Peter Marshall Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 My entry in the group build is this: I picked this because it's a nice kit, and the scheme has some interesting paint features. The Mustang has D-Day stripes, but the upper surfaces were overpainted after D-Day, but they stripes were still visible through the overpainting. The whole machine was seriously weathered and beaten up all of which means this could get interesting. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonb13 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Nice looking kit! Are you gonna paint the stripes or use decals? looking forward to seeing all the weathering... J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Paint the stripes - I hate decals for stripes, they never seem to sit correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonb13 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Couldn't agree more! J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Started work on the Mustang - first up the now traditional sprue shots: The blue on the decals does look a bit bright, if it wasn't OOB i'd probably mask and spray them but ho hum.. Started work with the instrument panel - painted the edges black, then filled the dials with some liquid mask. The reason for this is that there's a decal to go on the back. Then sprayed some more flat black, once dry used a toothpick to rub away the liquid mask, leaving nice clear dials Then put the decal on, and dry brushed the instruments and picked out a couple of switches with red. Put a drop of Klear in each dial to give a nice shiny surface. I also painted the rudder pedals aluminium, and added some dust pigment. Then sprayed the Interior Green (Gunze H58). Then picked out the details on the cockpit floor and the sidewalls, and added an oil wash and some dirt to the floor. Finally fitted the radio tray and the camera That will be it until Friday. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonb13 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Wow, excellent work, and very quick too! Love the clear dashboard with the decal behimd it, great idea! J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Nice work Peter, I do like you cockpits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Nice work so far Peter. I do love the way you do your cockpits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 The detail is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 gorgeous cockpit... I am enjoying the Tamiya 1.72 I have in the corsair... beats the usual "seat, floor & IP" so hope to get to grips with detail painting & weathering.... can I bug you for a little explaination on your oil wash technique??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 19, 2011 Author Share Posted April 19, 2011 Not a lot to it - get some Burnt Umber oil paint, and mix with Turpentine until it's very thin (i.e. looks like brown water), then with a thin brush (normally I use either a 3/0 or a 5/0), put drops of the mix where surfaces join - it should run along the edges. The secret (such as it is), is to build up gradually, don't flood it but let it start drying before adding any more then you can control the buildup. As you get more practice just play about, with more colours (greys / browns / black / yellow). Just remember if you put it on a matt surface it will act as a filter, and change the colour, whereas on a glossy surface it will flow into the cracks. And if it goes wrong, cotton buds are you friends - dry ones will soak up a lot, if you wet them you can 'smear' the oil around nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robw_uk Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Not a lot to it - get some Burnt Umber oil paint, and mix with Turpentine until it's very thin (i.e. looks like brown water), then with a thin brush (normally I use either a 3/0 or a 5/0), put drops of the mix where surfaces join - it should run along the edges.The secret (such as it is), is to build up gradually, don't flood it but let it start drying before adding any more then you can control the buildup. As you get more practice just play about, with more colours (greys / browns / black / yellow). Just remember if you put it on a matt surface it will act as a filter, and change the colour, whereas on a glossy surface it will flow into the cracks. And if it goes wrong, cotton buds are you friends - dry ones will soak up a lot, if you wet them you can 'smear' the oil around nicely. thanks Peter... think that is (a) how i have read and ( how I had thought of doing..... anyway, enough of hijacking your thread ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfurm Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 That's going along nicely. Some of you are half way through already and I just managed to cut 5 pieces off the spruees, makes me look slow . I love the "molded with pride" sticker on clear parts bag Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Today's work in the Mustang First up I finished off the port sidewall Put the fuselage together and fitted the seat Fitted the wings and nose section, and then added some Mr Surfacer to the joints Then fitted the carburettor intake - which reveals a problem - the intake is wider than the fairings. So first I added to plastic strip to each side of the intake Then covered with some filler smoothed out with some cellulose thinners (forgive the pinky colour, but I use 'dirty' cellulose thinners for this which had cleaned up red paint). Finally sanded it smooth, and I end up with something more like it. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasonb13 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 (edited) That's excellent work Peter, it's looking really well and good job on fixing the intake. Love how it's flying in from your back garden in the last shot! J. Edited April 22, 2011 by Jasonb13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Yes it`s is a nice kit and your doing a very good jod with it well done. wellzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPNGROATS Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Peter, that intake is looking good, I'm somewhat suprised that the fit is so bad, for the mostpart AM kits fit pretty well....I have a few of thesr Allison P-51's in the stash so thanks for the "heads-up".. Cheers, ggc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Coming along nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Looking good Peter, nice fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 Today's work on the Mustang, first I managed to lose the gunsight so I had to make a new one out of plasticard Then masking up the canopy with Parafilm and Tape Sprayed the canopy interior green before spraying the primer. Then sprayed Alclad Grey primer over everything Which revealed a couple of area's that needed some more work. Sanded it back Then sprayed more primer - i'll need to do a little rescribing tomorrow, but nothing major Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 She's fighting you Peter Coming along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 24, 2011 Author Share Posted April 24, 2011 Today's work on the Mustang - first up rubbing down the primer with micromesh Rubbed down with Tac-cloth to remove the dust Sprayed the entire thing with Mithril Silver Then using a sponge added some liquid mask for the weathering Then started making variations on the panels - first the control surfaces And finally some random panels on the airframe Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim B Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Looking good Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Your definitely winning the battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham77 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 This is looking really good Peter, keep up the great piccies looking forward to seeing it progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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