Kallisti Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 (edited) Well the box from a well known online retailer arrived today and it makes me want to start right away!!! In any case I'm starting my thread in preparation. Very familiar box: Sprues: Extras: What you see here from the top are a brass fret with 3 bladed propblurs and a resin pilot from PJ Productions, with a second one underneath. I'll compare these with the ones that come with the kit and see which I prefer. Then on the second row, Montex masks and and Eduard Zoom cockpit set, finally the Coastal Command Decals. Can't wait to start but I really need to finish the 1:32 Hurricane IIc diorama first... Edited May 24, 2017 by Kallisti 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Well, thats a turn up for the books, looks like I've hit an impasse with the Hurricane build in that I need to wait for some decals and matt varnish to arrive before I can continue, so that means I can start this build right away!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I used the Montex masks on my Mozzie, I found them very accommodating. I got the set with the insignia masks, I found them a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 A week has gone by and in amongst work on the Hurricane, I've done some on the Mossie, all around the cockpit needless to say: These are the pilot figures that come with the kit - I decided to give them a go and if they didn't look good revert to the PJ Productions ones. However they are coming out okay - the faces look a bit odd as they've just had an oil paint wash to pick out the dark areas and still need refining of the features. I've been painting 1:32 scale figures recently which has been handy practice as I hadn't done any figures for a couple of years! The main IP is the Eduard Zoom PE, but the other panels are hand painted. As is the radio gear in the next photo I've used Airscale decal placards and dials here to get a nice effect. The painting is a little crude, particularly on the lower sections but they will be virtually invisible when the canopy is on and its only really noticeable in zoomed in photographic enlargements I'm currently sorting out a small base to support the flying Mossie - going to be flying over water so having a go with some Woodland Scenics Water effets for the sea surface. More on that later... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Looking good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 On 05/05/2017 at 4:30 PM, Ozzy said: I used the Montex masks on my Mozzie, I found them very accommodating. I got the set with the insignia masks, I found them a lot of fun. I had a go with the Montex masks yesterday and gave up as it appears they are for the bomber version I ended up making my own masks from tamiya tape and a sharp scalpel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 The painting looks OK to me, and the figures ( which I really like ) will hide a lot of it anyway. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 Progress si far this week, its all coming together very nicely, typical Tamoya kit I guess Anyway to start with, after my comments about the Montex masks, here is my home made-attempt: The fuselage halves went together without too much hassle, but of course I've decided to make things more complicated by having it flying so I need to create a support mount. To do this I used a 5mm acrylic rod and a piece of plastic tube left over from last winter's mammoth 1:200 scale Oil Platform build and along with a convienent open panel in the bottom of the fuselage, it looks like this The tube is held firmly in place by a large dollop of araldite inside the fuselage To be able to access that part of the fusleage I had to cut off the trailing part of the bomb-bay and leave off the rear bulkhead. Since the bomb-bay is going to be closed up anyway, its not a big deal. So with all this, the stand will look like: Which I think will do the job! A day or so later and the putty has dried and been sanded back and the bomb-bay doors added Work is being done on the props and spinners The wings are ready to go... and then I added the Woodland Scenics water effects to the base - this photo was taken 24 hours later Once its dried, I'll dry bush some white artits acrylic paint over the tips of the waves to give it a bit more interest. Thats all for now, tonight the wings went on... more later... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Looking good, nice progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Wings and primer on... Can't see it easily in this photo but white primer has been sprayed on wings and near the tail in preparation for invasion stripes! The next one shows it better Here I've masked the outer limits and sprayed XF-2 between to get the base white colour down. Once this is fully dry (ie tomorrow), I'll mask again for the black stripes. in the meantime, rockets have been painted Prop-blurs have been attached and painted Spinners have been painted red and finally for this update, resin exhaust stacks have been painted up and rusted... Now its all about waiting for paint to dry Edited May 20, 2017 by Kallisti 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Very productive day since posting yesterday... Invasion stripes part 1: tada! Just a few minor touch ups required where the black (XF 69 Nato Black ) seeped under the masking tape. Once all was dry. they were covered over again for the rest of the painting: Then the lower sky and upper extra dark sea grey were sprayed and finally all the masking came off, Invasion stripes Part 2: taaa daaa! This time round there was next to no paint seepage apart from one small smear on the underside port wing. I am liking the look of this!!! Edited May 21, 2017 by Kallisti 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Oooo, looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Decals on and Kleared, ready for weathering... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 That looks realy nice. I like the standard you have made. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Me too, looking forward to the weathering. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 So here we come to the end of this quick (for me) and very enjoyable build. I didn't go too mad on the weathering, just a basic panel line wash and some overall dirt to give it texture, then some specific dirtying up for the engines, exhausts and undercarriage doors. I also attached the rocket rails, tail antenna and finally the spinners and propburs. The whole thing got a light dusting of Humbrol acrylic matt varnish abd the canopy masks came off and voila! I was pleased with how the exhausts came out... I'll post the best photos in the gallery in a moment. Thanks for looking, its been a fun build and I like how its turned out! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyhunter66 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 That's a lovely build - not seen those blur props before but they make a huge difference don't they chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Nice, very nice. Wel done. Great paintjob and I like the standard you have made also. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Very nice! Love Costal command fighters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Beautiful build. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Beautiful work, very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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