Tamiya's Masterpiece - Their 1/32 scale Mosquito

[BarryW]

Been going through some pretty undramatic routine work on the Mossie

Some subs black primed and most base coated. Still to paint the spinner and bomb bay door outsides.
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This is what the main structure now looks like.

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No fit issues at all.

[flyjoe180]

Nice!

[Vaughan]

Really coming along, Barry you've most probably already said but what camo are you doing?

[BarryW]

I have put together the inner canopy frame. There is a little tidying up to do, brought out by the expanded photo.
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I have painted the canopy itself as well. A test shows that it fits perfectly over the frame. I will be removing the masking, gluing or it place and then remasking for when I paint the fuselage.
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Sound odd removing the mask and remasking but I have decided that the clean up will be easier off the model.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Everything is looking sublime.

Sound odd removing the mask and remasking but I have decided that the clean up will be easier off the model.

That sounds like a very wise decision.
Jim

[BarryW]

I have removed the masking from the canopy ready for clean up. There is not a lot of it to do.

I have also removed masking from the props having painted the MSG spinners. One thing is missing, as you can tell, the yellow tips.

Yellow is a colour that gives problems with coverage and you might think yellow on black would just amplify the problem.

Next post I will show you how I deal with that so yellow coverage over black is dead simple.

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[BarryW]

I didn’t rhjnk I would have time for this today...

Props done.

So, yellow....

No great mystery really

The paints I am using
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The sand yellow primer is the key. Spray two light coats, they must be light coats to avoid a step. After the primer.
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Then the base coat to ass colour. Again it is only necessary to do a light coat and it is done.
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So, as I said the secret is the primer and the right colour primer is ideal for any colour that has issues with coverage.

[Guest]

When doing your camouflage, would you ever use masks , lf models do one , but they are self adhesive
Would be concerned this would damage paint already applied .

[Steven000]

Nice work Barry! :thumb2:
Cheers, Steven

[BarryW]

When doing your camouflage, would you ever use masks , lf models do one , but they are self adhesive
Would be concerned this would damage paint already applied .

No not usually. I do some masking using the white tac snake method with gaps filled with masking tape but, using MRP, I have also found that I can get a good result freehand airbrushing. As for lifting paint it is not a problem with MRP though you should still clean finger and release grease from the model before spraying to be sure. If you use water based paint such as Vallejo then it is much more of a problem but, even so, by cleaning, using a good primer and leaving paint a day or two to cure it can be dealt with.

[Guest]

Then the base coat to ass colour.

If your ass is that colour yellow, maybe it’s time to take it to a vet

Yellow does cover really poorly, and putting a sand-coloured paint underneath is a trick I’ve used before too. Generally, though, I prefer to paint yellow first, preferably over a white undercoat. For those propeller blades, for example, I think I’d have sprayed the ends of the blades yellow, then masked them off and painted the rest black. But both methods work, of course.

[BarryW]

Fat fingers. Yes both methods work but using the black basing method it means the props can just be left as primer.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Canopy looks great. Excellent masking. Thanks for the yellow paint tip :thumb2:
Jim

[BarryW]

Here are the props just needing some weathering.

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Canopy fitted and looking good. It will need some careful masking.
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Finally my clumsiness is a problem. The bomb bay door attachments are very vulnerable but I didn’t really have any choice but to fit them. The result is that not one is fully intact.
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All are either broken off, some parts lost, or damaged. It is not irreparable but there is no way the bomb bay will do the model justice as repairs will need bodging

Some people may be delicate enough to be able to complete the build without damaging the parts, I am certainly not one of those.

I have therefore decided to close up the bomb bay. Sad but I did enjoy putting it together.

[stillp]

That's a shame Barry, just when it was all looking so good.
Pete