Italeri 1/48 MV-22 Osprey WIP

Well it's all painted. All that's left to paint is the black areas on the leading edge of the wings and some touch up on the props.

Only one problem......I bent the nozzle of my airbrush.  Gotta wait till Monday to get a new one. Well here's pics of it all painted up.

Found the right color for the top. Masking it off and getting ready to paint it. The touch ups and then spraying the Future.

Yeah that's what I thought too. Now I just gotta find out what the correct color is.

Hmmm I agree, it does look a little brown in the pictures.

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Ok. It's all unmasked. There's a few spots to touch up. But there's a problem. The top color doesn't look right to me. Not sure what it is as this is what the instructions call out for. I don't think it's right. Can anyone that can help with this? Here's the pics.

CallSignOWL

lookin good!

Thanks OWL. Now you see what's been slowing me down on the Tomcat.

lookin good!

All masked off for the final color. It looks like a Blue Angel's X-mas present. LOL!

Glad to hear it does not get covered on the fuselage. It does suck to spend all that time preshading only to have it covered up. I have been experimenting with post shading becasue I have had that happen a time or two with my builds.

Yeah it doesn't show that well on the engines. It's better on the aircraft though.

Looking good, but I have to say that maybe it is the light but I cant see the preshade after the top coat.

Second color is down.

One color down and masked for the second.

Ok. Another update. Got the flaps glued in place and puttied. I also preshaded the engines and aircraft prior to painting. I may have overdone the preshading but it's my first time for that. I guess we'll see when I go to paint. Gonna try to get at least one of the colors down. Here's some pics. The pics of the flaps are before the putty got applied.

Thanks. The blades weren't that bad. Glad they're painted though.

Lookin' good! Looks like those blades were a little PITA, but they turned out nice. ... Now get to paintin'!!!

A little update (I know...finally). Painted the props on the engines today. About to prime the Osprey itself (again) the on to preshading. Here's a few pics.

Well I repainted the landing gear. I also have the blades on the enignes. And yes the blades and hubs need to be repainted.

Yeah I have the Squadron white that I plan on using today. And to make matters worse. I just realized that I painted the gear and wells the wrong color. After someone told me and checking my references. The gear and wells are supposed to be Light Ghost Grey, not white. And i'm out of primer and Light Ghost grey in the spray can so it's time to break out the airbrush.

Medicman71

Yeah thanks. That's what I figured I'd have to do. I do have some squadron putty, not sure which one though. How long do you let the putty dry? I am happy with the engines though. They came out better than I thought. And they were the worst as far as fit, filling and sanding.

Green is better but white isnt bad. I usually let it dry overnight. I like Miliput better though.

Not much of an update really. Still working on the wing filling and sanding. Here's a few pics of the gear all ready for instillation.

Thanks Ron.

Looking good .Ron

Yeah thanks. That's what I figured I'd have to do. I do have some squadron putty, not sure which one though. How long do you let the putty dry? I am happy with the engines though. They came out better than I thought. And they were the worst as far as fit, filling and sanding.

Looks good ... as far as the gaps on the top of the wing, dont' be afraid to fill that sucker with putty and then sand it smooth.

From looking at past pictures it looks like you used sheet styrene with CA glue. CA glue will fill small gaps but takes a lot longer to fill larger gaps as it needs to build up .. plus it's a royal pain to try and sand down. I like to use either milliput or Squadron white putty. Both would work well for filling the gaps you have and will sand down smooth.

Hope that helps....

Here she is all primed. As you can see in the first pic, the top of the wing where I did the surgery needs more work. Anyone that has any ideas on how to fix that better please let me know.

Thanks Griffin. Got a lot on the back top of the wing to fix.

Looks like it's an interesting build - I'm looking forward to seeing more.

modelchasm

Looking good .... That anopy looks like a beast!

Yeah. Good thing Eduard had a paint mask for the thing. I'll have more pics tomorrow.

Looking good .... That canopy looks like a beast!