Serkan Sen Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 5 hours ago, Aigore said: vnyl masks don't really want to lie down or conform so we shall see how this turns out. The result looks very good. I use my own vinyl masks since long time and I am very happy with the results: The only issue I have with the vinly is masking the sharp surface junctions. Serkan 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Serkan Sen said: The result looks very good. I use my own vinyl masks since long time and I am very happy with the results: The only issue I have with the vinly is masking the sharp surface junctions. Serkan Brilliant results! Could depend on the type and age of the vinyl... my vinyl masks are very stiff and non-elastic and fights me on all complex surfaces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 A miniscule Friday update. A little more painting. Time to deal with the vertical stabs now. Not much to say...masked and painted Comming together nicely Done with the dark blue next I'll do the gray. Cheers! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 On 10/04/2022 at 11:37, Aigore said: OMG, the clutter is spreading! I don't know why I do this...I always end up with a workspace of about 10 x 10 cm! Yep. You're not alone. You have to take a breath every now and again to de-clutter, but it doesn't take long to get back to the same state again Lovely Sukhoi BTW. GWH make good kits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 @Aigore, she’s coming along very nicely indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 9 hours ago, Mike said: Yep. You're not alone. You have to take a breath every now and again to de-clutter, but it doesn't take long to get back to the same state again Lovely Sukhoi BTW. GWH make good kits Thanks Mike 8 hours ago, jackroadkill said: @Aigore, she’s coming along very nicely indeed. Slowly but surely Thanks jackroadkill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 The Sunday Update. Yup, still at it.... Now it's time for the gray... So I started with those despicable vinyl masks and masked for the gray. After an hour of masking 2 minutes of painting... Et Voilat... well that works....some overspray but I can polish that off. Then I did the horizontal stabs too... Now for a breather...I'll do the vertical stabs the next time. Cheers! 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Nice work, Aigore. She's looking spectacular now; all that fiddly masking has really paid off nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 29/05/2022 at 13:37, jackroadkill said: Nice work, Aigore. She's looking spectacular now; all that fiddly masking has really paid off nicely. Thanks jackroadkill it's so tideous tho....I want to get on to funnier stuff....I usually love painting but this masking stuff is boring really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 Friday? Again? Heavy metal! Alright, finally done with the cammo! While masking for the dielectric panels I noticed I had made a great dodo! I had switched the tailfins! I painted the right one as the left one and vice verse! I'm just going to live with it....no way I'll redo the fins!!! It looks good enough! Who'll notice? The nose got dark gray too. Heh, the Flanker would look good with tilted fins . Now for the overspray... I just polish with a 2000 grit pad. Before.... After.... Now masking for all those metal surfaces. Then I shot Alclad Gloss Black Base. And here the canvas is ready for metal effects,heatstains and what hve you Cheers! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctorgaz Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 the main thing is to have as little oversprey as possible..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Doctorgaz said: the main thing is to have as little oversprey as possible..... Indeed, just wanted to show that a little overspray isn't the end of the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) Now I hav e a fresh Friday-update for you! Hot Metal It's time to get those wonderful hot metal colours on! I work in layers, the first layer was the shiniest, the Alclad Airframe Aluminium. Next I shot Alclad Polished Aluminium in rough lines and over the small hatches. You see how it is lighter though less shiny than AA. Next I masked the outer part and shot Alclad Polished Brass. Here it was time to mask all the hatches, a piece of cake with the New Ware Mask set. Then I covered all with a thin coat of Alcad Magnesium....and I just had to dry fit the the cans to see how they looked, Still some way to go before they start matching Now for the fun part.....masking for the weldlines! Oh joy. I use a violet Sakura pen to draw the welds. Unmasked it looks like this. Now for the outer part of the same nacelle. Here I felt I started to lose focus and sealed them with a couple of dry coats of gloss varnish. So I do the same to the other nacelle next time.....this will take a few updates so be prepared. Cheers! Edited June 12, 2022 by Aigore 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 Is something up with ARC again??