desmojen Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I started this the other week, somewhat inspired by Dswoofie and his Italeri one. I have insisted on making things hard for myself though by addressing the big error (or should I call it a fatal flaw ) in the Tamiya kit - the wheel well. I have had an MDC correction set for ages, destined for one of the Trimaster/Dragon/Revell/Italeri Doras in the stash. It is meant for the Tamiya kit though so I thought I'd pop it in. The instructions aren't great but it all goes together quite nicely once you figure it out. I have managed to split both of the inner wheel well roofs, partly because the resin is wafer thin, and partly because they get twisted and moved around every time you move the wing assembly. Today I wired it up and finished the cockpit so I could get on with the build. I have added belts to the cockpit. I had only got a pair of shoulder straps in etch kicking about, so I used some Reheat buckles and lead foil to make lap straps up. There are small gaps along the wing roots, something to do with the new wheel bay as they fitted before. Nothing to worry about though as it's an easy enough job to fill them. The new wheel bay with its partial engine, a massive improvement on the incorrect kit parts! Here is where I left it earlier, all buttoned up and ready for some sanding The wheels and drop tank are spares from my eduard kit. The tank is slightly nicer in detail and the wheels are the right size - the other 'fatal flaw' in the Tamiya kit is that the wheels are too small Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4h1phantom Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 That additional detail looks awesome! Thanks for posting the pics, they are very useful. Looking forward to seeing further updates. Sincerely, Jorge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 No problem Phantom man Today I dealt with the filling and sanding, using superglue as usual. Once I had done all that I put some Tamiya Liquid Surface Primer on all the joins. This shows up any problems and also fills any fine marks and scratches. It dries very fast too so I was able to rub it all down after not long. After that I added some preshade to all the undersurface areas using Extra Dark Sea Grey (because I had it in the airbrush ok), leaving it looking like this.... You might be able to make out that I start to incorporate weathering right from this early stage. After that was all on, I painted the front areas of the underside in Gunze sangyo Aqueous RLM76, then masked that off where necessary and added the late war 'Sky' colour. For this I started off with Gunze sangyo Aqueous RAF Sky, but I added a little RLM79 to it to make it a bit yellower. In the few colour photos I have seen of the so called RLM84 it does look very yellow, much more so than pure Sky does. Anyway that's just my personal preference, I'm not saying it as gospel Next job will be masking and spraying the yellow cowl panels before the fun starts with the camo! Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notdoneyet Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Looking very nice Jen Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Nowt wrong with another Dora...mines to come in 2009 Looking good, as per usual Jen...I will be watching this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Nice one Jen, Love the Doras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Nice work Jen, got this one too in the stash as a first luftwaffe subject, mottling etc. Thanks for the heads up re. wheel bay and wheels, will bear that in mind though may leave them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Blimey... you've been busy with that! Nice to see that you're already at the painting stage. Looking forward to seeing the camo going on... have you made a decision on the scheme yet? Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Hi Thats looking very nice Vince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLP Publishing Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Wow, that is some of the neatest preshading I've ever seen! Having just preshaded my 1/32 Tamiya Zero, and made a complete mess of it, I'm in awe. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Thankyou very much Big Kev, we all have different ideas on what a preshade ought to look like eh! I have had a monster sesh at the bench today putting paint on First on was the RLM82 or Light Green. Put on freehand with my Revolution and then faded shaded and blended. Next up was the RLM83. I often make up little scenarios when I build models, in this case, my Dora has had a new engine section fitted. So, I masked behind the engine area and put neat RLM83 onto that and then post shaded the panel lines. Once it was dry enough I masked it back off and lightened my RLM83 a bit before painting the rest of it. I White Tack masked the wing camo and freehanded the fuselage. Again it was shaded, faded and blended until it looked suitably well used. Last job with the 83 was to freehand the blotches on the sides and tail, and also to mottle the grey undercarriage doors. Nearly there then I had to mask off the fuselage gun cover so I could spray it with Alclad Aluminium, I also faded that because I didn't want a P-51 look! With all that done I finally painted the yellow chin panel and then glued on the tailplanes. The undercarriage is all just plugged in for the photos, to give it something to stand on. I'm pretty pleased with how it's come out, so pleased that I don't want to put decals on it! I'm debating making up some masks so I can spray the insignia on, that way it won't look so bright All the paints used were Gunze Sangyo acrylics by the way, thinned with IPA. Blimey, sounds like nothing doesn't it - that's just taken me all day! Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 (edited) Nice paint work Jen Edited December 29, 2008 by Mish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 That looks crackin' good does that!! I see what you mean about the engine section and I like it! It definitely looks nice with all the shading in there, and doing the markings as masks would look really cool. Smashin' work! