zegeye Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 I made some tank holders yesterday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 The time is gone..... but I will continue the build. Yesterday I did some small stuff. First of all I reworked the main weels. I have to make the covers. I use some ready material 8-). This is some part of shirt packaging, it fit here perfectly. Than I shortened the main gear, which is much to long in the Academy (and Hasegawa) kit. And I use some photoetched parts for gear and tail wheel. Next were the tail wheel covers, I made them thinner and used some Plastruct sticks to simmulate internal structure. Use some etched to make bomb brackets. to be continued..... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 The engine is in place.... the engine cover is fixed and the seat is in place to. I scrached the headrest becouse in Academy model it is squared and should be rectangular. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) I started to paint the beast. Undersides at the beginning. Edited October 7, 2018 by zegeye 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Still working on it.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Still working on..... get the blues..... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) I've put some decals..... The shade of blue is slighty different than my paint mix...... it needs a little correction. Now I'm getting ready myself for a lot of masking. Edited October 19, 2018 by zegeye 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Excellent progress zegeye. Very impressive modelling and detailing in 1/72 especially! Good luck with the masking and painting! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) I would ask about weel hubs. T-bolt suggested that they could be blue. But I found an interresting photo of Bouncin Bette. On it, the hubs have stars painted. (don't know if on both) I have such element on my decal sheet. But they are standard dark blue (insignia) disc and white stars. Looking at the photo I doubt it could be possible that stars are white on hubs.... (comparing to stars under the wings). So what could be the color options in your opinion??? And the guns are silver....not painted 8-) Edited October 19, 2018 by zegeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) Looking great with some decals on. It's not easy matching decal colours as sometimes they look a different colour when they are off the backing paper. As for the wheel covers, the wheels are silver and the star is darker than that in that photo. From that photo I would probably go for red, which would match what else is believed to be red in that photo. Of course you don't have to add the stars, it depends when you want to depict the aircraft - in the first photo you posted it shows no star on the wheel covers and painted gun blast tubes. Remember a photo is just one moment in time and these aircraft's appearance could change quite a bit. Edited October 19, 2018 by Tbolt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) And what do you think about blue star on the hub (same color as squadron blue) and insignia blue disc? If the disc hub was blue befor? It is possible? And I saw the decals in 48 scale and the name ''bouncin bette'' is red on it. Do you think it is possible? I think it is very hard to determine if it is blue or red from B/W photo. And the interresting is that the name on the top photo is in lighter shade and letters have darkest shadow of grey and on the bottom photo is vice versa. Same with the skirt of pin up. And yes I know the photos could be from different period. Edited October 19, 2018 by zegeye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 It's very hard to say on the wheel covers. If doing the version with the star I would probably go with insignia blue. The difference in the photo is due to the film type or filters used, so red can be very dark or a lot lighter. I'm leaning towards Bettie wearing a red dress and the name in red, but I wouldn't worry about it an go with what you have because we cant be positive without a colour photo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Some paint on it.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Good morning Zegeye Very good painting job .. Cheers Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Very nice. I assume you airbrushed the OD, how did you do it up against the decals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Before applying OD I painted silver colour with glossy laquer. Than I masked silver parts. I saw that you painted the gear in OD colour. Is that normal for early T-bolt? It is possible that the gear is not OD but Neutral grey? What do you think? Edited October 26, 2018 by zegeye 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, zegeye said: Before applying OD I painted silver colour with glossy laquer. Than I masked silver parts. I saw that you painted the gear in OD colour. Is that normal for early T-bolt? It is possible that the gear is not OD but Neutral grey? What do you think? The legs were painted OD up to and including at least some D-25's, after that they were aluminum lacquer. Though it didn't always stick well... Edited October 26, 2018 by Tbolt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 Still working on it...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zegeye Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 It is ready now. It needs only a gallery. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Looks good, looking forward to more photos in the Gallery. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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