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On 09/04/2019 at 05:59, Bigdave22014 said:

Looks at wip.

Looks at stash.

Looks at workbench.

looks at wip again.

*sigh*

:rofl: But if you have this kit in your stash, give it a go: the build is really straightforward, and it's totally enjoyable

 

Sorry for the lack of updates, everybody; last week was a very busy one and I was away for the WE, so I managed very little bench time.

Which went into brush painting some of the odd bits, like the Venturi

 

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tail wheel (apologies for the blurry pic, and I'm afraid it's not the only one)

 

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this "thing" that goes under the belly, in the wings area

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main wheels, with a bit of dirtying up using the sponge technique

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and the propeller assembly, now weathered and flat coated.

Also, the main struts got painted and weathered

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Some detail painting on the external tanks too, but no weathering because there are stickers that need to go on first (!) 

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That's really it. All comments welcome

 

Ciao

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But if you have this kit in your stash, give it a go: the build is really straightforward, and it's totally enjoyable

 

Oh it will be built, I just need to clear a few projects first.

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Thanks everybody! :thumbsup: @Massimo glad you're back, now get to the bench! :rofl:

 

No progress to report this week, and I'll be out for a few days now, so Happy Easter to all!

 

Ciao

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Monster catch up G. I forgot to click the “follow” button. Such a numpty. Everything from the internals through the NMF to the mottles, painted decals. “You know what I mean” to THAT blue stripe. 😎 it’s all amazing. I’ll try and keep on top of this from now on. 🤸‍♂️

great looking kit though, then again you make every

kit look good. 

 

All the best.

 

Johnny.

 

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3 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Monster catch up G.

I could see that :D 

3 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Everything from the internals through the NMF to the mottles, painted decals. “You know what I mean” to THAT blue stripe. 😎 it’s all amazing. I’ll try and keep on top of this from now on. 🤸‍♂️

Thanks Johnny, very kind of you! :thumbsup: 

 

3 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

great looking kit though, then again you make every

kit look good. 

Now you're being too kind :thumbsup: As far as this kit goes in terms of building, I didn't really do much, it's that good!

 

Bank holiday today in Italy, which means long WE ahead and eventually some time for modelling. In fact, I did put on all the decals/stickers/stencils

 

tanks first

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and their pylons

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Aircraft

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The ideograms on each wings are supplied as a single decal, but I chose to cut the single pieces out to avoid having too much clear film to deal with

 

Port side

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and the tail

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The big tail decals required multiple applications of Tamiya Mark Fit strong. They are pretty thick (not as bad as in older Tamiya kit, though), and I'm just glad I limited the use of decals to these and the stencils. To properly refine them, once set I scored along the panel lines covered by them with a brand new blade and a razor blade, adding a bit of setting solution with a fine tipped brush right afterwards. The panel lines wash will tell if I did a good job :shrug:

 

I decided to use the kit decals for the gun through patches, too:

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I could have painted them on, but I think they look more like actual patches this way, in this scale

 

While waiting for everything to settle before spraying a protective gloss clear coat, I completed the main struts assembly

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and the exhausts weathering

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That's it for tonight, comments welcome

 

Ciao

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Fantastic model Giorgio.  Incidentally, the characters on the tail read “Sure Victory” (Hissho), an optimistic sentiment for an aircraft fighting the losing and vain battle against the B-29 armadas in 1945.

 

AW

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On 25/04/2019 at 22:11, corsaircorp said:

Really nice Giorgio !!

Such a brilliant job !! and very good decalling too !!

Can't wait to see her in the RFI 

Sincerely.

CC

Thanks CC :thumbsup: Weathering time this WE, so not long before I can declare this completed, hopefully 

On 25/04/2019 at 22:37, Spookytooth said:

Very nice work my friend.

She looks wonderful .

As above, cannot wait to see her in RFI.

 

Have a great Bank Holiday....

Easy on the vino though LOL.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon :thumbsup:  And I only drink while I'm eating, so I'm going to be OK with the wine ... :winkgrin: 

On 25/04/2019 at 22:47, keefr22 said:

Excellent stuff G, what a lovely looking model you have there! 

 

Have a great weekend, & take note on what Simon says about the vino....!! :rofl:

 

K

Cheers K, thanks :thumbsup:  

On 26/04/2019 at 10:31, CedB said:

Great work Giorgio - looking gorgeous! :) 

On 26/04/2019 at 12:54, Biggles87 said:

Seconded

 

John

Thanks Ced and John, very kind of you guys! :thumbsup: 

 

18 hours ago, TheBaron said:

Just.

Divine.

:clap:

Let's hope I don't fall from the Olympus ... :rofl: 

10 hours ago, Andwil said:

Fantastic model Giorgio.  Incidentally, the characters on the tail read “Sure Victory” (Hissho), an optimistic sentiment for an aircraft fighting the losing and vain battle against the B-29 armadas in 1945.

 

AW

Thanks AW for yet another great piece of info :thumbsup: Quite a statement, in a desperate situation...

 

Ciao

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Hi everybody; long WE, long report. I call this completed, although with a major cockup that happened when gluing the very last bit :wall:  :wall::wall: 

 

First things first, though: the blue stripes needed toning down and becoming darker, so I brush painted some Payne Grey (which is actually blue) oil on them and removed the excess with a paper towel

 

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Not as shiny, as you can see.

 

I then completed the weathering by adding a black tempera wash on the movable surfaces lines and on the red areas; all the remaining panels received a dark grey tempera wash, to keep them subtle

 

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I also airbrushed some staining around the exhausts area (also restrained, period pics show this area not very dirty)

, and a final clear satin coat

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Bottom side

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Then I brush painted the wingtip lights with Tamiya Clear Blue and Clear Red

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Time for the reveal: I removed the canopy masking and look, I still have a cockpit 😮 

 

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A few touch ups to do, but all in all not too bad

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On her legs

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bottom view

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resin gun barrels glued in 

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and all the remaining bits added

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And here's the cockup: when gluing the sliding canopy (the last bit I put on), I also applied some Tamiya Green Cap along the back vertical sides, but it leaked in by capillarity and reached up to the visible part of the back fixed frame....

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And since I'm an idiot, I did this both sides (even more visible here)

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No way I can fix it, no way I can hide it - not that comes to my mind, anyway...

 

One more frontal shot

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As I anticipated, I call this completed. I think I'll post an RFI anyway, despite of the final boo-boo, but that'll have to wait till next WE, probably.

 

All comments welcome, as usual

 

Ciao

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Hello Giorgio !

Great Tony !!

The mess is not so visible on the pics.

I never glued any transparencies with green cap… Only Crystal clear 8

Sincerely.

CC

 

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1 hour ago, Bigdave22014 said:

Because you told me and I knew where to look I could see it (and I still had to look closely).

 

Ditto - and even straining my eyes I find it difficult to see! 

 

That's another cracking build Giorgio, very, very nice indeed!

 

Keith

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