Hewy Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Cheers fellas its nearly ready for a blow over with some shiny silver, prep work ls nearly done ,I'll have to prime it to look for any more flaws ,lets be honest its no tamiya kit so some surface detail is lacking too, i cut off the gun sights thick plastic screen and used a bit of acetate instead , cockpit is nearly done just the colonel to drop in, his body is done bar a wash and a satin coat ,I'm on the head now, im using a head out of the icm raf pilots boxing as i dont like the resin one it came with, nearly ready to go, maskol on the canopy and the air inlet covers which i had forgot to put in The head I'll be using ,goggles and mask on Cheers all 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 This is going to be a great pilot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, Toryu said: This is going to be a great pilot! Cheers Michael, i hope the bmf turns out too, the plastic looks like it will need smoothing more on the wings ,its that rough, almost pitted surface plastic 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Looks great Glynn. Nice work on the pilot. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 A little addition to this already great thread Glynn. https://www.aerosteles.net/steleen-boisleux-p51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) Mustangs on d-day taking off from bottisham , no od or blue to be seen yet, so any painting at all must have taken place over a very short time span, the spotter, mr bowyer ,saw blue mustangs up close on the ground on 9th july, the famous bottisham 4 photographs were taken on the 26th july, and then by the 12th of august ,the colonel and lou iv were lost Edited January 2, 2020 by Hewy 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 That must have been a sight to behold. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 This picture gives even more food for thought on the timing of colour application. Lou IV with invasion stripes already painted over but still with the short yellow nose marking! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Toryu said: This picture gives even more food for thought on the timing of colour application. Brilliant Michael , i hadn't seen that one before, it seems they changed the schemes on an almost daily basis, then theres the picture of sky bouncer crashed on the railway embankment later in the war without stripes or any od camo, and suzy g in bare metal with just the stripes painted over not removed, and no od , it really doesn't seem like they operated to a fixed rule of thumb concerning painting, with so many schemes going on , thanks for that picture, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Just catching up on your superb work Glynn. You seem to have got a good fit on the main parts so hopefully there won't be much work to do after priming. The pilot looks superb mate, great figure painting. Don't think the argument for the colour blue being used could be any stronger than an eye witness account by somebody that knows what they are talking about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 29 minutes ago, modelling minion said: You seem to have got a good fit on the main parts so hopefully there won't be much work to do after priming. Thanks craig , glad yo like it so far, great story isnt it, the colonel now has a head ,i may darken his hat though to a very dark black brown, he'll dry off now and have a wash,and any touch ups i can spot zoomed in on , also i given lou a light coat of halfords aluminium out of the tin , and onto the bare plastic as a sort of pre primer, it'll allow me to see more closley how the bmf will end up, most of this coat will be wet sanded away There's a couple of areas that need seeing too first . Cheers all 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 I've wet sanded it, relatively happy, I'll move on and I'm going to give it a coat of paint later, not sure at the minuet where to start first🤔 maybe the undersides 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 That pilot! I’d display that on its own. Masterpiece. Great build so far 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polybebber Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Excellent progress so far and yes, that pilot should be displayed by itself, fantastic paintwork!! Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, Valkyrie said: That pilot! I’d display that on its own. Your too kind valk, cheers lothar, he'll look better behind the thick and distorted canopy though thats for sure🤗 3 minutes ago, polybebber said: Excellent progress so far and yes, that pilot should be displayed by itself, fantastic paintwork!! Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Gotta love an invasion stripe 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Hewy said: Gotta love an invasion stripe Indeed you do, and yours look really good Glynn. Will she be wearing a full set of stripes or a partial one, I really like the look of the partial stripes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Will she be wearing a full set of stripes or a partial one, I really like the look of the partial stripes. cheers pal ,yes partial stripes, i did actually think of doing full stripes and blue, camo that would have left me without a different shade issue on the upper wings and spine , but I've got every shade of enamel blue i can find ,and I'm going to do a little experiment by photographing a sacrificial wing with different blues from an angle in black and white ,and see what happens,although i do have an idea already spinning around my head 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Yeah Glynn, that‘s the trouble with the blue-mindedness; two different blues - why and which ones? Still time to change your mind, haha 🤓 Everything looks really great at this stage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, Toryu said: Still time to change your mind, haha 🤓 Funny you should say that Michael, i had been pondering a complete bare metal full invasion striped lou iv as an escape clause, it's just i don't really know how much yellow was on the nose 🤗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Taking the picture I sent you earlier as a reference, a bare metal Lou would have had the short yellow nose. The one thing which makes this approach a little tricky is the question if it received the camouflage or the invasion stripes first - my purely speculative guess would be that both were applied at the same time, when the 361st assumed a relocation to the continent. At least you would have to only deal with one blue tone. Plan B would be invasion stripes first (but only for 24 hours 😀). Maybe a comparison with all other camouflaged Yellow Nose birds will give an indication of the painting sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 31 minutes ago, Toryu said: two different blues - why and which ones? When mr bowyer (the spotter) was at bottisham, he described , a really royal blue, now i typed in royal blue on the tinternet and it seems royal blue is a very wide bracket of blue, an example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 And as @Troy Smith posted earlier The main ww2 british MAP colours which should narrow down my guess work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 If anything I'd go with Dark Mediterranean Blue. I'm not a specialist in this area and don't know if the RAF used it and what for. Would it have been stored in the area and given away as surplus? Any other blue more logical? We need at least make up some kind of logic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Toryu said: Yeah Glynn, that‘s the trouble with the blue-mindedness; two different blues - why and which ones? Yeah, it's enough to give one the blues. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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