F-104 nut Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Time to build another fantastic Tamiya P-38. Going for the P-38H. Not sure of the markings yet. I will be using Ak real colors paints on this build. Let the fun begin Brian 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Nice choice Brian. Ill pull up up a chair and follow along if that’s ok. This ones definitely on my to build list. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 (edited) Brian, its refreshing to see your build after seeing SO many usual builds.Something different. Good choice and lovely start. Edited December 4, 2020 by HOUSTON 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paramedic Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Yeah this will be good.. And I need to get that kit too, soon.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Ahh, I did think my WIP would be the “first of many”. Nice to see you on board, it’s a cracking kit. I reckon you could paint most of it on the sprues as construction is so cleverly engineered. I’ve not found any issues as yet, though if I were to do another, I’d probably not bother with an AM cockpit set. Not that there’s anything wrong with a nice bit of etch, but the kit stuff is pretty good anyway and the instrument panel can’t be seen that well once the coaming is on. Tamiya reckon silver for the wheel bays, but what limited research I’ve done indicates that light grey might be more likely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Started getting some paint on the interior of the Lightning. I first primered the parts with Mr surfacer 1500 black. Then sprayed the Ak real color interio green . Some sings in the interior was masked off and sprayed with ak real color black and the rest hand painted. Next for gloss coat and wash Brian Edited December 4, 2020 by F-104 nut 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Looking good, so far Brian! I think I'm correct in remembering reading something by Dana Bell that the wheel bays were neutral grey and the struts would be painted aluminum or sometimes neutral grey. Inner surfaces of the gear doors were also in neutral grey. This would be on Lightnings delivered in camouflage. IPMS Stockholm also had pretty much the same description in their two-part article on US aircraft interiors. See the attached link. Mike https://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/02/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, 72modeler said: Looking good, so far Brian! I think I'm correct in remembering reading something by Dana Bell that the wheel bays were neutral grey and the struts would be painted aluminum or sometimes neutral grey. Inner surfaces of the gear doors were also in neutral grey. This would be on Lightnings delivered in camouflage. IPMS Stockholm also had pretty much the same description in their two-part article on US aircraft interiors. See the attached link. Mike https://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/02/stuff_eng_interior_colours_us_part2.htm Thanks for the heads up on the gear well color. I have heard this from severa others . I am going for the neutal grey wheel wells Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, F-104 nut said: I am going for the neutal grey wheel wells Sounds like a plan, although I think the inner surfaces of the gear doors could sometimes be painted aluminum...is this a great hobby, or what? Hmmmm...that just reminded me I took a bunch of photos of P-38E Glacier Girl at one of our Randolph AB airshows; I'll see if I took any of the wheel bays/gear doors and get back to you. She is based here where I live as part of local oil/gas tycoon Rod Lewis' collection. Mike Yep- found 'em! The restored Lightning has aluminum painted gear struts and inner gear door surfaces, which was a possibility. Even though the restoration was done to a high standard, I'm not sure if the colors for the wheel bays/doors are correct; it also appears a commercially available yellow zinc chromate was used on the interior structures that were visible, very similar to the primer used on Sea Furies and modern day commerical airliners. PM me if you are interested in any of the photos, as I still haven't set up a photo hosting site to allow posting- sorry! See the link to some photos of her from the Rod Lewis website. Mike https://lewisairlegends.com/p38f-lightning https://lewisairlegends.com/p38f-lightning Edited December 5, 2020 by 72modeler added text, added link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Making some progress on the Lightning office. Today i got oil wash on and flat finish sprayed. I use Model Master silver and #1 flat brush to dry brush the waer and tear on the cockpit . Next to seather the restof the cockpit . Then final touches before assemble. Brian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 6, 2020 Author Share Posted December 6, 2020 Some more progress on the Lightning interior. Instrument panel complete, Dry brushed the raised detail with model master silver and hand painted some detail, For the glass i applied several drops of future floor wax, Stll a few more parts to finuish before cockpit is done. The radion are just needs needs one other part painted Brian 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 that's looking really nice - very neat work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 Cockpit finally complete. Next to get primer and paint on the wheel wels Stay tuned for more from B-Smac Brian 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gantt Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 @F-104 nut very nice start, really looking forward to seeing you progress through this kit. I am very impressed by the cockpit detailing. would you explain the dry brush technique? not trying to derail your thread🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Gantt said: @F-104 nut very nice start, really looking forward to seeing you progress through this kit. I am very impressed by the cockpit detailing. would you explain the dry brush technique? not trying to derail your thread🙃 Thanksa isent a message 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 @F-104 nut Brian, Only one throttle lever, or are they siamesed in the kit? Hard to tell from the photos- looking very good, though! I hear this kit falls together, just like their 1/48 P-47D's. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tojo72 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Very nice,really need to get one of these.So many kits,so little time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 hours ago, 72modeler said: Only one throttle lever Unfortunately yes; this is the biggest disappointment in the kit IMO. Cockpit looks great, F-104. Gantt is right, your dry-brush skills are superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) On 12/9/2020 at 8:52 AM, 72modeler said: @F-104 nut Brian, Only one throttle lever, or are they siamesed in the kit? Hard to tell from the photos- looking very good, though! I hear this kit falls together, just like their 1/48 P-47D's. Mike So very sad that this is one thing so many model companies miss on new model kits ☹️ Edited December 10, 2020 by F-104 nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, F-104 nut said: Typo Edited December 10, 2020 by F-104 nut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Last few days i spent painting and weathering the lightning gear bays. I decided on this build to go with neutral grey for the wheel bay colors. Now to start assembling the booms and center wing section. I am goin go paint this with the booms seperate from the wing. Seems lots of people are doing it with sucesss . Enjoy Brian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I tried to keep the booms separate, but when I glued the small rectangular intake panels in place, they locked the whole boom assembly together. This may have been casued by thin liquid glue making its way into joints that should have been glue free, or it may be that they act as a mechanical key. Or both.... Either way, I ended up having to paint with the booms on which was a shame and does make handling the whole thing a bit tricker than I'd have liked. Good luck - it'll be good to see if you have more success than me. Wheelbays look great by the way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemguy3000 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Hello Brian- Your painting skills are superb. The cockpit is especially well rendered. Just curious - what are the yellow circles in the MLG bays? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-104 nut Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, Chemguy3000 said: Hello Brian- Your painting skills are superb. The cockpit is especially well rendered. Just curious - what are the yellow circles in the MLG bays? David Not really sure I to am curious what they are . Thanks painting cockpits is my favorite parts of the model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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