kg4kpg Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) Off to a good start. Pics from Scalefirebomber.com of ther cockpit looks like it is grey so that is what I'm doing. Thr rear compartment I went ahead with interior green but since the rear glass was replaced with sheet metal it will never be seen, door glass is too thick. So, cockpit is in and the fuselage is ready for primer and paint. Working on the wings, engines and nacelles now. Fuselage is NMF, hope I don't crew it up. ~Chris On a side note, what shade of blue do you think this is? I'm not good with picking color shades. Looks lighter than insignia blue. Edited February 15, 2010 by kg4kpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remington Box Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Try Vallejo French Blue... Looks super nice! I cannot wait to see it with color! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne S Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Looking good. No clue on the color. Looking in the Walk Around here on ARC and the site you posted. I would think its the same blue on WWII Navy aircraft. The picture you have above just seems to make it look lighter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
drhornii Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Looking good! I love that movie Next on your plate should be the Catalina Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) Looking good! I love that movieNext on your plate should be the Catalina I wanted to do the Catalina and may one of these days, but there are a lot of modifications to the Revell kit so I need to keep working on my skills before I attempt it. Tail is different, nose, engines. Only easy part is the paint and decals. On the blue, I made some color spots to compare the blues I have in the rack and it looks like I will be using insignia blue lightened a bit over the grey primer. Came out the closest. A light dusting of white, weathering and smoke staines should do the trick. Edited February 16, 2010 by kg4kpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Major painting is now done, just need to clean up a couple spots and the seams from the horizontal stabiliozers then it will get a couple coats of future. Havt to make the turret hole plate and paint the engine nacelles. Coming along nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne S Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Looking good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pkrasna Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Excellent work so far! Primož Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remington Box Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Interesting... have you seen these black and yellow A-26 firebombers? You outta build one of each http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-phot...4/3/0664345.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Interesting... have you seen these black and yellow A-26 firebombers? You outta build one of each http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-phot...4/3/0664345.jpg I bought the re-release that has the yellow scheme but I gave the decals away to another fire-bomber fan. Really just wanted to do the movie plane. That's an awesome pic, the bare props really stand out. chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aaronw Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Looking good so far, lots of little in the movie for me but it is still fun to watch and the flying scenes are great. The Catalinas are a bit of a challenge since most of those that were used for firefighting were the PBY-6A and most kits are of the PBY-5 and 5A, plus a lot of them were made into "Super Cats" by replacing the 1200 hp P&W Twin Wasps with 1850 hp Wright Cyclones from B-25s. If you are building in 1/48 though you are a little better off than those of us building in 1/72 as someone did do a 1/48 resin conversion for the -6A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Looking good so far, lots of little :) in the movie for me but it is still fun to watch and the flying scenes are great. The Catalinas are a bit of a challenge since most of those that were used for firefighting were the PBY-6A and most kits are of the PBY-5 and 5A, plus a lot of them were made into "Super Cats" by replacing the 1200 hp P&W Twin Wasps with 1850 hp Wright Cyclones from B-25s. If you are building in 1/48 though you are a little better off than those of us building in 1/72 as someone did do a 1/48 resin conversion for the -6A. Flying scenes are what ot me hooked on it. Plus, Holly Hunter sure looked hot in that white dress :) I think that conversion was for the tail and there was an ARC'er who had made the correct nose but he quit making them. I was going to buy one of them but couldn't afford it at the time. I bought a B-25 kit to use the engins and nacelles but the cutting involved exceeded my skill level. Maybe we'll get a -6A kit one of these days??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kg4kpg Posted February 20, 2010 Author Share Posted February 20, 2010 Okay, blue is done, top turret hole is filled, and based on a pic I saw, I added a right seat, control column ,plus a big red lever I assume is to release the doors for the fire retardent to drop. Time for Future and the few decals it uses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayne S Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Nice! Blue looks perfect bud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Cameraman Posted February 20, 2010 Share Posted February 20, 2010 Morning Guys n Gals, I must admit that I reckon the start of the film Always, is just about the best of any film I've seen. I crank up the volume and get a fantastic racket through my surround sound system. Whilst thinking about it, the best ending to a film has to be my favourite film of all time. Everytime I mention this film to friends they just look blank when I mention the title. So who here's watched 'Electraglide in Blue'? Regards Reggie AKA The cameraman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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