Adam Maas Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, Pappy said: G'day Adam, I think you may have one of the antennas incorrectly orientated. The 'D' shaped antenna on the left rear fuselage aft of the flap should have the straight edge to the rear and the curved edge facing forwards. It seems yours is facing backwards? Could just be the photo though... cheers, Pappy Good catch, I oopsed and that side was put on wrong, I got it correct on the other side. Will get it fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam Maas Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 Well, now I've run into an issue that will require some actual modelling. Not Hasegawa's fault, but probably mine. Part S19 has gone missing. That's one of the 4 small bits that make up the altered dogtooth on the Growler. Specifically the top starboard wing portion. Luckily I do have the matching lower starboard bit, so I've installed it and masked and puttied off where S19 would be and will re-create out of Mr. Dissolved Putty. The missing bit: What it should look like Masked off to shape And puttied Oh, and I fixed the backwards antenna Pappy noted. Thanks! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Nice recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 A little touchup painting on the cockpit while I wait for the putty to harden And painted up the HUD as well. Windscreen will get prepped next, and then I'll start prepping for paint. I've located some possibilities for an approximate match to FS35240, the lighter blue on this scheme. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Getting closer to primer. HUD on, windscreen on 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Been pushing my Kuta builds over the last couple days, but while the Revell F is lagging, I did get some stores glued up for the Growler 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 22, 2022 Author Share Posted January 22, 2022 More canopy work. I'm trying a bit of a different technique for the hood, outlining with Tamiya flexible tape then filling with the regular stuff. I've always used the regular stuff only until this build. Then a little extra tape thrown on so I can paint the edges of the windscreen and hood when I shoot the interior colour Next up I'm shooting paint, then I'll temporarily install the hood so I can start paintwork on the aircraft. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 Shot some test strips on a paint mule and I have an adequate match to FS35240 AK11845 RAF Azure Blue is what I'm going with. It's a little more Blue than the FS35240 swatch on the decal instructions, but close enough for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 First coat of primer is down, and yep. Stuff to fix. I'm not happy with the wing joins, the centre barrel join need work underneath and several little things at the nose need attention. Putty! Needed to shoot a white fin cap for my current KUTA build, so I addressed the gear bays at the same time Next up - more primer. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 18 hours ago, Adam Maas said: First coat of primer is down, and yep. Stuff to fix. Putty! Next up - more primer. This seems to be a common pattern for this kit 😟 keep plugging away Adam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 25, 2022 Author Share Posted January 25, 2022 6 hours ago, Alan P said: This seems to be a common pattern for this kit 😟 keep plugging away Adam! I'm not complaining too much, that's what the first coat of primer is for. It shows me what I missed on bare plastic 🙂 The kit is IMHO over-rated, but it's certainly a decent enough kit. My complaints are more about the early 90's level of detail than the fit (which is adequate). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted January 30, 2022 Author Share Posted January 30, 2022 Got all the primer fixed up. Started shooting the Light Ghost Grey lowers. Gaps around the wheel wells as I'll mask them temporarily then shoot those sections and do any touch ups needed. This was the old MM Acryl paint. Not sure how many different paint brands I'm up to so far on this build. Think I'll end up with Tamiya, 3 flavours of AK (Xtreme Metal, Real Color and 3rd Gen Acrylic), MM Acryl, Vallejo in at least one flavour and if I'm really lucky, I used some Italeri in there somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam Maas Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) More updates tomorrow. Finished off the 36375 and am starting on the light blue (RAF Azure Blue is what I'm using) It's an interesting scheme to paint, mixture of hard edge and soft edge, even more so than the stock scheme is. Edited February 10, 2022 by Adam Maas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Getting the paint down, but I'm having some issues getting it to spray well. First time with this paint so it's just figuring it out, not any problems with the paint itself 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 Shot some touchups of the FS36375, and then started to experiment with the AK 3rd gen Acrylics. Think I have it sorted, it likes to be much thinner and lower pressure than I usually go, but with the extra thinning and a couple drops of flow improver, it went on beautifully. This is the topside colour, as I wanted to shoot something that didn't require delicate control, and the 'Intermediate' Blue on the sides/underside is all precision work. Both are AK 3rd Gen paints. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 And my paint match challenges are back. Was looking up reference photos for this bird, to verify what antenna bits are in 36375 and I noticed the contrast was much stronger than what I was seeing on my paint job. My paints match the reference sheet decently, they don't match the pictures. So out came the Tamiya Sky Blue for the middle colour. It's not dead on, but it's a lot closer than the Azure Blue was. Not sure about top colour yet. Either XF-17 or AK Dark Sea Blue I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Maas Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Went for Italeri Blue Angels Blue for the top colour. Seems a decent match And yeah, some issues to fix. The Italeri paint is a touch fragile and is not the best match to Stylnrez/One-Shot primer Taped up the first round of fixes And the result I'll fix the second round once it's had a chance to dry down Also primered and shot the gear and gear door insides. Using Vallejo Game Air White for this, it covers very well 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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