franky boy Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 Hello chaps A quick update on this build too. While i I had the airbrush out for my A-6 build I thought I’d give uc parts a coat of RLM02 for this one at the same time. This was followed up with a black/brown wash. As you can probably see from the photo I chopped off the gun barrels before I break them off through clumsyness and drilled out the remaining parts to accept some Albion Alloys tubing. 9DF6597A-5618-426D-A277-D5EA3425FEF1 by James Halls, on Flickr E79D8441-10F5-4AD8-8892-613D65AECF0C by James Halls, on Flickr Next job is a flat coat for the cockpit and uc parts and then everything can go together. Thanks for looking. James 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 16/02/2023 at 17:35, franky boy said: I thought I’d give uc parts a coat of RLM02 for this one at the same time. This was followed up with a black/brown wash. I've done the same with my u/c parts but you take better photos than me. When I glued my upper and lower wings together they did not go as well as my other builds. Not sure why but I had to do a lot of clamping, but it's done now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 26 minutes ago, Retired Bob said: I've done the same with my u/c parts but you take better photos than me. When I glued my upper and lower wings together they did not go as well as my other builds. Not sure why but I had to do a lot of clamping, but it's done now. Thanks Bob although I’m no photographer, it’s just point and press on my phone. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Looking good James and coming along nicely Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 That's coming along nicely, James James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 Hi everyone I decided to put my A-6 build down for a few days and deck to get this one pushed along a bit towards primer. Here are the fuselage halves together. That IP panel was just as much of a pain to get to sit right as it was in the other build. Sorry not a great view into the cockpit. 7E18FDFE-1787-4237-B0A8-81C1C3E36C17 by James Halls, on Flickr And from the other side. 0AAF13EF-F6F3-42A0-BAAF-189AC89E6AC6 by James Halls, on Flickr As anyone who’s built this kit will know things move along pretty quickly once you start glueing. 0CD2B172-1B79-4D42-9B24-AAC3562A5392 by James Halls, on Flickr To be honest I did rush putting it together a bit and got a bit careless which left a gaps around the wing roots and gun covers. Nothing a bit of perfect plastic putty won’t sort out though. 82529CF2-3714-49BF-BAD2-80DB0E4A2A75 by James Halls, on Flickr I’ve also put the windscreen on since these photos. Hopefully onto priming in a few days. Thanks for dropping by. James 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Really nice work James, she's gone together very well. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 05/03/2023 at 21:06, franky boy said: To be honest I did rush putting it together a bit and got a bit careless which left a gaps around the wing roots and gun covers. Nothing a bit of perfect plastic putty won’t sort out though. I've had the same problem with a couple of my FW's, some go together perfectly, others need some filler. I haven't had a problem fitting the i/p on my A series builds, but Eduards D-9 kits, putting the i/p into them, now that's fun, not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 46 minutes ago, Retired Bob said: I've had the same problem with a couple of my FW's, some go together perfectly, others need some filler. I haven't had a problem fitting the i/p on my A series builds, but Eduards D-9 kits, putting the i/p into them, now that's fun, not. Hi Bob. It’s odd sometimes how you can build the same kit and make different problems for yourself. One thing I’ve noticed is that the weekend kit has ever so slightly more flash than the Profi pack kit. Funny as they come from the same set of moulds. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 19 minutes ago, franky boy said: Hi Bob. It’s odd sometimes how you can build the same kit and make different problems for yourself. One thing I’ve noticed is that the weekend kit has ever so slightly more flash than the Profi pack kit. Funny as they come from the same set of moulds. Perhaps it's the kits that were moulded on Monday mornings or Friday afternoons that have these built in problems. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 James, Just catching up with this. A lovely build underway again. Jostling the IP to get it in the right position relative to the coaming seems to be a feature of this kit and I do not mean feature in a positive sense. The 3D printed stuff is very nice. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 11 hours ago, Ray_W said: James, Just catching up with this. A lovely build underway again. Jostling the IP to get it in the right position relative to the coaming seems to be a feature of this kit and I do not mean feature in a positive sense. The 3D printed stuff is very nice. Ray Thanks Ray. Agreed the IP is a pain In this kit but it’s still a great build. And moving onto the next update. On the underside of the wings just inboard of the ejection shoots this version of the 190 has a small plate fitted on each wing over one of the panels. In the Profi pack version this supplied as PE but in the weekend kit it’s a decal. So I made these out of plastic card as the decal will look rubbish. 