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Cheers
Steve
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That's the spirit Graham!
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After much swearing and gnashing of teath I have finally dragged this one onto the end section of the production line. Nothing wrong with the kit, I have just had to get back into the groove so quite a bit done today.
Interesting point about colour and how it changes. The two pictures below were taken with the same camera, within seconds of each other and the same light source. Theye were loaded into Photoshop to resize only, no other changes were made. The only difference is that in the first pic the lamp was above the model. In the second, I brought the lamp in front of the model, between it and the camera to get more light in the engine compartment but look how different the grey looks.
Also, on the subject of paint, I may have mentioned before that I do not use a specific primer, I just tend to use whatever grey I have most of at the time. Well, in this instance I had a full bottle of Vallejo 'American Grey', not model air I hasten to add. So, in my usual way of working I mixed a batch with thinners, and I do not thing Vallejo likes Xtracrylix thinners, left a dark oily look on the surface of the paint in the cup but didn't appear to affect the painting. Flushed with success and a desire to keep going I decided then to spray the upper surface with Ocean Grey for the top surface camo. For this I used Xtracrylix RAF Ocean Grey mixed again with Xtracrylix thinners, no oily stuff on top this time. I then looked on in disbelief as it dried as you would need some kind of colour meter to see where the RAF Ocean Grey and the USA Grey from Vallejo crossed over, they are exactly the same lol. Hey ho.....
Anyway here she is ready for the masking for the green on top and them mask the lot off for the Night Black sides and undersides. As you can see in the second pic, I should not have bothered putting the Merlin in the nacelle, you just cannot see anything lol.Comment
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Got the green sprayed on and she is all masked up for the black. Quite excited about this, so long as I don't mess it up, never done this scheme before. Should get the black on and picies tomorrow.Comment
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Lookin good so far Graham. Can't wait to see the colours after paintComment
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Well, nearly everything went to plan. Got it masked up after painting the green on and now have done the black. I have decided at this point to decal it up and get the fuselage ready before I remove the one piece hatches on the wheel wells and the bomb bay ready to slice them up. Then I have to try to build and fit the rather complex undercarriage which is designed to be in place by now making spraying near impossible. still, I am sure it will go in somehow.....
It looks a bit shiny as it has been sprayed with clear ready for the decals and the handling it still has to come to get the undercarriage finished. I have learned my lesson in handling a model too much with just paint on, soon ruins it.
So, all in all, coming on a treat now, the end is nearly in sight.Comment
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Very nice Graham, I too have had the bad experience with handling with just paint on! How's your T 34 in the background getting on?
StuartComment
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That is the Tamiya one for the GB Stuart, not even started on the HobbyBoss one yet, I really need to get this out the way first.Comment
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I get ya!
By the way that camo looks freehand yes? What airbrush do you use?Comment
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The Iwata Revolution CR from John's shop. I have always done my camo freehand other than on the Airfix ME109 which has to be a sharp edged splinter pattern. The soft edge is not to everyones taste but I like it. The Revolution CR comes with a .5mm needle/nozzle which makes it a bit tricky to get a tighter edge but I intend to get the .3mm set which should help.Comment
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Do you thin the paint any more than normal. I've heard thin more and less pressure is the way to go
StuartComment
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That's lookin' pretty good so far Graham. Makes me want to bump my Mossie further up my 'to do' list (but I've already got four kits on the go - including one with what feels like 4 zillion bits of track still to clean up!)
O' course, mine's a 'proper' 1/32 scale one - not one of these mini kits you seem to like (LOL) - but it has a similar grey/green over black camo which looks really neat. If I get mine to look half as good as yours I'll be well pleased.
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Cheers Dave, I love my mini kits lol. Where on earth would you store a 1:32 Mossie????? I have no room for one. However,I will eventually break my rule as I really do fancy a 1:32 Spitfire, Steve (Stona's) and Matt (Mattski's) fault lol
Stuart, yes you can get a harder edge by doing the thinner paint and low pressure thing, trouble is, my compressor really doesn't adjust that much, I need one of those Mac valves but I really want a new and better compressor lolComment
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It's certainly an interesting looking camoflage pattern and I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks when completed. It brings back memories of when Airfix introduced a new 1/72nd Mossie way back in the 70's which was a completely new moulding and has much more detail in the undercarriage. I never did get around to buying one for some reason or another but always wanted one.
Lovely looking aircraft though. I don't know if they are of any use to you but I took a few shots a couple of years ago of the Mossie they are restoring at the Yorkshire Air Museum just outside York. If you want then I'll see if I can find them.Comment
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Thanks Richard, reference picies are always welcome so when yo have time. If you do find them out can you put them into the Reference Thread, that way they don't get lost. Much appreciatedComment
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Looking good Graham. 'tis a wonderfull bird, and almost as beatiful as the spitfire. Good job with the freehanded camo!
I maybe should of found this a bit sooner, but better late than never. Google Image Result for http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/quarter2/dehavilland_mosquito/mosquito_bnf-1.jpg
Plenty of options there, and yes theres one in green/earth as well!!!
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