Macbain Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 Update. I have the base of the camo colours down on the jet now. As I kept changing my mind and making them lighter, I have all but covered the pre-shading. But thank goodness for post shading. My intention is to have these base colours nicely faded and then do the spot/patch ups that the Navy painters have done to weather the aircraft. Hopefully I can pull it off, but lets see. The limiting factor at the moment seems to be the Australia (world?) wide shortage of Gunze H308 FS36375! I cant find it anywhere and used my last precious drops to lighten the 36118 darkest shade. I have masks being cut as we speak by Scale Precision Masks, whose customer service and attention to detail have been great. Anyway here it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HomagerMan Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Great Build, I love this camo scheme and you have captured it just perfectly. James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted November 25, 2012 Share Posted November 25, 2012 Nice airbrushing and masking, your feather edge looks perfect! Marcel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Wow wow wow, that camo is hot...dang hot!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macbain Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 FEED BACK APPRECIATED I am in the most difficult portion of this build, which is the weathering. I am pretty happy with the darkest grey patched, but I am unconvinced that the medium grey (lightened 36231) is working. Some of the weathering just seems to come out like a post shade, which may look ok, but not necessarily representative of the jet. But please, let me know what you think. This is the area I am most unhappy with. They darker grey used seems to in the wrong shade. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EagleAviation Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Great work so far! I like what you did with the exhaust trunk. I have done the same on my F-15I. What did you do about the gap between the Aires wheel well and the fuselage? In my model the well appears about 1.5mm shorter of the fuselage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmreed76 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 I think your paint work is stellar! Maybe after the wash has been applied...everything will even out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Nice work! As someone who's just started cutting plastic to do this plane in 1/48 this thread is both a reference and an inspiration. Getting the paint scheme right is what worries me most due to the difficulty of realistically weathering without it looking like a bad paint job by the modeller! Regarding the medium grey, looking at photos there seem to be 2 or even 3 shades of it on some planes, I think its very hard to get the shade "wrong". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KRI76 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 AWESOME! I think you nailed the paint job! It gives the same faded / sun-burned impression as the pictures you showed. Great! /Kristian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macbain Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Very close to finishing now. I was spraying some flat coat, with the cap off the airbrush (first mistake) when I spilled some on the right elevator, which is back in the paint shop to be completely resprayed!!! It could have been worse though. Just the AIM-9 to attach and maybe another flat coat. I used the end of the Two Bobs ACMI pod, but scratch my own body from Evergreen and metal foil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Outstanding paint job. Colours look bang on, and you've really got that faded/patched look :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 That is beautiful!!!! You've done a wonderful job. It's nice to see so much attention to making the C to A conversion so accurately done. Jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken Middleton Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 that is great work! Nice painting, weathering and scratchbuilding Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Superb work! That is looking sweet as macbain. Cheer's, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny_Mike Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Model looks great! Did you use masks for the camo or just freehand it? Thanks for sharing! Edited January 7, 2013 by Skinny_Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macbain Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 Model looks great! Did you use masks for the camo or just freehand it? Thanks for sharing! Thanks for the comments gents. As for the airbrushing, I used paper masks roughly blu-tacked down, then just a very fine mist of paint on the model/mask to see where to paint up to, then remove the mask. This combined with heavily thinned paint, I can get a feathered edge. Thanks again for the interest. I have a base from 3Wire in the post with the NSAWC logo printed on it, should make a neat little dio. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kurnass77 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm not a Viper fan or expert but your model look superb mate! Gianni Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skinny_Mike Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Thanks for the comments gents. As for the airbrushing, I used paper masks roughly blu-tacked down, then just a very fine mist of paint on the model/mask to see where to paint up to, then remove the mask. This combined with heavily thinned paint, I can get a feathered edge. So how mouch (roughly) do you thin your paints? I tried the same technique on my Ta-152 but I left the masks on during the painting. I got quite a bit of overspray. My paint was way to thick too, so I'm trying to learn! Thanks for the help! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Quick question (more for my own benefit :P). Are the stiffener plates at the wing/fuselage join the only ones on these aircraft? I've struggled to get a really good topside picture showing them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Macbain Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Quick question (more for my own benefit :P/>). Are the stiffener plates at the wing/fuselage join the only ones on these aircraft? I've struggled to get a really good topside picture showing them. From my research yes. The Block 15 OCU had most of the C model fuselage refinements, not requiring most of the fuselage plates. Happy to be corrected though. Another small detail I don't recall placing in the thread is the square/rectangular GPS antenna behind the canopy on the spine, instead of the round kit supplied example. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Yeah, I picked up on that from one of your pics. Was trying to find an appropriately shaped piece of plastic in the spares box last night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmel Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Are the stiffener plates at the wing/fuselage join the only ones on these aircraft? No. it varies by aircraft to some degree. jake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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