1AB68975-7C16-4F74-BB6B-EBB2E4CA85F7 by James Halls, on Flickr This was followed by a of coat primer, Mr Surfacer 1200. C32F4764-697E-42DF-99E5-8A469612D5C2 by James Halls, on Flickr The model has since had pre shade of black. I’m waiting for a set of masks to turn up in the post for the national insignia and then I can get on with the paint work and those very fine squiggles on the tail. Thanks for looking james 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_W Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Lovely build. Looks great. I noticed you achieved a great joint at the aft lower wing/fuselage join. Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 Smashing job james 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 That's looking very nice, James. The primer is really smooth James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted March 9, 2023 Share Posted March 9, 2023 That is looking very nice James, it's going to be impressive once the camo is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 9, 2023 Author Share Posted March 9, 2023 7 hours ago, Hewy said: Smashing job james Thanks Glynn. Good to see you back. 5 hours ago, 81-er said: That's looking very nice, James. The primer is really smooth James Thanks James. Good old Mr surfacer thinned 50/50 with SLT usually goes down very well. Famous last words there! 2 hours ago, Retired Bob said: That is looking very nice James, it's going to be impressive once the camo is on. Thanks Bob. Yes looking forward to getting some paint on. Although those small squiggles on the tail may yet prove interesting. Thanks James 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 She looks great James, lovely smooth finish and neat build. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 3 hours ago, modelling minion said: She looks great James, lovely smooth finish and neat build. 🇺🇦 Thanks very much Craig. And onto the last few days work. I bought a set of Montex masks for the national insignia as I don’t much fancy the decals. I sprayed some white onto the upper wings and when dry applied the masks. The other crosses are black so I’ll do these last. I then laid down the colours for the standard factory applied camo. As this aircraft had a lot of field applied camo oversprayed (pic below) I’m going to do the few decals and stencilling next and then spray the field applied colours as a lot of the markings have overspray on them and the stencils I’m sure will be completely painted out. 28FBD982-F4E9-4762-BB9B-1B08A15923B0 by James Halls, on Flickr The colours look a bit washed out in the pics, must have been my less than good office lights. 352E25EB-B13B-43C6-975A-4F130AA084DF by James Halls, on Flickr The grey and green are a bit patchy tbh but with all the over spraying to come later it’ll be fine. Honestly 😀 434F8D2F-818C-48C9-A28F-E9CA6B4322A0 by James Halls, on Flickr 677A526B-99D2-4F18-A1C0-01C4DA392D05 by James Halls, on Flickr 0141D48F-3E99-4AE8-94DD-4FBF3E7C3D69 by James Halls, on Flickr So the next job is to spray on the black crosses and the area around the exhaust then I’ll be onto decals. Thanks for looking. James 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 That is very fine work James, great job on getting the main camo scheme on. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Superb bit of painting that 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 She's looking really nice, James. That field camo is going to make this an interesting looking build when it's done James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Thats a great looking paint scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 Hi everyone After the recent rallying cry from our host that we've only got 3 weeks left todays wet weather has given me a chance to have a crack at the field applied camo pattern. Once I'd broken it down in my mind it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Paints used were Mr Color RLM82 for the green and Hataka orange line for the RLM81 brown violet as the Mr Color version of this colour looks way out to my eye. More of a muddy green. Although I'm quite familiar with it I haven't used Hataka paints for any kind of mottling before but they performed easily on a par with the Mr Color. The national markings were masked and sprayed and I also applied the stencil decals as some of these were to be part sprayed over the field camo. I also masked over the areas for the individual a/c markings with Tamiya tape. As I don't have a photo of this a/c I followed the Eduard instructions as closely as possible for the mottling. Pics below. 06578747-727C-4019-AC09-CF669BD2BD05 by James Halls, on Flickr 920581E0-2C4D-4919-8803-24976F1FE409 by James Halls, on Flickr AA1765DE-1537-4E7D-A006-33F8428971B5 by James Halls, on Flickr BED4AF27-B198-4B6D-A0C4-89137A70E470 by James Halls, on Flickr 91F694DA-EB70-4E9E-8460-520ACFCD42AF by James Halls, on Flickr And the gear doors. 002C4824-E75C-4181-8C39-C039348A1FAE by James Halls, on Flickr That's all for now. I'll get the last few decals on tonight and then crack on with some weathering. Thanks for dropping by. James 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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