"Oooh Matron" It's a P-38 Lightning with a saucy paint job in 1/48

[The Spadgent]

24 minutes ago, Miggers said:

Trick I learned with Alclad,paint the victi,er,plastic surface with Kleer and let it dry out for a day.

 

Once it's gorn orf,mist yer Alclad on(as they tell 'ee to do anyway),coupla skinny coats,woo-hoo,smoove shiny Alclad

that also sticks like sh,er,effluent to a blanket.

Thanks for the tip.I'll give it a try with Vallejo. The undercoat was pretty glossy already though.

 

john

[Martian]

I don't use Vallejo metallics myself but it may be that it is designed to be sprayed from the bottle and thinning it still further speeds up the drying time too much, leading to problems. Although they are designed to be thinned before spraying, I experienced something like this when I first started using Lifecolour paints, even when using their own thinners. I changed to using just water as a thinner and everything was just fine.

 

Martian

[The Spadgent]

Thanks for all your help guys. Not quite as much done as I wanted tonight but I'm happy with the results.  I got all the bits and Bobs painted wires and buttons etc.

 

I let everything dry then used my home brew Tamiya gloss coat, I'm really happy with the results and it's so much better than the rattle can stuff.

 

sooo shiny. That'll have to dry over night then I can do a nice dark wash and get the tub constructed.

 

Nice of you to drop by.

time for a brew. 

 

Happy modelling you lot.

 

Hope you're all having a lovely week.

 

Johnny.

 

 

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[CedB]

Lovely internals Johnny. I bet you're going to weather them aren't you?  

I shall watch and learn...

[rob85]

That is shiny, really nice detailed paint work! Looking forward to how you weather it all.

 

Rob

[giemme]

That 'pit sure is glossy, Johnny Klear!     And very well painted too

 

Ciao

[Biggles87]

Coming to this late, as usual, the Aires cockpit looks really good and you paintwork is fantastic.

In the original Monogram kit there was an attempt to show the different shades af some panels, which worked quite well.

Also looking forward to the weathering.

 

John

[The Spadgent]

17 hours ago, CedB said:

Lovely internals Johnny. I bet you're going to weather them aren't you?  

I shall watch and learn...

Sure thing baby.  oh and thanks. 

16 hours ago, rob85 said:

That is shiny, really nice detailed paint work! Looking forward to how you weather it all.

 

Rob

Thankyou sir. Me to. I'm going to go subtle.       Probably.

9 hours ago, giemme said:

That 'pit sure is glossy, Johnny Klear!     And very well painted too

 

Ciao

Thank you G. 

9 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Coming to this late, as usual, the Aires cockpit looks really good and you paintwork is fantastic.

In the original Monogram kit there was an attempt to show the different shades af some panels, which worked quite well.

Also looking forward to the weathering.

 

John

Thanks.

hopefully I'll get a little done tonight.

 

John.

 

 

[TheBaron]

A green inferno and silvery snorts. Supreme paintology as always Herr Professor! 

[Miggers]

Eh,eh?

 

Good work Johnny Cockpit.

 

Hoo btw,I can soon d/l and give Yippee some stick if I can find it for the old Flaht Simmolater.

 

Fancy a few screenies Jonno?

Edited April 5, 2017 by Miggers

[The Spadgent]

3 hours ago, TheBaron said:

A green inferno and silvery snorts. Supreme paintology as always Herr Professor! 

Thanks  I'm beginning to dream green.

2 hours ago, Miggers said:

Eh,eh?

 

Good work Johnny Cockpit.

 

Hoo btw,I can soon d/l and give Yippee some stick if I can find it for the old Flaht Simmolater.

 

Fancy a few screenies Jonno?

Thanks and yeah, post some up if you fancy. 

[corsaircorp]

Hello Spad,

Congrats, very nice job on the interior, I follow with great interest.

Did you use Valejo for the détails ? look very good.

