discussion 1/72 Academy P-38J ETO

[yak face]

Looking excellent allyne, keep at it mate, cheers tony

 

[AlanG]

Cheers Tony. They were a pain to mask up at times but they've turned out well i think. Getting towards that home straight now

 

[AlanG]

Painted the Olive Drab tonight using XF-62. Added a little white to try and weather it a little. Looks ok

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[Guest]

Looking good following with interest. Like the stripes...

 

[AlanG]

Painted the front of the engine cowls and spinner caps yellow tonight. took me an age to mask around the curves and with hindsight i should have painted these first then masked off the other way and then painted the grey/OD. But it's don't now and once i've klear'd the yellow i'll make a start on the NMF nose.

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[stona]

Top job on this one so far. I bet you had fun with the yellow!

Cheers

Steve

 

[AlanG]

Didn't go on too bad Steve. Had a problem with one spinner but once i stripped it with revell cleaner it was fine. Just sprayed low pressure and low paint volume, making sure it dried before i sprayed a little more. I now know why i dislike working with this scale though. I have fingers like pigs.......

 

[Guest]

You nailed the stripes Allyne nicely done Sir!

 

[AlanG]

Few more pics of it. Added the exhausts. They are only slightly rusted as i only ever seem to heavily rust my exhuasts these days

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[AlanG]

Props added

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[AlanG]

White band and NMF on nose complete. Well chuffed with that.

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[AlanG]

Started adding a few decals tonight. Won't take long to finish so i'll do that tomorrow after the Moto GP qualifying

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[Guest]

Looking very good Allyne. Excellent paint work.

 

[AlanG]

Cheers Tony. I do like it although i have to say i'm going to try to stick to 1/48 and above from now on as 1/72 is getting to small for my fat fingers lol

 

[Guest]

Starting to like the 1/48 scale for aircraft.

 

[AlanG]

Right i'm as far with this as i can go without adding the canopy. I've tried to mask it off three times now and lost the rag each time so i've sent away for some canopy masks for it. I'll finish it when they arrive. But basically all that needs doing is add the canopy after it's painted and add the guns.

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