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Looking really good Jen, great airbrush work. Did every 190D-9 have that wheel well configuration? I only ask as that fella from Eduard alluded to the fact that he reckoned it was possibly an urban myth and they were considering having a wheel well with a roof for their kit. To be honest I've not seen enough photos to make my own mind up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted January 1, 2009 Author Share Posted January 1, 2009 Looking really good Jen, great airbrush work.Did every 190D-9 have that wheel well configuration? I only ask as that fella from Eduard alluded to the fact that he reckoned it was possibly an urban myth and they were considering having a wheel well with a roof for their kit. To be honest I've not seen enough photos to make my own mind up. Do you know what, I'm not going to lie to you - I have no idea! I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it's wrong, so many things in modelling folklore turn out to be a load of rubbish I did look through all my books though and I could find no photos that clearly show the area in question with the engine in situ. There are a few photos of aircraft without their engines and they clearly don't have any wheelwell panels in place. It looks very much like Yellow 10 in the states doesn't have a bay roof, but it could have got lost easily enough in the time she was sat in a field. I can easily appreciate thay a lot of modellers wouldn't bother changing it, you can only see the difference if you turn the model over after all! Anyway, I digress. After a break for Christmas and a slight Blitzbuild I have done a bit more to the model. I said before that I didn't want to put decals on the model, reason being they always look so bright and solid. So I used the Aeromaster sheet to create masks for the national insignia. It's very easy to do since they are just crosses. Once I had cut out the masks I sprayed the black crosses using Tyre Black, and the white ones on the wings were sprayed in a blotchy sort of way. The Swastikas are Hobbydecal rub down ones which only leaves the numbers and a couple of stencils which are from the Aeromaster sheet. I have treated the model (apart from the new engine panels) to a light coat of flat varnish to blend the decals in, and this was polished before it was fully dry with a soft cloth just to relieve it from being unbearably dull. Time for some weathering now then, and I really ought to finish painting the cockpit and fit those shoulder straps! Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 That is really impressive (and quick) work with the ole airbrush there. Looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted January 3, 2009 Author Share Posted January 3, 2009 I think I just found modelling's most stressful pastime - post shading I've long been a fan of the work of Chris Wauchop, I find the finishes he acheives incredibly believable, and have long desired to emulate them. I'm not really sure exactly how he does it, but I have been studying photos and decided that post shading is at least some of it With that thought firmly in mind I went up to the bench and mixed up some very thin blackish brown, took a deep breath, and started squirting it at my model. Mindful of some of the effects I see Spence and Turnerdad making, I used a post it note as a mask for some of the panels. If you look at the post it in the photo you can get an idea of just how thin the paint was, as that is the only one I used for the whole job! I then had a brainwave, and used the MAC valve to turn the pressure coming out of the airbrush down ludicrously low. This produces a sort of spatter effect. I used that on some areas around the engine and behind the wheels. Once I was happy with that, I thickened the mix with a bit more black and put the beginnings of some exhaust staining on. I think the effects are a bit more obvious underneath. My aim was to reduce the necessity for a panel line wash down to zero, or very close to it. I may still use some, but only in the control surfaces just to visually separate them a bit. I also want to add a bit of chipping and traffic wear, and then I'll finish the exhaust staining off. Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Wonderful camo,, beautifuly paint, Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Very interesting... that post shading method seems to have worked a treat by the looks of things there. Very nicely done. It's really brought it to life now. Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 Well we're finished! After I had done all the post shading I used some Mig Productions Dark wash in the control surface panel lines, and in some of the opening panels and hinges. Being an enamel based wash it stuck rather well to the XDFF (enamel) flat coat I had used, leading to some slightly panicky rubbing off of the excess! I used the same wash to put some oil streakage around the engine. I left that to dry overnight and then this morning added some chipping using Alclad Aluminium and a teeny brush. The wheels were a bit fiddly as they had to be aligned in three axes - vertically, fore and aft and the flat spot. The muckying up was done with Mig weathering pigment and Tamiya weathering master. Some of the dust from this found its way onto the lower surface of the wing where it was brushed back for some bonus weathering streaks. The same pastels were used for some additional dirtying on the uppersurfaces too. Final assembly threw up no problems, as you might expect from a Tamiya kit. The canopies were polished and fitted with Gator glue, and I replaced the DF loop with one made from wire as the kit one is a bit square. Final touch ups and an aerial and I can chalk one up in 2009 I loved building this kit, it was a complete pleasure all the way through. I'm pretty pleased with the finish too - unfortunately some of the effect is pretty much lost in the photos so you'll have to take my word for it! Hope you like it, Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Lovely stuff, wheel wells worth the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Nice job Jen, look great captured the late war look spot on. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Fantastic job all round... I really like the finish on it that you've managed to achieve with the post shading That really brings life to it! Overall it really stands out as one of your better ones Can't wait to see it properly for the 'inspiration' it will give... Superb!! Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Roberts Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Now tell again why Eduard is making a Fw-190D series in 48th scale?? Maybe if you don't already have a Tamiya or Dragon kit the Eduard may, and I say MAY, be the one to buy. Tamiya's D sure does look good, especially in your hands. Bo Roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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