Nice progress Ian.
Ian M's Fw190A-8 JGr.10 Hasegawa 1/32
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A bit more paint today. (and yesterday)
I need to paint the chrome legs yet but the inner side of the wheel covers painted RLM02 (a bit like the RAF grey green) The outsides in RLM76 pale blue. Not to easy to see in the picture due to the light.
Wheel, prop, flaps all drying...
Underside and the sides of the fuselage got a splash of RLM 76 as well. A bit of overspray in the wheel wells to deal with and the bottom of the cowl needs a splash of yellow.
Then onto the top surfaces and attempt at the mottle...
Cheers.
I need to paint the chrome legs yet but the inner side of the wheel covers painted RLM02 (a bit like the RAF grey green) The outsides in RLM76 pale blue. Not to easy to see in the picture due to the light.
Wheel, prop, flaps all drying...
Underside and the sides of the fuselage got a splash of RLM 76 as well. A bit of overspray in the wheel wells to deal with and the bottom of the cowl needs a splash of yellow.
Then onto the top surfaces and attempt at the mottle...
Cheers.
Spent an hour playing silly buggers with masking to day. Got the Grey down on the top surfaces- RLM 75 Grauviolett if you want the colour.
I will look into the camo colour maybe next week... got a busy weekend...if the weather permits.
(Hope you can see the photos!).
I will look into the camo colour maybe next week... got a busy weekend...if the weather permits.
(Hope you can see the photos!).
That looks a lovely smooth paint job. At 1/32 that's a lot of paint needed.
one and a half airbrush loads. so about 7ml. for two coats. a mist coat and a cover coat.
As it happens it was pouring with rain today so the garden is far to wet to work. (I know, such a pity).
I spent an hour or two in the cave.
An hours fun with masking tape and a sharp knife. A bit of paint and.....
Now it needs a days rest to cure. Still contemplating decal or paint for the markings....
I spent an hour or two in the cave.
An hours fun with masking tape and a sharp knife. A bit of paint and.....
Now it needs a days rest to cure. Still contemplating decal or paint for the markings....
Paint has come out really nicely mate.
Paint job is looking really good Ian. Look forward to seeing the mottle
If anyone is still watching:
Hmm The green was a bit to thinned out and has made splodges, Worked fine on the practice sheet... Might try to sort the offending patches out and re-do them.
Hmm The green was a bit to thinned out and has made splodges, Worked fine on the practice sheet... Might try to sort the offending patches out and re-do them.
Nice paint job Ian, the mottling looks good to me 
Geoff.
Geoff.
Hasegawa decals! Really nicely printed, very thin film and really good glue! Not always a good thing in some cases.
Print wise good colour and great register. the fun starts when the combo of very thin and very clingy work against you! Grr.
Let's take this as a practice side.
Hissing Sid (remember him?) was in three parts. The head for the cowle body back to the cross, then the tail after the cross. Actually putting them on resulted in the head becoming three parts; jaw, head and neck! The main body ended up in at least seven or eight bits. most of which once down refused to budge! The one part tail ended up in two halves that refused to budge as much as a millimetre!
I will wait until these are 200% set befor trying the other side...
Print wise good colour and great register. the fun starts when the combo of very thin and very clingy work against you! Grr.
Let's take this as a practice side.
Hissing Sid (remember him?) was in three parts. The head for the cowle body back to the cross, then the tail after the cross. Actually putting them on resulted in the head becoming three parts; jaw, head and neck! The main body ended up in at least seven or eight bits. most of which once down refused to budge! The one part tail ended up in two halves that refused to budge as much as a millimetre!
I will wait until these are 200% set befor trying the other side...
Looking good
Sounds like they are going on too dry. Like you're using Microscale Microsol, but not their Microset. Microset goes on before the decal to give you some slippytime when applying it. At least that's how I use them.
Cheers Paul I will try that next time... The decals are a bit old though so that didn't help. I have both Micro set and sol but rarely use the Micro set but yes blue first.
A real good trick is to put the decals onto a drop of Johnsons clear, you know the floor stuff. lol.
Point of reference; Xtra-krylics acrylic paints the RLM yellow and red are spot on for the decals red and yellow. Logic says that the real artwork was done with RLM paints being the closest at hand. The point is they matched nicely when I needed to 'repair' the snake painted on the fuselage.
Far from a perfect repair/touch-up, but good enough.
I also got the stencils sorted the best I could. Here Hasegawa could have pushed the boat out and had a larger sheet of instructions as to the decal placement. Three profiles on ONE side of A4. Really makes finding the buggers home a challenge.
Next up its a wipe down with a damp swab, to remove the drips and run of decaling fluids and then some smoke from guns and exhausts before a coat of matt or satin.....
A real good trick is to put the decals onto a drop of Johnsons clear, you know the floor stuff. lol.
Point of reference; Xtra-krylics acrylic paints the RLM yellow and red are spot on for the decals red and yellow. Logic says that the real artwork was done with RLM paints being the closest at hand. The point is they matched nicely when I needed to 'repair' the snake painted on the fuselage.
Far from a perfect repair/touch-up, but good enough.
I also got the stencils sorted the best I could. Here Hasegawa could have pushed the boat out and had a larger sheet of instructions as to the decal placement. Three profiles on ONE side of A4. Really makes finding the buggers home a challenge.
Next up its a wipe down with a damp swab, to remove the drips and run of decaling fluids and then some smoke from guns and exhausts before a coat of matt or satin.....
Looks very good Ian they have dried a lot better, will look the part after a bit of weathering.
Looking good Ian. I really do hate old decals. Putting the decals onto a drop of Future does what exactly...I'm guessing as an adhesive and to avoid bubbles?
Cheers,
Wabble
Cheers,
Wabble
Looking good. You've done well to get those decals as good as you have done.
It stops the issue of silvering. A trick used be some that do not want to gloss the whole kit. But I guess it has an adhesive function as well. I only use it vary rarely. And not this time either lol
I chose not to weather this one. I know. "looks like a toy" some will say.
Truth be known I hear that aircraft where clean when delivered.
Here is one after the matt coat went down. Spot the mistake.
There are more pictures in the Completed section.
Thanks for the support from those who have followed along.
Truth be known I hear that aircraft where clean when delivered.
Here is one after the matt coat went down. Spot the mistake.
There are more pictures in the Completed section.
Thanks for the support from those who have followed along.
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