gryphon28 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Hi there, This is my 1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima B5N2 Kate from the 601st Naval Flying Group based on the IJN carrier Zuikaku in Spring 44. A really fun build with the addition of an Eduard canopy mask set. It would have been much less fun without with all that glazing. Tamiya and Mr Hobby paints with silver pencil chipping. Love the torpedo designed offset to miss the oil cooler? Built a while back. Thanks for looking. Rick 48 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightpainter Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Wow that looks like a really cool paint job. Really good in my eyes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Beautifully finished Kate. Love the way you have produced all those minute scratches. Is that done with pencils or brushwork? Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon28 Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 12 minutes ago, Baldy said: Beautifully finished Kate. Love the way you have produced all those minute scratches. Is that done with pencils or brushwork? Cheers Malcolm Thanks for kind words Malcolm. Just a silver pencil. I have had it years. You need to Matt down the paint to get it to grab, then I like to lock it in with a semi gloss finish. I think semi gloss generally looks more convincing as painted alloy than a flat finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigglesof266 Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Love it! Thanks for sharing the images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon28 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 37 minutes ago, Bigglesof266 said: Love it! Thanks for sharing the images. Thanks buddy, stay safe over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Beautiful looking aircraft. I really need to get one to go with my B6N2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Very nice Kate. I like your paint work. It has given life to the plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_ Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Superb- top notch like all your others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Very nicely done. The torpedo in NMF is perfect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Well done mate. I like your painting and weathering job much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Entirely convincing Kate, not least because of that expertly wielded silver pencil. Superb modelling. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon28 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 7 hours ago, fubar57 said: Beautiful looking aircraft. I really need to get one to go with my B6N2 Thank you. The Jill is an awesome kit too. I also have a Grace, all three are top notch kits from Hasegawa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Very nice finish, I like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 10 hours ago, gryphon28 said: Thanks for kind words Malcolm. Just a silver pencil. I have had it years. You need to Matt down the paint to get it to grab, then I like to lock it in with a semi gloss finish. I think semi gloss generally looks more convincing as painted alloy than a flat finish. Looks great - thanks for the tips. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
politicni komisar Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Convinced! well done P.k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 18 hours ago, gryphon28 said: Thanks for kind words Malcolm. Just a silver pencil. I have had it years. You need to Matt down the paint to get it to grab, then I like to lock it in with a semi gloss finish. I think semi gloss generally looks more convincing as painted alloy than a flat finish. Going over the chipping with another coat also tones the shine down, which I think really helps blend it all together and make it believable! Excellent work all around. It almost seems as if you could hop right in and fire it up. One suggestion, if I may... the exhaust looks like you painted the whole thing a rust color. It sticks out a bit, I’ve found painting the exhaust a burnt iron color, then dry brushing with rust yields excellent results. In your hands I have no doubt it would look 10x better. Thanks for sharing your build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy.m Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Very impressive! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon28 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 11 minutes ago, RadMax8 said: Going over the chipping with another coat also tones the shine down, which I think really helps blend it all together and make it believable! Excellent work all around. It almost seems as if you could hop right in and fire it up. One suggestion, if I may... the exhaust looks like you painted the whole thing a rust color. It sticks out a bit, I’ve found painting the exhaust a burnt iron color, then dry brushing with rust yields excellent results. In your hands I have no doubt it would look 10x better. Thanks for sharing your build! Thank you for your kind words and I totally take on board your comments re the exhaust. Looking back it’s the least convincing part of the build so I will definitely be trying your suggestion 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 That's really very nice, superb finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellarfrog Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Like it very much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 I’m not particularly a fan of the Japanese stuff, but can’t help admiring this, beautiful paintwork and I’m coming round to things with red circles on them now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gryphon28 Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 16 minutes ago, woody37 said: I’m not particularly a fan of the Japanese stuff, but can’t help admiring this, beautiful paintwork and I’m coming round to things with red circles on them now! Next stop a compass cutter and away you go 👍🏻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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