Roger Newsome Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Bought from Duncan at the North Shields show this was to be the project for this trip at sea, however that didn't go as planned and I've now found myself on leave again after a short 10 day trip. The kit is fairly well traveled as it's been to Aberdeen and back on the train, hence the slightly distressed box. I'll be building it straight from the box I do have the appropriate canopy masks though. I haven't decided on which of the two schemes I'm doing yet but I'm leaning towards the one with the easier painted spinner. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 We're up and running.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Last night and today's progress. There's a bit of a yellow tinge, to the port fuselage half... poor airbrush hygiene I'm afraid but you wont see that when it;s had a wash and it's closed up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Fuselage halves together, time to break out the Mr Surfacer to hide the join. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 A good afternoons work I think... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzhamer Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 A good steady pace build. That box doesn’t bring me good memories, since I dropped the almost painted model to the floor. Broke elevators and UC legs, so it ended for Perhaps your WIP can be therapeutic to overcome the trauma 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, Holzhamer said: A good steady pace build. That box doesn’t bring me good memories, since I dropped the almost painted model to the floor. Broke elevators and UC legs, so it ended for Perhaps your WIP can be therapeutic to overcome the trauma 🙂 Ouch! I hope this helps just a little bit to get over that kind of trauma. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 I knew that pitot tube was going to break off. 😖 Started painting. Mr Hobby H417 RLM 76 on a black base coat of Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 What's going on here? They're breeding!!!! 😉 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 RLM 76 on the underneath. RLM 75 on the upper surfaces. I'll leave this to cure overnight and mask up and paint the RLM 74 tomorrow. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, Parabat said: Looking good. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Nice progress, it looks like you might have caught the 109 bug Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 21 minutes ago, Duncan B said: Nice progress, it looks like you might have caught the 109 bug Duncan B Thanks Duncan. You might be right. The 1/72 one above is an AZ Models kit and I also have a 1/72 Tamiya in the wings..... then there's the 190's. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 18 hours ago, Roger Newsome said: Thanks Duncan. You might be right. The 1/72 one above is an AZ Models kit and I also have a 1/72 Tamiya in the wings..... then there's the 190's. 😆 I have a few of the AZ kits and am actually building one at the moment even though I am not particularly keen on them. The Tamiya 109 Emils are very nice (if a little short) and the new Gustav is supposed to be excellent. I got into Luftwaffe stuff because it gave me lots of options for trying out great paint schemes. DB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Duncan B said: I got into Luftwaffe stuff because it gave me lots of options for trying out great paint schemes. That's exactly the same reason I've headed down the Luftwaffe route Duncan. Above all else I needed to see if I could do a mottle camo scheme. Just stopped for a beer break and then back at it, should have some photos later this evening. 👍🏼 Roger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 6 minutes ago, Roger Newsome said: That's exactly the same reason I've headed down the Luftwaffe route Duncan. Above all else I needed to see if I could do a mottle camo scheme. Just stopped for a beer break and then back at it, should have some photos later this evening. 👍🏼 Roger. Mottling is one of these things that has a lot of hype about it. It all comes down to getting the paint/thinners mix to a consistency that it will spray without spitting 'spider's webs' everywhere but will still cover. Most people state that thin paint and lowering the air pressure is the way to go while I find that I actually turn the pressure up a bit! I keep in close and keep the airbrush moving and above all I keep in mind that I can always go back over the mottling with a thin coat of the base cover if I over do things or get runs. DB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Duncan B said: Mottling is one of these things that has a lot of hype about it. It all comes down to getting the paint/thinners mix to a consistency that it will spray without spitting 'spider's webs' everywhere but will still cover. Most people state that thin paint and lowering the air pressure is the way to go while I find that I actually turn the pressure up a bit! I keep in close and keep the airbrush moving and above all I keep in mind that I can always go back over the mottling with a thin coat of the base cover if I over do things or get runs. DB I have found that to be exactly true for me. I used to fret about mottling a lot but after figuring it out it's a lot easier. Edited July 6, 2019 by mustang1989 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Good progress so far on this bad boy. I do love me some 109's!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 3 minutes ago, mustang1989 said: Good progress so far on this bad boy. I do love me some 109's!! Thanks very much. I'm just contemplating firing up the airbrush for another crack. 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Roger Newsome said: Thanks very much. I'm just contemplating firing up the airbrush for another crack. 😃 Go for it Roger!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 Not ideal lighting conditions for photos but you get the idea of where I am at the moment. Still some tweaks required particularly on the aft part of the fuselage. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 looking good. DB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Looks good to me so far. Another trick I learned on mottling is that when I'm done with the paint scheme and decals is to come back over it with a flat coat with one or two drops of gray mixed in with the flat clear. It helps to tone down the mottle work some and make it a little more subtle. It gives it a good fading effect on the upper surfaces as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelholic Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Curious as to Why you've left the air filter(?) housing off? I'd have added it just to get the thing blended in when ABing Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 24 minutes ago, Duncan B said: looking good. DB Cheers Duncan. 20 minutes ago, mustang1989 said: Looks good to me so far. Another trick I learned on mottling is that when I'm done with the paint scheme and decals is to come back over it with a flat coat with one or two drops of gray mixed in with the flat clear. It helps to tone down the mottle work some and make it a little more subtle. It gives it a good fading effect on the upper surfaces as well. Thanks and thanks for the tip, duly noted. 4 minutes ago, Modelholic said: Curious as to Why you've left the air filter(?) housing off? I'd have added it just to get the thing blended in when ABing Tom There's a reason for that. the version I'm doing has a tropical filter and the mesh is represented by a decal. The plan is to apply the decal before attaching the filter to the aircraft so as not to risk messing it up with paint. Admittedly I maybe could have applied the decal in situ but I'm trying to avoid any "I knew that would happen" moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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