Ken the panda Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 this is my second attempt at this model, the build of the last one being my first attempt at proper model making. the build was fine but the painting became a nightmare, alas it is now a paint mule. i haven't made up my mind on the colour scheme just yet, but i think it will be a the plane of lt wulf-dieter widowitz, as found here http://www.jagdgeschwader5und7.de/oblt-wulf-dieter-widowitz/ having got a masking set. not tried masks yet so should be interesting! i know some of the colours are probably not correct, but its good practice, and good fun. thanks ken 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Ken the panda said: ... i know some of the colours are probably not correct, but its good practice, and good fun. thanks ken There was official color coding for "tubes etc." in German planes, yellow for fuel, blue for oxygen ... it might be worth it to google the color codes and the purpose of the little whatchmacallits in the 109's cockpit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken the panda Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 most of the main parts assembled now so i chose to go the after market markings. did the blue and some pre shading using tamiya paints. upper body colours are rlm75 and rlm74. i'm missing a colour for mixing rlm75 with tamiya but i have it in mr colour. never used these before and don't know what i did wrong but it came out pretty badly, was drying like cobwebs as well! watched a couple of youtube vids and i think i've not used the correct mix and/or been to far away when spraying. also does it need a surfacer? not totally sure how to continue, have rubbed a lot of the problem areas off and need t have a think about my next step. thanks for looking ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken the panda Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 well i managed to rub out most of the spoilt paint work and i am not getting on at all with the mr hobby paints decide to do the helmut wick colour scheme. not to disappointed with that choice as that was my original one, before aspirations and talent got confused. now the mixing for the yellow to tackle. thanks for looking ken 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Juliet Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Nice build Ken. Well done mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaminCam Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Hi Ken, what are you using to thin the mr hobby / mr color? They have an "aqueous" line which behaves like tamiya and can be mixed with them and thinned the same way but they also have a lacquer version which needs something like my color levelling thinner. These are not friends with tamiya even to the point that you have to be really careful cleaning airbrush between using different varieties. I wonder if this is your problem? Hope this help! P.s. doesn't seem to be too much of a problem, the model is looking great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Looking much better now 👍 The first go looks like you may have had some water in the Mr Color mix (they are lacquers, as Samin Cam said) but you've certainly nailed it the second time around! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken the panda Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 6 hours ago, SaminCam said: Hi Ken, what are you using to thin the mr hobby / mr color? They have an "aqueous" line which behaves like tamiya and can be mixed with them and thinned the same way but they also have a lacquer version which needs something like my color levelling thinner. These are not friends with tamiya even to the point that you have to be really careful cleaning airbrush between using different varieties. I wonder if this is your problem? Hope this help! P.s. doesn't seem to be too much of a problem, the model is looking great! hi samin, i'm using these, should i be using mr colour levelling thinner instead? thanks ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaminCam Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 31 minutes ago, Ken the panda said: hi samin, i'm using these, should i be using mr colour levelling thinner instead? thanks ken My Japanese isn't great (!) but i think this looks ok, maybe contamination as @Alan P suggests? Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken the panda Posted April 7, 2021 Author Share Posted April 7, 2021 all yellowed up and prepping for the mottling. not bad but a little touching up will be needed. thanks ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 A yellow-nosed 109, what's not to love about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken the panda Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 On 07/04/2021 at 21:02, Sturmovik said: A yellow-nosed 109, what's not to love about that. It's what always attracks me to 109, the colour and shape of the nose just seem right together. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken the panda Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 ah, the mottling. used an AK mottling stencil and built up four layers, one each of the darker camo green, lighter camo green and blue with a light mist coat over each afterwards and then a final layer of the dark green and a final mist coat to try and blend it a little. not quite how i envisaged it and probably not one for the purists but i'm actually very happy with it. could be blended a bit better, to sharp edged, and some of the mottles are a little bigger than i would think they are meant to be, but as i said for a first effort i'm really pleased. have to say, very poor painting instructions from tamiya on this model. or maybe i'm just not reading them right, but i found them lacking. thanks for looking. ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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