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 12, 2022 Author Share Posted June 12, 2022 And a little Sunday update for everyone except on ARC, where I can't post pictures for some reason. Hot Metal 2 After the weld lines are in place it's time for some make-up! I gave the welded sections a blue hue and then I demasked the small hatches. Next for some weld lines on the folowing section with brown and blue lines. Before using the Tamyia make-up sets you have to seal the the lines that are drawn. Now I went for a orange base and then lines with blue over the welds....and unmask. LAstly I have the little section before the brass and I masked off the brass and went to town with black and orange pigments. And to finish off todays session I sealed all the hot metal with gloss varnish put down in dry coats. I dry fitted the cans again just to see how it looks....it's getting there Next time I do the upper side.. Cheers! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 The engines look really good. Painting the Flanker engines always takes longer than the entire aircraft camo. Therefore many of my Flanker projects are still waiting for that reason. Serkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 13, 2022 Author Share Posted June 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Serkan Sen said: The engines look really good. Painting the Flanker engines always takes longer than the entire aircraft camo. Therefore many of my Flanker projects are still waiting for that reason. Serkan Thanks Serkan indeed, however it's fun and witb a little care you can get some really nice results. I've found that any exhaust job always starts with a very shinry base that keeps the sheen and feel of metal even though the layers builds up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 Friday is upon us and so is this update! Hot Metal 3 Finally on the home stretch regarding the engines. SO the upper side it was... I started with drawing violet weldlines across like so. Then it was time for some itty bitty masking again and this time I drew brown weldlines. There.... And some blue weldlines....it looks like a drawing but it'll change as more layers are added. First a clear coat on top to seal the lines and then I went at it with my Tamyia make up and unmask the hatches. Then I painted the hatch clasps red. Another clear coat and then I put down a dark wash all over. There and the cans in place as well. And now for the reaveal! I must say, not half bad . A little dryfit of the fins... There....there will be a wee bit more pigment on the metal but that´s for the final weathering to blend everything together. Next I will continue with those dielectric panels everywhere and small details that needs to be painted. Cheers! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 “ Not half bad” you say, that’s a typical British type understatement, I thought you were Swedish! That’s truly amazing. John 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 14 hours ago, Biggles87 said: “ Not half bad” you say, that’s a typical British type understatement, I thought you were Swedish! That’s truly amazing. John 🇺🇦 Thanks John for a Sweden I'm truly out on a limb here, "not halfbad" is bordering on self-indulgence and elitism for even hinting at me being proficient at something...a big no- no in Swedish culture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 It's Friday and Midsummer so here we go The end of Painting Time to sort out those small thingies, details I mean. So masking...again... Now it's a few different colors so I have to do it carefully but so far so good. So I started with putting my thumb in the white paint! sand and redo...meh. The rest went well though. I painted some details with a chrome pen, like the C/F-dispensers...it'll look better with a wash on Next I glued the strakes in place....that is I glued one and spent 25m searching through the clutter after the other one With all that done I believe painting is done so I sealed all with a clear coat before decals! About the decals btw..... I don't have them they weere sold out everywhere and you remember Hannant's sending me the wrong decals before....so well.. I'm at an impasse right now. I can do the weapons, wheels and pylons but then I'm at a stand still until decals appear again. Cheers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Fantastic! Hope the decals arrive soon. John. 🇺🇦 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Aigore said: About the decals btw..... I don't have them they weere sold out everywhere and you remember Hannant's sending me the wrong decals before....so well.. Your Flanker looks great. I have the same problem. My build is waiting for the decals too: Most probably I will print my own decals. Serkan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, Biggles87 said: Fantastic! Hope the decals arrive soon. John. 🇺🇦 Thanks John I'm waiting for Foxbot to reissue their sheet 1 hour ago, Serkan Sen said: Your Flanker looks great. I have the same problem. My build is waiting for the decals too: Most probably I will print my own decals. Serkan Thanks Serkan wish I could do the same...I only really need the walkway decals, the rest of the decals I can find in my sparebox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthViper Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 15 hours ago, Aigore said: Next I glued the strakes in place....that is I glued one and spent 25m searching through the clutter after the other one Well, that means your camou is very effective too !! Congrats for your fine work. SouthViper from Brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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