my favs are F`s Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Awesome looking! Yeah, lacquer paints love thinning. Btw, why are these darker sprinkles and unevently painted areas around the rear side of the canopy? Is it an effect (for after the masking) or maybe contaminated paint or so... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
konbini Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 21 hours ago, RichB63 said: Looks great with the first layers of paint applied! Rich Thanks! It's slowly coming together 🙂 8 hours ago, Bendinggrass said: Beautiful work. Many thanks Bendinggrass! Always a work in progress for improvement. 1 hour ago, my favs are F`s said: Awesome looking! Yeah, lacquer paints love thinning. Btw, why are these darker sprinkles and unevently painted areas around the rear side of the canopy? Is it an effect (for after the masking) or maybe contaminated paint or so... Ah! That is my rather poor and rushed result of spraying on a too thin a layer of primer. I used more PSI and paint for more coverage and some areas were not sprayed as well as I would have liked. Fortunately, I took slightly more care with the main color - however, there are still microfibers and dust stuck to whatever layer I paint and I dont think I am able to ever completely rid of them unless I sprayed in a clean room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ALF18 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I am awestruck by your landing gear detailing. Tiny parts, beautifully done. Soon I hope to tackle some F-35 models, and yours will serve as a great reference build. ALF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
konbini Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 On 2/16/2023 at 7:45 AM, ALF18 said: I am awestruck by your landing gear detailing. Tiny parts, beautifully done. Soon I hope to tackle some F-35 models, and yours will serve as a great reference build. ALF Many thanks for your kind words. You’ll love the kit. Dear all, A bit of a late one for me. Been away from my desk. Good news is I got some spray time in and went in and bit the bullet for the main paint job. The grey is the Tamiya recommended mix, and I thought it came out ok. The LP paints were thinned slighted with mrcolor levelling thinner. I’d say 4:1, 3:1 paint to thinner. after everything was dry I sprayed on a mrcolor thinned x22 tamiya clear in preparation for the next stage, decals. I expect that wont be an easy task. I’ll keep everyone posted. Here is a test fit picture with the subassemblies put together. Nothing is glued yet. Look’s alright so far. More to come, happy modelling everyone! Konbini Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Happy Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Looking good Konbini! The Tamiya LP paint mix looks great. Keep modeling, Mr. Happy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
konbini Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Hello all, Been a long time, time for an update. Life does get in the way sometimes but with patience and a lot of decals I was able to make some progress. I applied the kit RAM decals. This probably took the most time as alignment and subsequent use of decal softeners were important. After the ram decals, stencils, and markings were applied I sprayed on a layer of Tamiya clear thinned with Mr. Color thinner. I opted to go with a deployed ladder. I went with the upgraded Reskit ladder kit. For the ladder door I used Eduard’s PE, as it will remain confidently flat. The Reskit door was slightly warped and resisted correction via boiling water and even gentle heating via candle. Finally, I weathered (dirtied) the white inner surfaces of the gear bay doors. other tidbits: Wheels are generally completed, in the end I decided to go with the Detail and Wonder version. I used Quinta’s 3d vinyls for the main instrument panel. I expect to work on weapons while I weather the aircraft. Thanks for the long wait. Any queries/questions certainly welcome. Happy Modelling Folks Konbini Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Konbini, Your model looks great! The RAM sections are very convincing…like they were painted on. 👍 Rich Quote Link to post Share on other sites
konbini Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 On 3/30/2024 at 7:37 AM, RichB63 said: Konbini, Your model looks great! The RAM sections are very convincing…like they were painted on. 👍 Rich Hello Rich, Many thanks for the kind words. Both methods in the end (decals vs painting) take a lot of effort for satisfying results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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