Dansk Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 43 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Bloody hell Paul, did you do that by airbrush! I would struggle to get to that neat with a pen!! The big scale helps Craig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Oohhh, that looks promising paul, i look forward to more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moaning dolphin Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Doing another weekly catch up, excellent work, I did like the ZC over Ally effect, its coming on nicely! Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Thanks guys. This eve I’ve been working on the white coat on the underside. I built it up for a long time in light mottled layers with super thinned paint. I think it looks ok in the flesh, not sure about it in the photos though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 It looks good to me, especially if you put the oil and exhaust streaking on the lower panels. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Nothing wrong with it from here!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Looks nice and well used to me Paul, and as Dennis says will look even better when you add staining and weathering. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Its a yes from me, you're through to boot camp🤗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 (edited) boot camp achieved Glynn thanks! 😀 A lot has happened since my last update. The entire airframe has been painted. It was almost disaster. I was just about to paint it all in my cans of tamiyas suggested paints, when checking I realised they where not acrylic but lacquer and therefore would render the chipping impossible. So I mixed my own hues and painted the aircraft… note this is built up with very thinned paint and mottled for a trashy look. This turned out way too colourful for my liking at scale. So I remixed colours and produced a greyer look. Note that as I painted it above I didn’t have the flaps in position so the demarcation between the heavier blue and mid blue was in the wrong place; it should start closer to where the flap trailing edge ends. Now it is fixed after completely remixing and matching the new hue and fixing! Here it is chipped too. Im really happy how this came out with different hues of YZC and silver. I show a whole bunch of them below and this is where I’m now up to. Note where the trailing edge of the flap would be and the demarcation line begins Here’s where I masked the walkways… (I love post-it ® notes) 😀 Leading edges chipped… Flaps chipped Nose chipped… Auxiliary belly tank chipped… this is a little too bombastic compared to the rest but it's done now. Next up - airbrushing the stars and bars with masks! Gulp. Edited July 5, 2020 by Dansk 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Paul that is simply fantastic! Your mixed colours look very good to me and the the chipping and faded paint work looks very realistic indeed. I have no doubt that the masked and painted national markings will look just as good as the rest of your painting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Now that is good looking work sir, keep it up ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 Smashing job , its getting a good look to it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted July 6, 2020 Share Posted July 6, 2020 The weathering and chipping is superb, Paul!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 That's rather gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Paul, Excellent result. What a great outcome with the chipping. My favorite though is really the variation you achieved in the blues. Congratulations. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Thanks so much fellas I really appreciate it. I fear i have gone a little too far with it looking at refs but that’s how it is. Looking forward to moving on to the next stage when i return home from abroad. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 11, 2020 Author Share Posted July 11, 2020 I’ve been working on the aircraft markings since the last update. I tried airbrushing them for the first time. After doing them i wasnt completely happy and then weathering them i was even more unhappy it was way too much compared to references, so i’ve decaled over them and will lightly sand and more subtly weather them back next stage 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thanks for sharing the whole process. Sorry your sprayed markings didn’t work out. I’m sure you will make the decals work with the weathering though! Regards, Adrian 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Really sorry that the masking method didn't work out to your satisfaction Paul, but the decals look like they've gone on really nicely. You should be able to gently weather them without any issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Ha, you keep doing things ten times better than I could, Paul, and then deciding they're not good enough - I'm going to get a complex! The masked markings and the decals look great. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Thanks for the good words fellas. 🙏 I finished doing all the decalling tonight with the stencils and all next job is to mask them and ‘fade’ them back and just ‘damage’ the wing star bar Let’s see how it goes. It’s all a learning process. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 The over-wing star and bar overlaps with all the removable panels for reloading the ammunition doesn’t it? I guess that would bring on some wear and tear. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 1 hour ago, AdrianMF said: The over-wing star and bar overlaps with all the removable panels for reloading the ammunition doesn’t it? I guess that would bring on some wear and tear. Regards, Adrian Yes that’s the decal that needs the most wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin W Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 It is written that the RNZAF used to touch up the national insignia far more often than the rest of the airframe. This supports the idea of different amounts of weathering. I've not read that the US did the same but it would be a reasonable assumption. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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