Richard's Dragon 1/72 He 219 A-0 UHU Night Fighter

[colin m]

Nice radar array, but I can just see many bits of PE stuck to my clothes. I'm lucky like that.

[rtfoe]

Colin funny you should say PE stuck on clothes...no sooner as I read it the top radar went missing stuck to my cats fur...found it outside the doorway. :smiling6:

More masking...white glue for the wing tip lights...I drilled out the part to paint in the bulbs...



And masking tape for the rest.







Cheers,
Richard

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work Richard, like the antenna job

Mine is on hold as i sure need more plane practice lol

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Richard

[rtfoe]

Thanks guys,

Bob, hope to see you restart on your Uhu after the practice.

Cheers,
Richard

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Richard, yes will deffo get back to it but need to get my plane skills vastly improved!!!

[rtfoe]

Hi Bob, it will come with the practise that you are doing. :thumb2:

I have made some progress and decided to kill two birds with one stone. I primed both the Uhu and Hornet at the same time. But first some shots of the finished antenna array...



Mr Surfacer 1200 was diluted to its thinnest and sprayed with a few coats.



The thin coat doesn't clogge up the panel lines even the thin rescribed ones.



The propeller hubs were also coated with primer.



I will have to mix up a batch of light blue for the base coat but until then pre-shade of thinned black will be sprayed on to essentuate the panels and streaks. I hope I will meet the deadline which is just 5 days away.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Last night at the LHS night group build I worked on the pre-shading together with the F-18. The airbrush didn't give as thin a line as I wanted but I went with it anyway...



I coated the antennas with the access black remaining in the paintcup. This would make hand painting it later much easier by touching up overspray of the lightblue base color to be applied later.



I darkened the back of the engine nacelle vents which were molded in the open configuration. There's no closed option. Areas around the exhaust attachments were darkened as well. Tissue masking is evident in the wheel wells.



Thanks for looking in.

Cheers,
Richard

[Wouter]

The Owl is definitely going in the right direction. What a nice preshade ^^

Cheers

[Guest]

T'wit - t'woo! Great work Richard. You wingy modellers certainly need patience.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Fellas...W'uhu I'm off to add the base color and cut out masks for the camo. Not doing free hand with it. This will test my patience. :smiling6:

Cheers,
Richard

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Richard, look forward to seeing the main coats on it

[rtfoe]

Hi Joe, thanks...don't need to wait long, just did my first pass of the base color. The underside is ok but the top needs at least another coat for the light blue to show and tone down the pre-shade.



Against the blue background the light blue doesn't show. As you can see the pre-shade is still a little strong for the top.



I removed the masks from the wheels and the engine nacelle confident that the next coat won't affect these areas.



I have found a way to cut the masks for the camo using a drill bit. Will show how its done next.

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Exceptional paint work as always Richard.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Scottie,

I started with the mask by scanning the instruction sheet and enlarging the image to fit the measurements I took of the kit on the computer with Illustrat. Then got it printed.



I got started with the milling but haven't got a shot of it yet. It's taking quite a while. I probably will have to hold it against a light to see the cut outs.

Cheers,
Richard