giemme Posted December 24, 2018 Author Share Posted December 24, 2018 On 21/12/2018 at 13:52, Biggles87 said: I like the paintwork G. Happy Winter Solstice for today ( I like to be different ) and Happy Christmas for next week. John 😄 Thanks John Merry Christmas! On 21/12/2018 at 18:40, corsaircorp said: I'm also a fan of the winter solstice !! So Thanks John !! And the same for you and your family ! I just turned a Grand'Pa right now !! But lila is born 2 month too early, So finger crossed !! She's now in Neo Nat... for 2 month at least ! Thank you all Guys !! Sincerely. CC Congratulations CC, and best of luck for your granddaughter! On 21/12/2018 at 19:26, TheBaron said: Pretty in Pigments that is. Classy masking, Giorgio, really impressive results. A merry Christmas to you and yours! 🎄 Cheers Tony, Merry Christmas to you and yours too! On 21/12/2018 at 21:52, keefr22 said: Merry Christmas and a happy and peaceful New Year to you & yours Giorgio - & everyone else of course! And @corsaircorp - many congratulations to you and your family, and very best wishes to little Lila, what a wonderful early Christmas present!! Keith (who's never been busier now he's retired and has two granddaughters!!) Sounds a lot of fun, though 😄 Merry Christmas, you rebel! On 22/12/2018 at 23:13, Spookytooth said: Great work with those stencils Giemme. Looks wow..... Have a great Christmas and a peaceful New Year Simon and Rose. Thanks Simon, and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and the Good Lady Rose Ciao 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 That!!! Was an amazing catch up. Your masking is superb Giorgio and even though touch ups were necessary you sorted them with ease. Brilliant and beautiful work. merry Christmas kid. 🎄 Johnny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) On 12/20/2018 at 5:00 PM, corsaircorp said: Have a great weihnacht Benedikt ! And some EKU 28 !! Did this beer still exist in Germany ?? Thanks CC. Had schöne Weihnachten here, but sadly no Eku 28. Instead an Andechser Doppelbock, which bangs the same.😁 Eku 28 still exists here Why it shouldn't be here??? No reason to give it up: https://www.mein-biershop.de/de/Saisonartikel/Starkbier-19/EKU-28-1x033-Ltr---ArtIP-21234.html Cheers Edited December 28, 2018 by bbudde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Hi Giorgio. Hope you are having a good Christmas period. Well done with the masking of the codes and lettering. Hope you have very Happy New Year. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbudde Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) Thanks Giorgio. Looks great. Hope you had also a great christmas. Mine was fine here and I hope all will stay fine and healthy in the next year. Probably now in an age, where that starts to count the most (maybe tagged now in my conciousness) Cheers PS: One of my primar school fellows (not really in contact with her over the years), a wife with children died just 2 weeks before christmas with a heart attack while binding up the shoelaces of one of her kids shoes (aged 47). Sad, as I have to say and not the only one apart of my Mum's contact's this year! Edited December 29, 2018 by bbudde 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 27/12/2018 at 22:58, The Spadgent said: That!!! Was an amazing catch up. Your masking is superb Giorgio and even though touch ups were necessary you sorted them with ease. Brilliant and beautiful work. merry Christmas kid. 🎄 Johnny Thanks J! On 28/12/2018 at 21:14, PlaStix said: Hi Giorgio. Hope you are having a good Christmas period. Well done with the masking of the codes and lettering. Hope you have very Happy New Year. Kind regards, Stix Thanks Stix! I actually had a great time, and I hope you had the same On 29/12/2018 at 00:08, bbudde said: Thanks Giorgio. Looks great. Hope you had also a great christmas. Mine was fine here and I hope all will stay fine and healthy in the next year. Probably now in an age, where that starts to count the most (maybe tagged now in my conciousness) Cheers PS: One of my primar school fellows (not really in contact with her over the years), a wife with children died just 2 weeks before christmas with a heart attack while binding up the shoelaces of one of her kids shoes (aged 47). Sad, as I have to say and not the only one apart of my Mum's contact's this year! Sorry to hear about that, B. Let's hope this year goes better Happy new year, everybody! My modelling mojo went quite south during Christmas time, so I didn't really manage a great progress. Still, I did something: masking the air intakes to paint the red outlines and here's a pic after airbrushing Tamiya Red and before touch ups And after the touch ups (by brush) And here's what contributed to drain my mojo: I had noticed some overspray on the metallic area right under the rudder, so I tried some touch up by brush with AK Extreme Metal Steel, but I made a right mess of it. No matter what I tried (sanding back to bare plastic then airbrushing, for instance), it still remained a mess: Now I'm hoping to fix it with some weathering - to wit, airbrushing some overheating effects. Will see. A couple other bits got done, meanwhile: canopy (Mission Models Light Gull Grey airbrushed, followed by a Future protective coat) and rocket pods, airbrushing Lifecolor Dark Olive Green The model is all glossed now, ready for the few remaining decals/stickers to be put on 😉 Any comments welcome Ciao 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 That is starting to look superb Giorgio, you might only be seeing the oopsies & touch ups, I'm seeing a fantastic looking model in the making, really looking forward to seeing the end result now. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Great work on those intakes!!! Well done Giorgio!!! Today I've gone red too!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Nice work on those intakes Giemme. Bummer about the exhaust though, but as you said, a bit of weathering should cover that. Happy New Year btw . Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Very cool Giorgio. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Beautiful masking yet again. 