dnl42 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 That's quite a nice bit of work, especially the cockpit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 we've been waiting a while for that update... but it has worth the wait! ...so much work have been done since the last time! great work supergru it's a pleasure to follow your build thread! you spoils us with that wealth of (details) photos! ...and very instructive ...on things to be aware of , on the upcoming steps of the assembly of my own projects! ...thank you so much! your weathering job on the seat is very effective! i really like it! ...if mines finally look half that good in the end, i'll be pretty happy! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Great work my friend!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supergru Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 In for some painting prep work... For IFF antenna I cut a panel on top of the vertical tail. IFF antenna is PE from Eduard box and this way I increased area of contact with the base (tail). Now it's flushed. Something totally different is how to cut in a panel on tip of a thin vertical tail. Is there a volunteer to paint rear navigation light? Pitch and yaw vanes were also glued in place. You have small markings on pitot tube where to position them, but you really need a steady hand with CA glue and tweezers. As for painting, I decided to try something new for me. As airbrush nob I followed an advice from a fellow modeler from Spain for painting camouflages which have 1-2 colors only. He draws all panels with mechanical pencil over primer. Next step is to brush basic color over whole model. Then he brushes lighter shade in the center of the panel and darker shade of basic color on the panel's edge. Finally, he evens everything with thinned basic color. I've done all of this, but ended up with very soft transitions. I think it was my mistake - I had to add more thinner for final coat of basic color. Next evening I corrected this again... This time I didn't brush final coat (thinned basic color). In my case: Basic color MM1728 Light Ghost Grey Darker shade MM1741 Dark Ghost Grey Lighter shade MM1728 + MM1768 (Flat White) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supergru Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) As you can see, there is no sign of cutting the nose. This was achieved with additional 2-3 sanding sessions and changing grades of sanding paper from initial 800 up to 2000 in 3rd session. It could be that some of you think this contrast is too high (hard)... For now, I will leave it as it is. After I place decals, I will brush that missing final coat of thinned Light Ghost Grey. This will make soft panel, but it should also fade decals. Dielectric panels were brushed with MM2027 Dark Green, as announced previously. As 2nd layer I added white, to fade it out. Edited December 7, 2014 by supergru Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supergru Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 After only five minutes I posted those photos on Face, another fellow modeler noticed I forgot to paint dielectrics on wing leading edge. Done. That's all for this update. Stay tuned ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Cool! Looking good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JFVicente Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Hi! Nice progress friend and great attention to details. I specially like the drybrushing on the cockpit. It brings that prepainted PE to live. And good painting too! ;-) Rgds Juan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I just got to my windshield and it was off, too... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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