Italeri 1/48 MV-22 Osprey WIP

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

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.

One color down and masked for the second.

Second color is down.

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

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

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.

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

lookin good!

CallSignOWL

lookin good!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Nice fix!

She's coming together nicely!

Ahhh much better color now! Good job...my sympathy on the AB i just bent the needle of mine so I feel your pain

Thanks guys. It looks a lot better than the pics show. I take crappy pics. Getting the new nozzle for the airbrush tomorrow so I can get it done.

All done with painting!!! YES!!!

Now I have two questions for anyone.
1) I want to add some pastel weathering on the engines. Do I do that before or after applying the Future?
2) Do I just shoot the Future on with the airbrush? Do I need to do anything special?
Thanks.
Oh yeah here's the pics of it all painted.

very nice!

I would wait until after the future/decals have been applied to do the exhaust. The stains would cover them, I would think. I have actually never shot future thru an airbrush. Ive always applied it with a flat brush. It levels nicely, and any runs/drips can be smoothed out by using a Qtip dipped in future.

For your reading enjoyment. Great article on tthe Osprey.

http://blogs.forbes.com/beltway/2011/04/04/the-much-maligned-v-22-osprey-is-confounding-critics/

In regards to shooting Future through an airbrush, just use it straight from the bottle, no thinning required.  To clean the airbrush after, just shoot some Windex through it.

You just need a light coat as it will level out on its own.

B17Pilot

In regards to shooting Future through an airbrush, just use it straight from the bottle, no thinning required.  To clean the airbrush after, just shoot some Windex through it.

You just need a light coat as it will level out on its own.

Thanks for the tip. I just finished doing the decals and putting the last layer of Future. Now just letting it dry.

Sorry I didn't give my answer sooner....but good thing you did the future before the pastels, as putting future on over them would have made them disappear.  Looking good by the way!

Thanks Hercmech. It looks even better with all the markings on it.

Pretty much what Herc said, but I will say that black pastels under a clear coat seem to get amplified and turn into a mess (in my experience anyway), every other color I have ever used did, totally disappear.

It's bout done now. Flat coated it last night. It looks awesome!!! Just putting the engines, landing gear, and the fiddlty bits on today. I'll have pics later.

Well here it is all done. I'm pretty happy with it. Some mistakes or things I wish I had done differently but it still looks good. Not bad for my first kit in 20+ yrs. Thanks everyone for looking and all the tips. Now the final pics.

Entered it in Model Mania 2011 yesturday. Didn't place but that ok. It was still fun.

Not at home on display on my shelf.

looks great, medicman! nice job