vppelt68 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 I did my Revell kit so that I painted the wings first and then added the exhausts etc that I had painted while still attached to sprues - though I often cut so many spruegates off and clean them, as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 A small update in that I have now finished the sanding of the fuselage, mainly the bomb bay, ball turret plug and tail turret. I have also made the cut out in the rear part of the tail turret and this will be filled later with Kristal Klear or something similar see last photo. The wings are not glued on at the moment, just they to see how they fit. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Jabba Looking very good. I thought about using Krstal Klear or Elmers Clear on the tail turret also. But I felt after a test that it wouldn't come out the way I wanted it. In any case good luck and hope it works for you. I'm done with all the Eduard mask. Now all that's left to mask are the bombay, engines, wheel wells and waist gun openings. I will be assembling the plane tomorrow then mask those area off. Then I'll prime it and then leave it cure while finishing off the other bits such as the landing gear and bombay doors. All the Best! Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Wings now fitted, and again a little filling to do. For some unknown reason I did lose a small square part from one of the exhausts. I don't know how this happened as I have trial fitted these wings many a time before. I will try and make another from spare plastic rod and square extrusion that I have. I also have all the windows fitted and added the Eduard masks for them although a few did seem a little bigger than the aperture that they are covering. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Looking GREAT Jabba! Sorry to hear about the flame damper going MIA but it should be fairly straight forward to replicate. Mine has completed final prime. I will leave it for a couple of days before doing the color. Before the prime I spray all the joints silver to see any imperfections. It can look pretty ugly but it makes them easier to see. All this is with the idea of someday I will do a natural metal one. So now is the best time to see where the problem areas are.while doing this camouflaged one. I also have the landing gear and wheels painted as well as the bombay doors. While the prime cures I will finish off the crank case covers and props as well as paint the tires. Then it's off to the paint shop. All the Best! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 Put some paint on her yesterday with a Humbrol rattle can. This afternoon I added some Blu Tack sausage rolls to aide the masking. As I have only done this once before (normally a hairy stick user to apply paint) what is the best way to cover the green. Last time I used something like Maskol (not exactly but something similar), which was resumably successful but I have seen other modellers use low tack tape. Does anyone have a preference? Anyway that is for tomorrow. I used the Airfix colour plan for this as the Kits World sheet may have been different but was too small to see clearly even under an enlarger. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Looking good jabba, are you airbrushing now then? No quick way to do that masking I'm afraid, a tedious but rewarding job, a large bottle of artists masking medium from the range for smaller areas and hard to get to corners, or tamiya masking tape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 And a large bottle of modellers unmasking medium when you've done that V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 7 hours ago, Hewy said: Looking good jabba, are you airbrushing now then? No quick way to do that masking I'm afraid, a tedious but rewarding job, a large bottle of artists masking medium from the range for smaller areas and hard to get to corners, or tamiya masking tape No I am using Humbrol rattle cans, as I had them left over from another model so I thought that I would use them. I have gone with Tamiya tape and done the brown, and will remove later to se the results. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 Now with the brown painted and the masking removed, which did not take any paint off much to my relief. There are a couple of patches where the brown has got onto where it should be green and one of the pieces of sponge covering an engine disappeared so that is now brown, the two patches have now been painted out the engine will wait a little while. Now to mask this all off for the black paint, for which I have bought a Humbrol rattle can for. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Jabba that turned out great! All the Best! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 It looks good with the camouflage on! nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 Thank you for your kind words. Now masked up ready to spray the black. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 22, 2018 Author Share Posted December 22, 2018 And now with the paint on and the masking off. A few touch ups required, but I am quite pleased with the results. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_RAFBC Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 It's looking great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 That's looking very nice indeed. The roundels should bring the whole thing to life, I'm looking forward to seeing the complete model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted December 23, 2018 Share Posted December 23, 2018 Jabba, That is looking awesome. Very well done. All the Best! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Again many thanks for all your kind words. I put on last night, after a little reference to the build by Tony O, the major decals. I have used the ones by Kits World although I am not sure that the nose art colouring is quite correct compared with Tony's build. I had put this one on before using his build for reference. The main reason I consulted his build was the way in which the coding was place, and to be honest I am still not sure if this is correct. I know in his build the coding was different to the one supplied in the kit and this sheet, but the sheet that he used is unavailable and I just do not have the time to go searching for it, plus this was meant to be built OOB. Still it may not be totally correct but it looks fine to me. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 That combination of iconic RAF colours and iconic USAAF shape just keeps on looking exciting! Well done! V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol' Scrapiron Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Veeeeeeeery nice. Any chance to get a closer look at the nose art? And as V-P said, interesting to see RAF colors on that familiar US shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Almost there Jabba...looking great! I just peeled all the mask off mine and low and behold only very minor touch-ups required then a couple coats of clear then onto decals. All the Best! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Ol' Scrapiron said: Any chance to get a closer look at the nose art? Yet again thanks for your kind words. A couple of close ups of the nose art. Sorry but the second one is a bit on the blurry side. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 1, 2019 Author Share Posted January 1, 2019 I have now applied most of the stencils (apart from the props), but will not take a picture of these as I can hardly see them so I do not think that would be worthwhile. I am wondering about some weathering, but a I have said at the beginning of this build this is not my era, so a little help on where and what would be very appreciative. I do not have any oils or the such like, I normally just do some dry brushing where appropriate, but I am not sure of colours on this one. Thanks in advance for any help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Jabba said: I have now applied most of the stencils (apart from the props), but will not take a picture of these as I can hardly see them so I do not think that would be worthwhile. I am wondering about some weathering, but a I have said at the beginning of this build this is not my era, so a little help on where and what would be very appreciative. I do not have any oils or the such like, I normally just do some dry brushing where appropriate, but I am not sure of colours on this one. Thanks in advance for any help. Jabba, The pictures I have seen of these particular aircraft is that they were relatively clean...except for one typical B-17 trait and that is the exhaust staining. I use an airbrush to depict these. They can be done with weathering powders. As an alternative artist chalks or colored pencils rubbed on some sandpaper to create a powder would work applied with a cotton swab or a very soft brush. A little bit of grime on the tires and wheel wells would not be amiss also. I would not try dry brushing as it would be too harsh. All the Best! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted January 2, 2019 Author Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, DJJunis said: Jabba, The pictures I have seen of these particular aircraft is that they were relatively clean...except for one typical B-17 trait and that is the exhaust staining. I use an airbrush to depict these. They can be done with weathering powders. As an alternative artist chalks or colored pencils rubbed on some sandpaper to create a powder would work applied with a cotton swab or a very soft brush. A little bit of grime on the tires and wheel wells would not be amiss also. I would not try dry brushing as it would be too harsh. All the Best! Don Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I will not have any access to any of those products before this GB finishes, so I will just have to do the dry brushing lark very lightly. Whereabouts is the exhaust staining on a B-17? Edited January 2, 2019 by Jabba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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