Have a very nice day.

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

[The Spadgent]

Evening you lot.

As I have @CedB 's eye and we are both amid a green cockpit I thought I'd press on and get the tub weathering done ( dark wash ) I've gone all step by step to lure Mr B into the wonderful world of weather, and to show how simple it is.

step one.

mix yer Flory black wth a stick, shacking it caused dreaded bubbles.

get yer totally dry glossy part ad dab wash on in the crevices where you want darkness and slight grot.

 

Or you can just slosh it on, 'tis up to you.

 

To be fair I'm being quite restrained as I want a clean ish finish.

let the bits dry ( about 20 mins )

 

then with a dry cotton bud or que tip rub over where you don't want the grot.

 

if you want and if you're  disgusting like me you can lightly lick the said bud to dampen it slightly to remove more wash. Once you're happy with the look.

spray a mat coat.

 

I can now do a little dry brushing to pick out some of the smaller details.

Hope that's convinced Mr B to give his new washes a blast.

while that was frying I had a practice at  post shading the silver mule with thinned Tamiya smoke.

 

 

Its a bit blobby as I was mucking about with seeing how far I could push it but it looks like it's going to work..

any how, it's bed for me.

hope you all are enjoying the build. It's my Birthday this weekend and I'm hoping for some extra bits and bobs. I can smell resin wheels.  fingers crossed.

 

thanks for stopping by.

take care and Happy Modelling.

 

johnny bed.

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[The Spadgent]

13 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Spad,

Congrats, very nice job on the interior, I follow with great interest.

Did you use Valejo for the détails ? look very good.

Have a very nice day.

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

Thanks C I'm glad you like it.

yup the silver is vallejo dull aluminium.

 

take care.

 

J

[CedB]

Thanks Johnny - that looks great. I've already given my PR Mossie a wash so... no, wait... rub it off after 20 minutes? I have to go!

Thanks for the step by step, kind of you  

[giemme]

The cockpit looks quite splendid, John

 

Ciao

[Cookenbacher]

That's some excellent paint work, both the cockpit and metal experiments, Johnny.

[The Spadgent]

7 hours ago, CedB said:

Thanks Johnny - that looks great. I've already given my PR Mossie a wash so... no, wait... rub it off after 20 minutes? I have to go!

Thanks for the step by step, kind of you  

Ahh cool. It doesn't have to be 20 mins. You can leave it over night if you wish. 

glad to be of service, I hope it worked for ya buddy.

 

johnny. 

[qn30jEkPz7]

Always informative & engrossing 

 

Have a happy birthday!

[DMC]

Cricky, Johnny, you are really on a roll.  That paintwork looks superb. You've done the Aires folks proud and no doubt added a boost to their sales.  At the rate you're going I'll be left behind in a cloud of resin dust before I barely get started.  Finger out.

 

Cheers 

 

Dennis 

[TonyTiger66]

I'm enjoying this a lot Johnny .

The metallic colour trials are interesting.

 

I'm doing a tiny, tiny 1/72 NMF aircraft and have been similarly experimenting with very pongy Alclad. 

 

This Vallejo looks nice  . With a decent sized canvas like this lightning the NMF is going to look great. The post shading with smoke tints is looking very interesting too.

 

Great stuff!

 

TonyT

[Martian]

Not disgusting at all Johnny, I often use saliva to smooth off Miliput or PPP. Then again perhaps I'm disgusting too!

 

Martian

[Leonl]

You're making a metal finish look less scary every day!! I like the smoke post shading...

[jean]

Hi Johnny Grimy,

 

this is fantastic modelling. Well done!

This is restrained indeed. My car is dirtier than your war plane!

 

Keep it coming.

JR

[TheBaron]

7 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Not disgusting at all Johnny, I often use saliva to smooth off Miliput or PPP.

If you ever stab anyone with an aircraft the Feds'll be able to sequence your DNA...