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On 15/03/2019 at 22:06, TheBaron said:

Colourful.

Character-full work. :clap:

Sorry about the grievous de-masking on the canopy Giorgio; every build seems to hold one nasty surprise doesn't it? (You'll sort it in short order though...)

Thank you Tony, much appreciated! :thumbsup: Canopy sorted, see below.

 

'evening everybody. Some substantial progress was made during this WE, despite of not having much time for the bench.

I sorted the canopy by brushing on some silver acrylic laquer to cover the paint lifts

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Back to the main airframe, I did some chipping on the yellow bands

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All done by removing the paint with a toothpick, so to have the underlying alu coat showing through. The yellow bands also received a protective gloss clear coat

 

Same clear coat on the gear bay doors, so these are now ready for weathering

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I resprayed Tamiya Gloss Alu to repair the lift offs on the fuselage and wing

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As you can see, I didn't bother going over the gun barrel access panel, because it's going to be completely covered by a red patch (in the form of a decal, as supplied in the kit)

 

Time for Himonaru: I cut the corresponding mask off using my home made compass cutter

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and laid them on the model

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The bottom ones need a recess for the aileron actuators

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so I completed the masking using a blob of blue Tack

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The fuselage hinomaru has a surrounding white band, so I only applied the outer mask

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and I also put on a quite intricate masking for the tail and stabilizers

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Before airbrushing the red, I sprayed Tamiya Flat White on the fuselage hinomaru. The same went for the raised parts (ribs) of the elevators and rudder, followed by a dark brown pre-shade along the panel lines.

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I did that for the top wing hinomaru

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The idea is to reproduce a sort of fading by spraying red on different base coats. The bottom wing hinomaru remained on plain metal, while I did some pre-shade on the bottom side of the elevators

 

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I allowed the white paint to dry for some minutes, then I put on the inner round masks for the fuselage hinomaru

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the way to do that is to lay some placement tape (3M Magic Tape in my case) across the two circles, put them in place and remove the central one

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And on with the red!

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I used Italeri Insignia Red for the task, thinned with IPA. Several light coats went on, and after unmasking...

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Not too bad, I thought, but upon a closer inspection I noticed a few flaws. A leak here

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and here around the gun barrel through, plus some overspray on the wing leading edge towards the wing root

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Some overspray, on port side hinomaru too, showing an annoying red ring around the white one

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I should really have sealed the outer ring with some tape, instead of just brushing on some Aqua Gloss :wall: Next time, I guess...

 

Same on starboard side, although less noticeable

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The red paint around the tail shows some metal, but I might leave it like that and call it chipping ... :winkgrin:

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Anyway, after again a few minutes to allow the red paint to cure a bit, I sorted the overspray and leaks

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And there she is

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Finally, I removed the blue tack masking from the gun barrels, as it wasn't needed anymore

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I didn't care to be very precise around the apertures, because as I said they are going to be completely covered by the decals representing the tape patches

 

That's it for this massive update, comments welcome

 

Ciao

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Turning out very nice Giorgio. Great job on the canopy touch-ups. Regarding panel line washes; I'm building a NMF Ki.44 at the moment and will be using this, a little less contrast than black...

 

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8 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Excellent progress Giorgio, she looks absolutely spiffing!! :thumbsup:

 

Keith

Cheers K, thanks - glad you like her! :thumbsup:

7 hours ago, fubar57 said:

Turning out very nice Giorgio. Great job on the canopy touch-ups. Regarding panel line washes; I'm building a NMF Ki.44 at the moment and will be using this, a little less contrast than black...

 

 

Thanks Fubar! :thumbsup: I wasn't going to use pure black on the panel lines, except for the movable surfaces. Dark grey seems an excellent idea :thumbsup: 

1 hour ago, TheBaron said:

Superb Giorgio! :clap:

23 minutes ago, Biggles87 said:

Excellent progress.  :worthy:

 

John

 

Thank you, Tony and John! :thumbsup: 

 

Ciao

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Really good Tony !!

Now let's see the ideogram on the tail....:evil_laugh:

No longer any Muhaha when it went to my own Hien.....

Must make masks since my choosen subject is not presented in decals sheets... 😓

Nice job my friend :partytime:

Sincerely.

CC

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On 18/03/2019 at 08:58, amblypygid said:

Lovely work, Giorgio.

