter, he doesn't use an airbrush,,so gently quiz him for tips im sure he'll oblige. Glynn 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 Thanks again guys. Valkyrie I think Glynn's (Hewy) description of dry brushing should cover what you are looking for, and I also agree with him that @PlaStix is the master of brush painting, he is also very helpful and willing to share how he does things. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Right then time for a bit of an update. All the painting is now done on the airframe and I am seriously cheesed off with masking, it seems to take me ages! Quite happy with how she is looking now and shall hopefully get some gloss varnish on her over the weekend, and then the fun of decalling can begin! So many stencils, I swear they have rewritten War and Peace over the airframe! Anyway, here are some piccies.... I have made the nose anti-glare area look a bit weathered, and yes the circle of grey is supposed to be there as it is some kind of access panel which is often left grey rather than painted black and it adds a bit of interest. A couple of pics of the tail and rear fuselage area showing the extensive area left in natural metal, this may get a bit more weathering/heat staining later. And finally the cockpit canopy, which I think is finished. I have done the padded area as best I can (far from perfect) and added a foldable blast screen, for when they would have dropped a dose of instant sunshine on us capitalist pigs in the West. I shall be adding the pink "goo" nearer the end of the build. Thanks for looking and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received. Craig. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 that all looks very nice Craig. Have fun with the decals Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, modelling minion said: Right then time for a bit of an update. All the painting is now done on the airframe and I am seriously cheesed off with masking, it seems to take me ages! Quite happy with how she is looking now and shall hopefully get some gloss varnish on her over the weekend, and then the fun of decalling can begin! So many stencils, I swear they have rewritten War and Peace over the airframe! Anyway, here are some piccies.... I have made the nose anti-glare area look a bit weathered, and yes the circle of grey is supposed to be there as it is some kind of access panel which is often left grey rather than painted black and it adds a bit of interest. A couple of pics of the tail and rear fuselage area showing the extensive area left in natural metal, this may get a bit more weathering/heat staining later. And finally the cockpit canopy, which I think is finished. I have done the padded area as best I can (far from perfect) and added a foldable blast screen, for when they would have dropped a dose of instant sunshine on us capitalist pigs in the West. I shall be adding the pink "goo" nearer the end of the build. Thanks for looking and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received. Craig. looks fantastic Craig! I like your version of the metallic areas more than mine.... one question regarding the curtain in your canopy: might they be only used in two-seaters for night flying training? cheers, Werner Edited April 14, 2017 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Wowzas! The silver is like real metal, the overall finish is perfect, looking awesome 25 Comrade..glad it's weekend and I can look forward to some further work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Lovely work on every aspect of this one. I'm particularly impressed with the canopy details but they will sit well within the overall model due to the high quality of every part of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Yes lovely job craig looking really good,this capitalist pig likes it Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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