Tokyo Raider Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Splendid P47! Great job weathering and looks terrific! Thanks for posting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaminCam Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Kitchen Modeller said: Thanks Sam I’ve been trying different techniques with the Alclad to see if I could achieve a more weathered varied look. I guess the main difference here was using a version of the black basing technique where you marble on the Alclad instead of spraying it evenly onto the black gloss base. In stages: once the model is ready for paint, I polished the plastic with Tamiya polishing compounds- trying to get the surface as smooth as possible. Then the black gloss goes on. I used mr color gx2 which I think is the best option out there in terms of ease of use. Thinned 50:50 with mr leveling thinner. Once this was dry I did some more polishing on any spots that needed it. Then the Alclad goes on - marbled on at first followed by more even coats - this creates the variation in the paint. Airframe aluminum was the base colour. Certain panels were masked off and painted with different shades - polished aluminum and duralumin mixed with airframe aluminum to lessen the contrast. The model then got a coat of Aquagloss to seal in the paint and protect it from the many weathering layers to come. Hope this helps 😊 Thanks John, this is perfect. I haven't done anything nmf since my b29 a few years ago but plan to do a few smaller models following the liberator and will definitely be returning to this post when I get around to doing something shiny that's not too shiny! Still can't get over how good your build looks, almost making me consider 1/48 too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 1 hour ago, SaminCam said: Thanks John, this is perfect. I haven't done anything nmf since my b29 a few years ago but plan to do a few smaller models following the liberator and will definitely be returning to this post when I get around to doing something shiny that's not too shiny! Still can't get over how good your build looks, almost making me consider 1/48 too! No worries If you're going to give this technique a try, I'd say to try it out on a paint mule first - this will give you a feel for it and practice what you're going to do on the model itself 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valleyforge Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Thats some build. The silver finish is fantastic. The weathering is great to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josep Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 Great work! I love the weathering!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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