FrankC Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 It's been awhile since I have sat down and put paint to plastic. To get back into the building zone I decided to build up the magnificent Tamiya 262 (of which I have about four in my stash) built mostly right out of the box. I have made two modifications to this kit - both are very minor. The first is that I inserted a metal tube into the hole were the pitot tube will attach. This will allow me to use some aftermarket fine molds pitots to good effect. The other thing I did was I built up the wing tip lights using CA sanded to shape. The kit lights were abit big and making them fit would have been more work . Here is the assembled fuselage - the construction was straight forward, but required some putty on the understand where the wing joined the fuselage. This resulted in some of the detail being destroyed , I rescribed all the lost lines, and re-added the fastener holes using a very small drill (two twists only). The canopy was masked with parafilm (as per this article). The model was given a coat of mr surfacer 1000 thinned 50% with regular old lacquer thinner. I sanded the wing fillets smooth and rebuilt the fillet with coats of Mr surfacer as this looks much nicer to my eye than a panel line/gap. Once the surfacer dried - I added a coat of Tamiya RLM 76 (mixed as per the following ratio: XF2:7+XF23:1+XF66:2) I then did post shading of Tamiya black mixed with brown. This was followed by a splochy overlay of white. Interestingly enough - this a pretty good looking winter white wash as it is (I've used it before). However, in this case this messy looking whitewash forms the base for extremely thin layers of RLM 76 mixed with tamiya clear. Hopefully the result will be a realisitic looking weathered RLM 7 base That's it for now Cheers Frank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
papa_bear Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 (edited) Nice post shading on the shark. Like Luftwaffe birds so much, so I will keep my eye on you :) Kidding Can't wait further progress... Edited September 18, 2008 by papa_bear Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Looking good there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Shaw Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 I like your style of painting, It looks fantastic! I'll be waiting to see more. Dave Shaw Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I love airbrushing Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 I have this kit ready to go soon, so I'll wait for you to finish it <_< I really like your method of pre-shading, those panel lines are very realistic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankC Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 Just a quick update - I have put the first coats of paint on the 262. Here it is just prior to putting the future coat on. I'll let the future dry for a couple of days before putting on the decals. Thats it for now - thanks for looking Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Wow, what a scheme! Can you please share how it is done? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankC Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 Here it is - mostly done. I still need to do a couple minor things, but for the most part it's done. The only details I added were the direction finding antenna (on the spine) made from flattend copper wire, and eduard colored "Luftwaffe" seat belts, and smoke colored nylon thread for the antenna. The paint is a mixtures suggested by Tamiya in various kits. I used the kit decals after applying a coat of Future. I am not happy with the RLM 81 color - it's far too brown in my opinion. I think it should be a more olive green color. I will be looking for a better alternative than this color for RLM 81 than this mix. The fuselage is just squiggles made using my Iwata HP-C airbrush. I added some minor weathering to keep it from looking unrealistically uniform. I didn't add much weathering though as I don't believe the actual aircraft was operational long enough to become heavily weathered. Thanks for looking Frank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankC Posted December 22, 2008 Author Share Posted December 22, 2008 (edited) <duplicate deleted> Edited December 22, 2008 by FrankC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Moore Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 That looks terrific, Frank! The finish is most impressive. Great to see you around these parts again! Cheers, Alby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Great job Frank!! Beautiful paintwork, that scribble work is excellent. I thought you may have used a Custom Micron for that, fantastic job out of the HP-C. Cheers, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Awesome work on the paint job!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick_Nevin Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 That is a lovely 262! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FrankC Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Thanks everyone - glad you liked it Regards, Frank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I be lovin' that paint job. Please document the Tamiya color mixes you used. I rather like the RLM 81's chocholate brown look. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackcollar Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Love the paint, that must of been difficult to execute... -Al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thundervett Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 hey Frank Buddy! I see your up to your usually pefections. Im thinking this is just the inpsiration I need to get back at it aswell. I havnt touched plastic in over 10months and im itching to get back at it. Great work as usuall. Take care and Merry Christmass Trevor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 That's just an amazing paint job! Simply incredible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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