discussion Joe's Tamiya 1/72 FW190D-9

[yak face]

Quick work joe , its looking lovely , cheers tony

 

[Jim R]

Typical Tamiya fit. It looks very good.

 

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Geoff. Me too!

 

[flyjoe180]

Cheers Tony. Primed it today and it looks good to go for paint.

 

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Jim, it's a beautiful kit so far

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Looking good Joe.

 

[papa 695]

Looking great Joe, nice work so far.

 

[flyjoe180]

Cheers Steve

 

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Ian

 

[flyjoe180]

Just to prove things are moving with this build, here we are after RLM76 applied, masked for the upper camouflage. Once painted I will apply mottling and the lower edges of the upper camouflage.

 

[papa 695]

Coming along very nicely Joe, looking forward to seeing this in all its war paint.

 

[flyjoe180]

A bit of paint tidying up to do, and on to the mottling next.

 

[Geoffers]

Looking good Joe

How are you planning on doing the mottling?

Geoff.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice work Joe.

 

[Jim R]

Camo's coming on nicely. That black masking stuff is quite strange, you have to spray quite soon as it slowly flows downwards. At least the stuff I have does.

 

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Geoff. Slowly but surely... I'm going to dilute the paint a lot, lower my airbrush pressure, remove the needle cap, get in close and pray.

 

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Jim. Yes, it's the same masking putty stuff that is packaged by a few model supply manufacturers. Yes, it does flow with gravity. Come back the next morning and it will look like the Persistence of Memory painting by Salvador Dali. Great to watch in its tin though, self levels and is rather satisfying.

 

[flyjoe180]

My first Luftwaffe mottle complete. I practiced with various mixes and pressures and distances on a piece of primed plastic, and during the paint job, a piece of cardboard. I ended up with approximately 90% thinner to 10% paint, pressure set to 12 PSI, and the needed cap removed. I varied the distance to the model according to the pattern I wanted. A couple of cock ups, but thankfully nothing that couldn't be corrected. In many ways this is more forgiving to apply than the uniform and tight schemes found on RAF aeroplanes. I also took the opportunity to paint the trim tabs red (second photo). Gloss varnish next.

 

[Geoffers]

That’s a fine job you’ve done there Joe, it looks great

I’ve got mine to do next, I’ll be chuffed if it turns out as well as yours.

Geoff.

 

[papa 695]

A very nice job on the mottle indeed Joe.