Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Really coming together nicely. As a bone fide Sea Fury nut, her origins as a “Lightweight Tempest” are very plain to see, especially from the underside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 On 25/01/2020 at 09:10, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Really coming together nicely. As a bone fide Sea Fury nut, her origins as a “Lightweight Tempest” are very plain to see, especially from the underside. I'd like to have a display of the Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury, hmmm don't Airfix and Trumpeter do a 1:48 Sea Fury? which is the better kit I wonder rgds John(shortCummins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted January 26, 2020 Share Posted January 26, 2020 The Airfix Fury is not perfect, but it’s streets ahead of the Trumpeter one 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 26, 2020 Author Share Posted January 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: The Airfix Fury is not perfect, but it’s streets ahead of the Trumpeter one I managed to find one on Kingkits so I'll be building a Sea Fury in the not too distant future rgds John(shortCummins) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 I forgot to show the painted canopy with its green and grey camo’. For the markings firstly I added the sky fuselage band… …this photo shows the excellent raised rivet detail. Whilst I had the colour in the air-brush I painted the spinner. The leading edges of both wings need a yellow band so these were masked using Tamiya tapes. A base colour of white was painted, to give the yellow more “punch”… …Hobby Color H329 yellow FS13538 was then sprayed. The propellor tips also needed to painted yellow. Next I’ll be the using the Montex masks to paint the roundels and aircraft codes. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 To start I masked for the fin-flash(s) and roundels and then sprayed a white base, the fuselage and underwing roundels have a white 'middle' ring. The fuselage roundels have an outer yellow roundel ring, I mixed Tamiya XF-3 yellow (99%) and a spot of Tamiya XF-7 red. The centre red of the roundel was a mixture of Tamiya XF-7 red (75%) and XF-64 NATO brown (25%) Finally for the roundels was the blue ring, Tamiya XF-4 blue (95%) and XF-1 black (5%). The completed roundels. I’ll tidy up the seepages after I’ve finished the code letters which I’ll be attempting next. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Beautiful work with those roundels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 22 hours ago, Sturmovik said: Beautiful work with those roundels. thanks Sturmovik, I've used the Montex masks before and always had reasonable results, always had some seepage even when burnishing the masks but nothing that can't be easily fixed. rgds John(shortCummins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 29, 2020 Author Share Posted January 29, 2020 Fuselage code letters were masked and sprayed with Alkan BS:210 sky type ’s’. There’s quite a bit of ‘touching-up’ needed, in some cases I was a little too enthusiastic using the tweezers to remove some of the masking! I used the Eduard masks for the walkways, Eduard would have you spray the walkways black and then mask for the camo’. Tamiya XF-85 rubber black was used for the walkways. Then XF-63 German grey along the centres. Whilst I had the XF-63 in the air-brush I added some to the propellor. I then touched-up the seepages. The windscreen was also attached. Next I’ll be adding the decals. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 Hey John I have to say buddy that she is looking beautiful. Spraying the markings, etc is a very satisfying experience with the added bonus that you can handle the model knowing full well that you can’t damage any decals, you do need to be careful thought when you remove the masks 😎 keep up the good work Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 15 hours ago, (ex)Sgtrafman said: Hey John I have to say buddy that she is looking beautiful. Spraying the markings, etc is a very satisfying experience with the added bonus that you can handle the model knowing full well that you can’t damage any decals, you do need to be careful thought when you remove the masks 😎 keep up the good work Iain thanks Iain I've used Montex masks on several occasions and I really like the effect, for some reason I always get some seepage even though I burnish the edges, this time I used a cocktail stick to bed them down into the panel lines! I read somewhere that spraying the "base" colour before the actual colour of the marking, could stop the seepage, the theory being the "base colour" would seep and stop the "top" colour from spreading, I must try it sometime. rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 Even though the aircraft markings have been painted there are still a number of decals/stickers/transfers (depending on your age?) that need to be applied. After a coat of aqua gloss I started the decals with the Montex V1 “kills”, the main reason I wanted to build this scheme. Montex have also supplied the serial numbers as decals, so you have the choice of using either the mask or decal, I decided to use the decals. Eduard provide the stencils, I decided against using the ones for the lower wing as some of them were white, would hardly show and others were too small and won’t be seen. The drop tanks have a couple of instruction? labels... ..and the propellor has markings at the base of each blade. Next I’ll be protecting the decals with a coat of aqua gloss and then starting the weathering. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Hey John She is looking gorgeous, you managed to use the Montex masks to great effect. I like the idea of spraying the base colour first, I will give them at a try when it comes to painting my MK.IX and MK.1 Spitfires (shhhh don’t tell the wife - they are our secret ok?) cheers buddy Iain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 8 hours ago, (ex)Sgtrafman said: Hey John She is looking gorgeous, you managed to use the Montex masks to great effect. I like the idea of spraying the base colour first, I will give them at a try when it comes to painting my MK.IX and MK.1 Spitfires (shhhh don’t tell the wife - they are our secret ok?) cheers buddy Iain I've a couple of "I'm sure I mentioned that I was getting them" type kits hidden stored in my stash cupboard, its not my fault if "someone" forced me to buy them is it? and anyway they weren't too expensive. 