Collin Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 (edited) Trumpeter 1/24 FW-190D OOB: Getting her painted up. Combo of the standard RLM colors (70 and 80 series stuff). Sprayed the wing roots with Alclad before painting. Going to try the fine sandpaper trick and see how the wing walk scuffing comes out. So far the kit is fun to build. Kit painting directions are inaccurate from what I can tell. I am using a combo of painting sources from Jerry Crandall's Dora book to some past online builds. Tomorrow the brownish color gets sprayed on around the canopy area and a few more touch up areas with RLM 75 and the main painting should be done. Going to tone down the tail area with a light overspray of RLM 76 as well. Then on to the yellow and white tail band. Cheers All ATIS Edited June 23, 2009 by Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Kethan Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Pretty sweet. I never get tired of seeing Focke Wulfs...... Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moeggo Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Looking Great! She must be huge! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Sprayed the wing roots with Alclad before painting. Going to try the fine sandpaper trick and see how the wing walk scuffing comes out. Smooth paint finish Collin Have you heard of the hair lacquer technique for paint scuffing? Let the Alclad dry thoroughly, give the area a coat of acrylic hair lacquer, apply the colour coat and then, before it has hardened fully, use a wet toothbrush or pan scourer to remove the top colour in places. Armour modellers use this technique to give the scuffed look to ground targets..... I'm looking forward to seeing how the scuffing works. Should be cool! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisec Posted June 9, 2009 Share Posted June 9, 2009 Smooth paint finish Collin Have you heard of the hair lacquer technique for paint scuffing? Let the Alclad dry thoroughly, give the area a coat of acrylic hair lacquer, apply the colour coat and then, before it has hardened fully, use a wet toothbrush or pan scourer to remove the top colour in places. Armour modellers use this technique to give the scuffed look to ground targets..... I'm looking forward to seeing how the scuffing works. Should be cool! yes,but you have to be careful cause you need a coat or two of HS and its difficult to control the layering. not sure if i would try it on a a/c, you need a smooth finish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted June 9, 2009 Author Share Posted June 9, 2009 I have heard about the hairspray technique. I will try that someday. Reading a recent magazine, I saw the technique of using high grades of sandpaper to "sand away" in the same manner that boots and people traffic tend to wear away paint in the wingroot area. Time will tell how this turns out. Cheers ATIS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 Finished the main painting of this Dora about 0545 this morning (hey, I'm a morning person by habit). Touched up a few areas, decided to paint on the defense yellow/white bands instead of the kit supplied decal. Saw different references calling for NMF on the bottom of the wings, but I followed what was in Jerry's book and used some RLM75 on the forward part of the wing. Might end up using a whole bottle of Future gloss coating this sucker today. While that dries I will tackle the landing gear. Hope to get the decals, some post shading (first for me, figured I would try on this kit) and weathering. Doubt it will be ready for our next Southern Maryland Modelers Club meeting, but it should be ready for the NOVA meeting next month. Questions and comments are always welcome. Cheers ATIS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick_Nevin Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Finished the main painting of this Dora about 0545 this morning (hey, I'm a morning person by habit). Very nicely done (and enviably huge) Wurger, sir... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 22 June 09 Decals on. OOB so far and the kit decals went on like a champ. Snuggled right down with a little SET and SOL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paulo Jose Simas Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 1/24? Well ... what a big project !!!! And a well done too ... Congratulations Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slick95 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 That Dora is absolutely beautiful! Excellent work! SLICK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
g0_command0 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Very nice! I love the Dora!!! what brand paint did you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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