Cockpit looks great, wheel wells look great, and that tail looks amazing!

Well done, Mark!

Yes, thank you for sharing.  The cockpit looks great with all the PE that the carpet monster didn't eat.  I'm increasingly impressed by the cockpits and instrument panels that I've been seeing here lately.  Yours just looks increadible.  Don't worry about the carpet monster.  You'll be making him starve soon.  Your rudder painting looks excellent, and it looks like the whole kit is coming together nicely.  

Thanks guys.  Hopefully have the NMF down for the next update.

Cheers, Mark

Your doing a great job on your build sir.  It is most impressive!

Toshi

What everyone else has said +1!

Out of curiousity - and because I've never done an aircraft model with NMF, what paints are you going to use?

I prefer airbrushing/hand brushing with acrylic paints since I live in a small condo and I am sensitive to toxic fumes but I also have my paint booth set up to suck most fumes into my hobby room (small second bedroom) bathroom with the bathroom fan doing the final exhaust. So I may end up trying Alclad but would rather find an acrylic substitute that looks decent.

Look for Vallejo's "Metal Color", Max. I found some at my local comic/game shop here in Olympia. 

The stuff is freaking magical!

1943Mike

Out of curiousity - and because I've never done an aircraft model with NMF, what paints are you going to use?

I'm going to be using the AK Xtreme Metals paint.  It's not acrylic but hasn't been too nasty smelling in my tests.  I do have some good ventilation and a good extractor on my paint booth though.  I would also prefer  to use acrylic, so I'll have to check out that Vallejo Metal Color too.

Cheers, Mark

Toshi

Your doing a great job on your build sir.  It is most impressive!

Toshi

 

Thank you Toshi.

M

Excellent work Mate. that cockpit is amazingly realistic to my eye.  great camera work as well.

Your builds have all been spectacular.  For someone who just returned to the hobby, the kits have been top notch.  The tail came out perfectly.  Props for trying that out, and double props for pulling it off so well.

D

Jay Jay

Excellent work Mate. that cockpit is amazingly realistic to my eye.  great camera work as well.

 

Thanks Jay Jay.  I actually just use my iPhone.  Sometimes it looks good, sometimes it doesn't. 

ManCityFan

Your builds have all been spectacular.  For someone who just returned to the hobby, the kits have been top notch.  The tail came out perfectly.  Props for trying that out, and double props for pulling it off so well.

D

Thanks Dwayne.  Yeah, I really like how the tail came out.  I really like challenging myself to try new techniques.  So far (thankfully) they've mostly worked out. 

Cheers, Mark

Latest WIP pictures of Passionate Patsy

Last night I shot the metal onto the jug (AK Xtreme Metal-Poslished Aluminum), and it went down great.  This was sprayed at 18 psi.  Everything turned out great, except for some small blemishes (see third image) on the rear top of the fuselage.  Not sure what happened there, and it's possible that it might still level out.  The rear anti-glare paint will cover some of that, so I'm not really to bothered by it.

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So far I am super pleased with the AK Xtreme Metal.  It looks beautiful.  But I don't have any experience with any other NMF paints, so I don't have anything to reference it against.  I think I will try a different product on my next build (another jug, but in 1/32) and see how that goes.

A few more details and pics in my post in the Thunderbolt Group Build thread.

Cheers, Mark

THAT LOOKS GORGEOUS! Also looks a lot like the finish I got with the Vallejo Metal Color before I sealed it with Testors Flat. lol

Is this one that needs to be sealed before you progress?

OUTSTANDING work! 

Looking forward to seeing the finished build.

Jim  

M. Brindos

THAT LOOKS GORGEOUS! Also looks a lot like the finish I got with the Vallejo Metal Color before I sealed it with Testors Flat. lol

Is this one that needs to be sealed before you progress?

Thanks Mike.  I'm not sure if it needs to be sealed.  I'll look into it.  Seems like a wise move though.

fox

OUTSTANDING work! 

Looking forward to seeing the finished build.

Jim  

Thanks Jim. 

Chemteacher

That looks great. Nice job. Looking forward to the final reveal.

 

She looks great so far! 

Fantastic job on the cockpit and the rudder came out perfect. 

I use Alclad myself but the AK metal paint looks flawless. If you can get results that good I think I'd stick with it! 

And you just have to love the P-47, the Tamiya 1/48th is a gem of a kit and there are so many just friggin' awesome nose art schemes from history. 

Thanks Gamera.  One of the hardest things about this build was just deciding what color scheme to use!  And of course, after picking Pasionate Patsy I have seen a million other P-47 schemes I'd like to try.  The Jug was not one of my favorites as a kid, but it's quickly becoming one now. 

Cheers, Mark

Latest WIP pictures of Passionate Patsy, that I'm making for the Thunderbolt Group Build.

Made a lot of progress yesterday.  Masked and painted the tail section white, and of course I couldn't resist sticking the (almost) finished rudder into position to see how the whole tail is looking.

Then came some work on the cowl.  Wow, masking these star points was tedious.

But the result was worth the work.

I made a mistake here.  I should of shot the olive drab anti-glare paint on cowl first, because it should be underneath the red star point.  D'oh!  So now I'll have to cut some reversed masks for that area and fiddle with getting it set up correctely.

Shot the olive drab on the fuselage, and was quite happy with how it turned out.

Lots of bits and pieces, in various stages of paint/finish, yet to be stuck on the aircraft. 

Tonight I hope to get the cowl masked to correct my mistake and get the OD down on it.  And try to get the canopy masked.

Cheers, Mark

Great job masking the cowling- I friggin' hate trying stuff like that. 

Great finish . it looks like that AK NMF has no masking problems at all. Sometimes my Alclad will slightly come off under the tape or at least change sheen. Did you in fact seal the NMF first ?

Gamera

Great job masking the cowling- I friggin' hate trying stuff like that. 

Thanks Gamera, yeah the cowling has been a real exercise in patience. 

Jay Jay

Great finish . it looks like that AK NMF has no masking problems at all. Sometimes my Alclad will slightly come off under the tape or at least change sheen. Did you in fact seal the NMF first ?

 

Originally I had planned on sealing it but in the end I decided not to, just so that I could test it to find out how it handled masking.  I'm pretty impressed by it.  Haven't even seen any silver residue on the tape.  And there are parts of the cowling that have now been masked and unmasked two times, without any problem. 

Very beautiful NMF!  I love your techniques in masking and painting.  It's just awesome!  I'm looking forward to your next progression.

Toshi

Toshi

Very beautiful NMF!  I love your techniques in masking and painting.  It's just awesome!  I'm looking forward to your next progression.

Toshi

Thank you Toshi. 

Cheers, Mark

Just a quick update tonight:

I was able to correct my blunder of putting down paint in the wrong order on the cowling.  I made a mask of the star point on the top of the cowling, and then masked off everthing but the area on top for the olive drab.  I'm glad my circle cutter was still set to the size I used for the first masks!

I think it came out good.  Now I only have one more color to shoot onto the cowling, for the orange/yellow panel that acts as a background for the Passionate Patsy artwork.

Cheers, Mark

Very nice Mark! =] I can't wait to grab this kit. I've been wanting to see what all the fuss is about with Tamiya's Jugs. Beautiful masking that cowl. Very impressive. It came out perfect. I'm all about painting every thing I can. Very nice job so far.