Chaotic Mike Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 So... much... blackness... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 Just started painting on the red stencils for the trestle points under the wings. 1 hour = 1 wingtip. Roughly. Decals? I don't need no steenkin decals... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 And this is the result. Very fiddly, these stencils. Stripes are about 1mm wide. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 I got me some custom masks made up, and here be the tail feathers. There's a little bit of bleed to be fixed up, but I'm pretty happy with the last 90 minutes! Paint is Tamiya, with some custom mixes I found somewhere on the Internet... Laters... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Nice looking tail!😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elger Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 There is something about those big letters with the yellow outlines on Lancaster tails that just somehow screams that the Third Reich is finished. Love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemguy3000 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Any chance you could share your custom Tamiya paint mixing ratios? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 21 hours ago, Chemguy3000 said: Any chance you could share your custom Tamiya paint mixing ratios? David Not just the Internet, it was actually on your favourite modelling website. No, not Playboy.com... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 And this is what happens when you're not paying attention when you're masking, and the flaps are separate from the main wing... 🙂 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Looking at that picture. I'd love to take credit for what might appear to be modulation and weathering on the plains of black, but in reality it is only highly thinned Lifecolor (Ultimate Products thinners; it's good stuff!) plus Windsor and Newton flow improver. That's how it turned out, and I'm unlikely to do anything on purpose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Ouch. Not too bad though. An easy fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Just had the same thing on my Val. Masked the inner part of the wind, but the overspray got the outer panels too. Not a problem, just a light sand and a light respray and all is well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Post Christmas progress... awaiting putting on the codes, and the bomb tally, etc. The opaque side: The transparent side: And the cockpit (simply because its been masked away for the last 6 months and I'd forgotten what it looks like! It will all be over by Easter... Maybe 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 A few more. I've been a fan of Miracle Masks since first contact, many moons ago. 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Superb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, woody37 said: Superb Ditto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 Unusual (for me) combination of pre-shading and Top-Notch masks... This Christmas break has definitely moved things on a bit. Sadly, back to work on Monday, so my more normal glacial pace will recommence! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Coming along. For comedic effect, that's a 1/72 Wurger nearby... 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 I scratched an H2S scanner, using the pictures posted earlier. It's not brilliant, but it is definitely better than an empty radome... I think this plane has the 80:20 rule going on. I don't want to put on things like wings, bomb doors, undercarriage doors etc until I have detailed a couple of engine bays, and that is waiting on my getting good references from lots of angles. Does anyone know if the Cosford York still has one of its engine bays uncowled? Mike 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 This looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 16 minutes ago, woody37 said: This looks amazing Thanks. I just uncovered your thread about the colours of the identification lights on the rear fuselage, so red, green and amber clear colours will be coming at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Mike, this is the RH outer engine of Just Jane taken in November. Hope it helps... The exhaust stubs are a bit of a dogs breakfast and the radiator vent linkage is hanging loose, but it gives you an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 Much piping! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
224 Peter Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 And wiring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaotic Mike Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 This is what happens when you spray Humbrol gloss Clear onto Tamiya paint. For the record, not a happy bunny. I only wanted to put a few stencils on, but glossing only where they went would have ended up looking patchy after dulling it back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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