Collin Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Eventually will be Salty Dog 231. OOB build, eventually will either have a GBU-31 or mixed GBU-31/GBU-16 blue bomb loadout. Cheers Edited September 21, 2018 by Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Looking good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brett M Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 NICE start! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Looking great 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 outstanding job. the cockpit is amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 Not to happy with the greys. I’m going to touch things up with a slightly darker shade for the upper colors. The bottom light grey I’m pretty happy with (plus that is going to get dirtied up regardless). Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 Wasn't completely happy with the MIG color grey's as the base colors. They were just too close to each other and washed each other out. I grabbed some Vallejo acrylic paint that was a slightly darker tint for both the 36320 and 35237. Did a respray (more a marble coat) of the new tints and I like the separation of the base colors much better. The lighting of my workbench isn't that great so the photos aren't be best, sorry about that. From the limited photos I have vX-23 repainted the vert stabs after they got rid of the dayglow orange tails. I painted them in a slightly cleaner paint. Cleaned up the bench and now it's time to move onto detail painting and then decals. Weathering is going to wait until post-decal. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainObvious Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Fantastic paint Collin! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 YAY a Pax Bird! Great work Collin! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alternative 4 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 That paint job is spot on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doppelgänger Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 In the words of Derek Zoolander: "Tamiya, Tamiya, Tamiya... Everywhere I look is the Tamiya Tomcat!" Quite a nice work, Collin! Onigiri Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Awesome work so far Collin and I love your choice of subject. You hardly ever seen a PAX Tomcat being built. Looking forward to future updates. Steve "TOMCATS FOREVER, BABY...!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted September 21, 2018 Author Share Posted September 21, 2018 BLUF....I tried something new, and now this build is dead. Attempted to use some masking fluid to cover panel lines then cover the area with Tamiya Smoke. Well after putting the fluid on, letting it dry...dabbing some more on the upper area, I then painted on some thin smoke. I kept going. They tried to tone everything down with a slight coat of very well thinned BUFF from Tamiya. First wing...very nice subtle tone down of the smoke. Mixed some more and turned the wing yellow...now I had a mismatched wing. Followed buy the next hour of repainting, mixing, repainting some more to make the upper colors match again. I was able to get everything back sorta like it was before. But then I tried taking the masking fluid off. It was stuck to the kit like cement. Completely ruined the horizontal stabs and then tried the upper surface of the aircraft. The kit was a MORT after that. I had to bin it. I believe I am a good modeler and just went to far instead of sticking with basics. I like the effects of the multi-tone pre-shading/base painting I have done on this kit (and others before it. I made the mistake of experimenting on this kit when I shouldn't have. I should have just stuck to the basics....gloss/decals/semi-gloss/panel line wash/some light oil weathering/heavier weathering around the engines...and semi/flat coat....done. I love this hobby, it just sometimes bites you and keeps you humble. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Dang! That bites! I see you used MIG and Vallejo paint. What masking fluid did this unspeakable act? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 awwww man 😔 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 The YouTube videos always make it look so easy, don’t they? I understand the frustration; I’ve been there many times. At least you made the effort though! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 wow thats really lousy. you know I just bought some masking fluid today to try that technique myself. maybe I will try it on a separate small part first. I am truly sorry that your project is not going to get done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whiskey Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Bummer man. I'm still going to use some of your photos as a reference when I tackle my TamiyaCat though as it was beautiful. Maybe you can salvage stuff like to cockpit for another build? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Whiskey said: Bummer man. I'm still going to use some of your photos as a reference when I tackle my TamiyaCat though as it was beautiful. Maybe you can salvage stuff like to cockpit for another build? Exactly what I did already. I’ll build my second Delta no doubt about it. Heck, I may even wait for the AMK Delta and build that as my VX bird....oh wait. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 That sucks Collin, especially at the cost of the Tamiya kit, she was looking really good. ☹️ This is why I ALWAYS try new things on my paint mule before applying the process to the project. Oh well, lesson learned the hard way. Steve "TOMCATS FOREVER, BABY...!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrew.deboer Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Isn’t the masking fluid softened by water? Put the whole thing in warm water and leave it for a while. It might dissolve the masking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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