Thanks Chris! :thumbsup:

On 18/03/2019 at 11:56, bbudde said:

:goodjob::goodjob::goodjob:      :coolio:

Cheers Benedikt, thank you! :thumbsup:

 

On 18/03/2019 at 12:39, corsaircorp said:

Really good Tony !!

Now let's see the ideogram on the tail....:evil_laugh:

Thanks CC :thumbsup: But I'm going to use the supplied decals for the tail decoration... :whistle:  :)

 

On 18/03/2019 at 13:45, Spookytooth said:

Nice work Giemme mate.

Well tidied up sir.

Not over chipped either.

 

Simon.

 

PS nice masks...

 

 

Thanks Simon, glad you like it! :thumbsup: 

21 hours ago, baldwin8 said:

Great cutting tool you have. I use a good pair of mechanical dividers, but I really like yours.

Thanks baldwin8, it's just a scrap school compass my daughters don't use anymore, but still very effective; I did put a prescription needle in to do the cutting, which I just need to sharpen from time to time

13 hours ago, rob85 said:

That’s some delightful paint work my friend! Love how it’s is turning out.

 

Rob

Cheers Rob, thank you! :thumbsup: 

 

Next job is going to be the green mottling on the top surfaces, so I need to round up all my courage and abilities before proceeding  - and I also need to give the airbrush a thorough clean up, to avoid frustrating painting sessions...

I will practice on the spare half fuselage first, anyway

 

Till then, ciao!

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Very nice Giorgio! I certainly wouldn't be looking forward to the green patches, but then that would probably have stopped me from building one of these anyway! 

 

Ian

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9 hours ago, giemme said:

 

 

Next job is going to be the green mottling on the top surfaces, so I need to round up all my courage and abilities before proceeding  - and I also need to give the airbrush a thorough clean up, to avoid frustrating painting sessions...

I will practice on the spare half fuselage first, anyway

 

Till then, ciao!

hello Giorgio !

Look more closely at the pic ! The green mottling is very crudely done !!

I saw pics where there are some paint dripping from the blotches of green !!

Will see if I can found it back !!

Not a Michaelangelo job for sure !!

Sincerely.

CC

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17 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Very nice Giorgio! I certainly wouldn't be looking forward to the green patches, but then that would probably have stopped me from building one of these anyway! 

 

Ian

Thanks Ian :thumbsup:  After I airbrushed smoke rings on my C205, I feel I can handle these kind of jobs - whether they turn out good or not, that's a different matter ... :) 

9 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

hello Giorgio !

Look more closely at the pic ! The green mottling is very crudely done !!

I saw pics where there are some paint dripping from the blotches of green !!

Will see if I can found it back !!

Not a Michaelangelo job for sure !!

Sincerely.

CC

Thanks CC - I have a few pics of this very airframe, sadly way too grainy to be able to spot details. From what I see, though, airbrushing the green mottling should get an effect pretty close to the real camouflage

3 hours ago, Cookenbacher said:

That looks fantastic Giorgio!

Cheers Cookie, glad you like it! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: 

 

Ciao

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On 21/03/2019 at 06:02, Bigdave22014 said:

This site has some good pictures that illustrate the mottling. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/548454060849965216

Thanks for the link! :thumbsup: A couple of those pics are of the actual aircraft I'm modelling, one of Kobayashi's mounts.

 

On 21/03/2019 at 11:18, Biggles87 said:

Some of them look like they've been done with a large paintbrush, and not too carefully.

 

John

According to various sources, at a certain point in time these airplanes left the factory with the minimum amount of paint job, that is the anti-glare panel and the hinomarus; all the rest was painted on the field, often in a hurry. Not all the airframes received the camouflage, and when they did, it was casually applied and with no particular pattern

 

Here's a quick update before WE: I airbrushed Alclad Aqua Gloss on the red tinted parts

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same on the bottom; here I first added some chipping to a couple of hatches placed right in the middle of the hinomarus

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The effect is a bit crude now, but with a bit more of weathering they should look OK

 

Not much of an update, I reckon; more to come after the WE, hopefully.

 

Comments welcome, as ever

 

Ciao

 

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On 3/22/2019 at 7:38 AM, giemme said:

The effect is a bit crude now, but with a bit more of weathering they should look OK

Your effects are never crude Giorgio. I'd be happy to achieve them any day. :clap:

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