Peter Marshall Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 Started over the long weekend - the Eduard rebox or the Hasegawa Typhoon 1B with lots of etch Work commences with replacing most of the plastic cockpit with Etch :-) Peter 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawzer Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Nice start! this was my first kit (well, the "normal" hasegawa one) when coming back to the hobby a few years back. Be sure to take care with the fuselage inserts......go on - ask me how I know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted May 12, 2019 Author Share Posted May 12, 2019 More done today - first up added the inserts into the fuselage, added the PE, then closed up the fuselage, and rescribed a couple of the panel lines Then added the wing and the resin tailplanes. Needed a little filling on the underside, and a couple of thin plastic shims, but doing it this way around is easier to work around than fitting the insets after joining the fuselage. Peter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted May 18, 2019 Author Share Posted May 18, 2019 Today's tinkering First the gear doors, adding the PE plates Then the PE canopy slide and the gunsight mount The resin 4 bladed prop Masked off the canopy and wheel wells Then a coat of black primer over everything Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 Today's painting. First on with some marbling to break up the solid expanse of paint Then on with the Medium Sea Grey, Ocean Grey and Dark Green, followed by a clear coat. Clear coat now is because there's a lot of masking to go on next for the ID band and the D-Day Stripes ## Peter 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimea River Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Nice work so far Peter. I have two of the original Hasegawa kits in my stash screaming at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawzer Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 30 minutes ago, Crimea River said: Nice work so far Peter. I have two of the original Hasegawa kits in my stash screaming at me. You know WHAT you have to do.... maybe be for the d-day 75th go? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimea River Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 True but I'd have to add yet another model to my shelf of doom to achieve that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 A Full on Masking morning - first the yellow leading edge stripes Then the id band followed by the invasion stripes Then unmasked - had a wierd one, where on the fuselage side had some of the paint lift, but not the topcoat, it was the primer lifting. Must have missed a spot when I wiped it with IPA before priming. Anyway repaired now. Peter 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted May 26, 2019 Author Share Posted May 26, 2019 Today's work - Decals on Then painting up the rockets - managed to lose one, so it's not going to be fully re-armed. Peter 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP85 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Looking great! Love the stripes. Which brand paint do you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 32 minutes ago, BP85 said: Looking great! Love the stripes. Which brand paint do you use? It's all Tamiya Acrylics thinned with Mr Levelling Thinner for all of this. HTH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP85 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 21 minutes ago, Peter Marshall said: It's all Tamiya Acrylics thinned with Mr Levelling Thinner for all of this. HTH I didn't know you could thin Tamiya with Mr Levelling Thinner, I've only ever used Tamiya thinners. What ratio do you mix at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 around 50 / 50 thinner to paint but only roughly - I mix to the consistency rather than fixed ratios, and quite often thin a bit more to build up paint slowly with thin layers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimea River Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Nice work Peter. I use Tamiya acrylics as well and tend to use their Lacquer Thinner at 50/50 or, depending on the application, even more thinner, perhaps up to 70%. Sprays really nice. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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