😃 Great work. Johnny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 HI Giemme - love that neat masking especially on the red intakes as I have to do that on my 1/32 A4 Skyhawk in the not too distant future - I'm sure you will sort that exhaust paint glitch and have it looking perfect again CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Looking very smart Giorgio - and HNY to you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Happy New Year John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting67 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Also from me to you Giorgio a very Happy New Year! Ramon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) On 03/01/2019 at 11:36, stevehnz said: That is starting to look superb Giorgio, you might only be seeing the oopsies & touch ups, I'm seeing a fantastic looking model in the making, really looking forward to seeing the end result now. Steve. 14 hours ago, Massimo said: Great work on those intakes!!! Well done Giorgio!!! Today I've gone red too!!! 14 hours ago, Spookytooth said: Nice work on those intakes Giemme. Bummer about the exhaust though, but as you said, a bit of weathering should cover that. Happy New Year btw . Simon. 13 hours ago, Cookenbacher said: Very cool Giorgio. 13 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Beautiful masking yet again. 😃 Great work. Johnny 12 hours ago, CJP said: HI Giemme - love that neat masking especially on the red intakes as I have to do that on my 1/32 A4 Skyhawk in the not too distant future - I'm sure you will sort that exhaust paint glitch and have it looking perfect again CJP 11 hours ago, CedB said: Looking very smart Giorgio - and HNY to you! 4 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Happy New Year John 2 hours ago, Sting67 said: Also from me to you Giorgio a very Happy New Year! Ramon Thanks everybody for the praises and the wishes! Work will be resumed during next WE, hopefully. I think I'll have a go at airbrushing metal overheating effects, then on with the stickers Ciao Edited January 4, 2019 by giemme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Hello Giorgio ! Great red intakes !! Can't wait to see the beast finished !! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) On 04/01/2019 at 10:00, corsaircorp said: Hello Giorgio ! Great red intakes !! Can't wait to see the beast finished !! Sincerely. CC Thanks CC MondayUpdateTM is going on earlier ... here's what I managed to do during the WE. Exhaust weathering: I first sprayed a mix of Tamiya Clear Blue and Clear Red, followed by a mix of those and Clear Yellow Also inside Then while curing I masked the arrestor hook and airbrushed Italeri Flat Black thinned with IPA and here's after unmasking Then I put the stickers on the main AC The "DANGER" arrow on the air intakes was cut out of the original decal. I'm so glad I decided to mask and paint most of the stuff, because these decals were a royal PITA; for starter, they were sticky on the printed side, so when rolling a cotton swab on them to remove the excess water/setting solution they kept sticking to the swab. Then some of them broke after the slightest manipulation, and they seemed to overreact to their own setting solution (I use Tamiya MarkFit Strong). At least I had no silvering ... Opposite side and drop tanks As you can see, the blue stripe on the bottom tank moved while I was damping it after applying the setting solution - and refused to move after, so it's staying like that ... At this point, I glued in the catapult hooks and the arrestor hook, and airbrushed the whole aircraft with Alclad Aqua Gloss I also completed the canopy, by painting and installing the internal horizontal frame and removed the masking In need of a few minor touch ups, but not too bad overall Bottom view I then brush painted the nav lights with a silver acrylic lacquer, top and bottom of the wings and both sides of the tail fin I also painted the wheels with my usual mix: Italeri Flat Black, Lifecolor Tan and Dark Gull Grey. A Light Gull Grey drybrush followed I also applied a black tempera wash, removing the excess with a damp makeup brush. Same on the main struts and the tail bumper Some detail painting on the AIM 9-B too and some black drybrush on the exhaust I'm pretty happy with the inner side, the top one still needs work. All comments welcome Ciao Edited January 6, 2019 by giemme Typos 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 The heat staining looks very realistic. It's a pity that so many otherwise beautiful Tamiya kits are let down by the decals. Near the end? John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Great job Giorgio !! And pretty good rendition of the heated metal !! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Biggles87 said: The heat staining looks very realistic. It's a pity that so many otherwise beautiful Tamiya kits are let down by the decals. Near the end? John Thanks John! Near the end indeed! 1 hour ago, corsaircorp said: Great job Giorgio !! And pretty good rendition of the heated metal !! Sincerely. CC Thanks CC, glad you like it! Ciao Edited January 7, 2019 by giemme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 A splendid array of detailing in those last couple of updates Giorgio. Jobs like that metal touch-up on the tail always freak me out too. Everything I build seems habitually to end up with a blob of something that shouldn't be there on somewhere visually sensitive. You turned that around with aplomb - well done! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 2 hours ago, TheBaron said: A splendid array of detailing in those last couple of updates Giorgio. Jobs like that metal touch-up on the tail always freak me out too. Everything I build seems habitually to end up with a blob of something that shouldn't be there on somewhere visually sensitive. You turned that around with aplomb - well done! Thanks Tony, much appreciated I'm not really happy with that metal part, in retrospective I think I should, like I normally do, have left that area as the last paint job. You live and learn. Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Very nice Giorgio - that exhaust and the tyres look particularly good to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 She looks cracking G, really good rescue on the exhaust, lovely work all round! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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