😁 rgds John(shortCummins) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 To start the weathering I first masked the rudder “ribs”, used my INFINI easycutting mat to cut thin strips of Tamiya tape and then sprayed a highly diluted, 80-20, mr levelling thinner and a 50/50 mix of Tamiya XF-63 German grey and XF64 red brown. The same mixture was used to mark the panel lines. Exhaust stains were started with the same mix… …and then a 80/20 thinned mix of XF-57 buff Next I’ll be continuing with the weathering after sealing the work so far by a coat of aqua gloss. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Looking good John! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I like that, your weathering looks very realistic, good job buddy 👍 Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Dunny said: Looking good John! thanks Dunny it's a good kit and I know I keep going on about the raised rivets but they really make the fuselage 'pop' rgds John(shortCummins) 1 hour ago, (ex)Sgtrafman said: I like that, your weathering looks very realistic, good job buddy 👍 Iain Thanks Iain there will be more weathering, I want to make her look "used" but not "heavily worn", a balancing act but that's what I'm going for so we'll have to see it I can pull it off? rgds John(shortCummins) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 After the aqua gloss had fully cured, Tamiya dark brown panel liner was used to highlight the underside panel lines and rivets. For the wheel wells Tamiya black panel liner was used. To mix things up a bit I used mig PLW blue grey on the grey upper camo’ and mig PLW green brown on the upper green camo’. I want to depict a “used” aircraft, not “heavily used” so I created some “light chipping” using a hairy stick, painting chips and scuffs along some panel edges. Next I’ll be using oils to add another layer of weathering. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimea River Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I'm very late to the party and will need to down a couple of pints to catch up. You're doing a fine job on this John. I built the old Eduard Tempest and this one is lightyears ahead in detail. Looking forward tot he next installment. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 27 minutes ago, Crimea River said: I'm very late to the party and will need to down a couple of pints to catch up. You're doing a fine job on this John. I built the old Eduard Tempest and this one is lightyears ahead in detail. Looking forward tot he next installment. Andy thanks Andy I think I might have mentioned the fantastic raised fuselage rivet detail, I can see me making this again, perhaps not as often as Eduard's Spitfires, I've built 4 of them so far with another couple planed. I've also got the Airfix Sea Fury so I'll be interested to see how they compare. There's a couple of things I'd have done differently, dry fitting the chin radiator sub-assembly and clamping the rear of the wing to the fuselage for less of a step, but overall its a really nice kit. rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I agree with Iain on the weathering, as you say it’s a balancing act and you’re doing very well. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Biggles87 said: I agree with Iain on the weathering, as you say it’s a balancing act and you’re doing very well. John thanks for the encouragement John 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Before starting with the oils I gave the whole airframe a coat of flat varnish. Previously I used a set of oils that I got from the pound shop, however the pigment used was quite rough and often would require excess of odourless turpentine thus diluting any effect or making a heavy splodge. So I’ve bitten the bullet and bought some 502 Abteilung oils. Now I’m sure that I could have bought some Windsor & Newton or Daler Rowney oils for less however they both produce several grades of “quality” for their oils, presumably the more expensive the finer the pigments? however as Abteilung oils are made specifically for modelling use I reasoned that they’d be the easiest range to choose from. The specific areas that I want to work on are the walkways, exhaust surrounds, drips and spills and also some light fading on the upper wing roundels. Walkways had snow white and sepia applied and then stippled and blended with odourless turpentine. The area surrounding the exhausts had burnt umber and sepia applied and blended to give a burnt/dirty effect Once this had dried, I left it for a couple of hours, I the added white and yellow to give the effect of high octane deposits. Drips and spills were achieved by using snow white, raw umber, orange and sepia. These were blended by using a ‘damp’ brush, dipped in odourless turps, pulled along in the direction of the airflow. Residue from the ejected shells was created with some spots of sepia stippled near the ejection holes and then elongated with a damp brush as the drips and spills. The roundels had white and blue stippled and blended to give a slightly faded and worn look. Next I’ll be tackling the undercarriage. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(ex)Sgtrafman Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Hey John That is looking great, the effects you have managed do give the model that used but not abused look, love it. I use a mixture of Abteilung and Windsor and Newton oils plus artists pencils for weathering now and 9 times out of 10 they work flawlessly it’s only when I have a rush of blood to the head that I tend to mess things up. Can I say the less is more and I (personally) think you have achieved just the right balance, another flat coat to seal her up and leave it at that? cheers buddy Iain 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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