Christer A Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Hehe, that translation is a bit iffy...it says blackgreen and dark green in Swedish, but changes to dark blue and dark green for English! Perhaps a darkened 328M (dark olive drab from Draken, but with some black) with 326M would look nice? The Forest scheme really is two dark green colors in any case. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Christer A said: Hehe, that translation is a bit iffy...it says blackgreen and dark green in Swedish, but changes to dark blue and dark green for English! Perhaps a darkened 328M (dark olive drab from Draken, but with some black) with 326M would look nice? The Forest scheme really is two dark green colors in any case. No probs - will add a touch of black to 328M - will be v dark; and use 326M....looking forward to getting the paint down, waiting on the 326M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 glad you have all you need to complete her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Ok so the paint arrived and I got to it yesterday. I initially lightened one 326M from Mr Paint and created some mottle over the black base and then build up the top coat. I’ve been liberal in the area covered as I find the blu tac sausage cam method can sometimes create a miss match and some areas are not covered ! i was not totally happy with the effect - black basing with darker colours seems a bit more difficult so I got the white out and added a few drops, stirred and put a bit of post shading over some panels. With a thinned for the top coat I stopped. I’m trying to create that worn look. Once I get the darkened 328M on (which will likely bring similar challenges) I will look again at maybe some further post shading if needed. it maybe the gloss cote and eventual Matt top cote will help. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Nice work Tim. You can clearly control that airbrush 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Yeah, that's more like it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 nice!! though that looks like my effort to do straight panel lines for pre-shading! totally off subject, you should try MRP's Super Flat Black, it's not really super flat, but it's the best paint in there range!!! It goes on like nothing else I've ever tried! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share Posted April 25, 2020 Busy Morning. masking sausage using the 1 side Port as a guide, the blue/green version looked to be a mirror of the scheme so I used that for Stbd guide. wings and tail planes have no guide so I used the other online build as a guide. masking tape on Mottle on using 328M lightened 328M darkened with NATO black as suggested by Christer. I built up the top coat, then lightened slightly for some post shade. i then shot some wisps of pure 328M to try to get that worn and faded look. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Great work Tim. Looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Coming along splendidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 This looks even more promising ! Can't wait to ser the final result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Looking very good. Can't wait to see it with masks off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 looking forward to the reveal!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Masking tape off the cam seems ok ? Colours about right Christer? hopefully captured the faded look a bit. as per Christer’s suggestion I taped off some panels and the fuel tank and sprayed some Mr Color Aluminium, then blended it back a bit as was really shiny using Mr Paint White Aluminium. please do ignore the botch build job, I’ll fitting parts and seams.... ya know the story 🤣 if the colours look right I will unmask the metal edges and nose etc... the nose was NATO black so is quite close to the 328M when darkened - so may need to repaint using a few dries of pure black with the NATO black. then time to get a gloss coat on for decals. Comments on the paint job/fading/colours appreciated before I clear coat! thanks for looking. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 From a purely asthetic point of view, taking into account I've no idea what the actual colours on hte real machine looked like, I think it looks great Tim. Hopefully I'll get those figures in the post to you Monday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 The tank came out a lot better with this paintjob! But the top colors are just about perfect, and gives a very good look, that is not at all like the Draken colors. Great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Great success with the faded look, nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 that paint job and finish is topnotch!! It's almost enough to make me want to build one.......I am a sucker for punishment! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 Masking off, redone the nose cone and tail top with a darker black. Gave it a couple of coats of Mr Paint Clear Gloss. Decals and exhaust next. Need to do the canopy frames and am awaiting some pilots all going well. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 the gloss coat came out nice and smooth. What size needle did you use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Moff Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share Posted April 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, trickyrich said: the gloss coat came out nice and smooth. What size needle did you use? Thanks - I use my first airbrush - an Iwata NEO CN for spraying my gloss/Matt costs now - it’s a 0,35 needle. mr Paint Gloss - 1st time I’ve used it, came up nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 ok, I use a 0.2 needle in my H&S at lower pressure, I found when using the 0.4 needle it just drank paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Oh yeah! Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 The painting came out fine, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 WOW. Fantastic colours Tim. Topnotch painting. 👍 /Bosse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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