1/72nd. PBM-5A Martin Mariner Seaplane

To mustang1989,

Thank you for the kind words as well as the read and reply.

Great build and you finished that one quick buddy!!! Hang in there pal and hope your recovery continues to improve.

To docidle,

I'd like to see what you and your son's project looks like.  It sounds very exciting!  Thank you for the read and reply.

Toshi

Toshi,

I love what you have done. I have loved this seaplane since my dad flew one back in the fifties. My 10 year old and I just completed the old Revell box sized Mariner and he is VERY proud of it. He also told me to tell you he likes your model too. I am looking forward to following your next build.

Steve

To Patrick206,

Thank you for the words of support!  I too thought that the tri-color scheme would do justice on this model ktt.  I feel comfortable in using the airbrush, I just need to practice more on my technique.  Thank you for the read and reply.

Toshi

That's very nicely done, Toshi, well applied paint scheme. Looks like you have your airbrushing "dialed in." Looking forward to your next build photos.

Patrick

To Roger_Wilco,

I'm thinking olive drab too!

To GMorrison,

I'm having a hard time as my right arm is painful for the last couple of days.  I'll go over it possibly another time when I feel much better.  Thanks for the read and reply.

Looks really good Toshi! You're a building machine my friend. Regarding the scheme on the 1/48th B-24,if it was me I would go with Olive Drab just for simplicity's sake. But of course the final call is yours...Douglas

It's a purple people eater! Toshi I know the colors are right on the model, but your camera isn't working.

The demarcations are soft, not hard. Can you go back and run a soft line along the Navy/ Medium at least?

A really nice and well-built model.

Here is my final rendition of the Mariner.

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To Roger_Wilco,

You're a busy man with those planes to complete.  As for my B-24, I'm stuck between olive drab or silver.  What are your thoughts?

Toshi

Wow!  That mask looks fantastic!  I reiterate that I prefer acrylics for my airbrush as oppose to enamel.  The same reason as you mentioned; "Easy clean up".  For my B-24 Liberator build I'll decide which (Acrylic-Enamel) type of paint to execute.  Thanks for the read and reply.

Toshi

Hi Toshi,

I recently finished a Lindberg Models 1/72 scale Me 163.I have a few other old Lindberg kits being considered.What color scheme are you planning for the B-24 kit?

Douglas

You'll want another roll up carpet lol!

I try to avoid using enamels in my AB if I can help it and its because the acrylics are so much easier to clean out with warm water. I don't use any special thinners for my acrylics either Toshi.

I had a heck of a day, yesterday, as I painted this up for my wife today.

I made a mess of things switching between enamel and acrylics. I didn't plan this one out at all, I just started painting.

To RobGroot4,

Thanks for that lacquer thinner tip, I will try that very soon as I mistakenly purchased a Tamiya Liquid Prime that is lacquer based.  I can use some of it for cleaning as you suggested.  I'm not against enamel or such, I was having some issues doing so.  

In regards to indoor carpet spray, you see what happens as soon as Mrs. Toshi is out the door?  I do stupid things like this!  LOL.  I normally spray outdoors, I just didn't want to deal with the heat and humidity.  Thank you for the read and reply.

Toshi

Mr. Toshi,

 A couple things on paint-

For your enamels-you definitely want a respirator (about $20-$30 at a hardware store) if you opt to use them.  I've also started using lacquer thinner to clean up enamels with, it seems to work well for me.  If you have an issue with enamels, Testor's make an enamel paint remover that works pretty well (though you may be able to use lacquer thinner, but test it on some scrap plastic first, like on a piece of sprue or something).

Also, don't airbrush/spray paint over carpet.  You have plenty of paper down, but it can end badly pretty quickly (ask me how I know, red paint DOES NOT come out of carpet).  Your airbrush will send paint much farther than you think.

Your Mariner is looking great, I'm really enjoying watching your builds!

Groot

The next set of photos represents 2 of the 3 scale models I'll be working on.  Mrs. Toshi purchased all of these tools and kits to keep me busy and out of trouble.  She is in Honolulu, Hawaii visiting friends and family.

Since becoming a FSM forum member, I've learned so much from you all, I just want to say thank you!

Toshi

To patrick206,

Thank you, as far as the appropriate thinner, that I've been utilizing is water for the Testors Master Model as well as the Vallejo.  I love the way the acrylics blend in and when you're done, all you need to do is wash everything with lukewarm water!  

This is my first time in using acrylics to cover my scale models.  I love it.  

Toshi-san - Such a good job you're turning out on this one, looks really great. If you will be using the Neo for the final finish, if you have not already done so, I would recommend a look at Don Wheelers website, regarding the Neo. He did a thorough evaluation of that brush, and you can examine his detailed description of it.

You can also see how it's parts are assembled, along with his recommendations of the care needed to prevent damage, from cleaning or assembly mistakes. I had a Neo for a while, it will do a very good job for you. Best of luck with your continuing progress, I hope to see this project come along with photos of the paint job soon.

One last suggestion, if you have not heard yet, when using the Vallejo products be sure to not use alcohol, either for thinning or cleaning. Other acrylics work well with alcohol, Vallejo does not, it turns into a very gummy mess. Vallejo can be sprayed straight from the bottle, it also likes a little of their Vallejo thinner, but in my experience it takes VERY little of that thinner. If more than a couple of drops are added, it seems to require much more drying time which can be more than just a couple of days.

Usually I just give it 1 or 2 days to fully cure, when using more than a couple of drops of their thinner it has taken as long as a week. I have also used just distilled water for thinning, that worked well for me too.

Best of luck with it, thanks for posting.

Patrick

I also had some minor issues with the Harbor Freight Tools. All I did was to adjust my paint mixture.  I tried to practice with enamels, this is a lot of work to clean the airbrush not to mention the amount of thinner needed to do so.

Currently, I've found that Master Modeler (Testors) and Vallejo acrylics in that it really makes clean up simple and straight forward.  The other benefit with acrylics is that there are no harmful odors.  

Very nice smooth primer job Tosh.

My first project using the Harbor Freight AB didn't come out near as good as yours.    I thought it was the AB so I broke down and bought a good one with the 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby.  Seeing your work with the HF one tells me it was my lack of skill not the HF airbrush.   I'll keep on practicing lol.

To Roger_wilco,

Thank you!  I have 2 choices, either the RM B-24 Liberator 1:48, that's the big one, or the Tamiya P-51 Mustang 1:32.  I think I will do the B-24 first just so I can hone in my technique better.  This will prepare me for the P-51.  How about you?  Do you have anything that's WIP?

Toshi

Toshi,

Looking really good! Any thoughts on your next project after this one?

Douglas

Thank you MBrindos,

I have 5 more photos below.  Although this is a plain everyday primer gray, it's significant for me.  I used a airbrush for the first time ever.  It was very exciting, and fun, all I kept thinking was that the AB is nothing more than hand painting without the brush. A fellow forum member described the AB as such.

I used Testors Model Masters Acrylic Primer.  I specifically chose the acrylic paint for safety reasons.  If I made a mistake, I could immediately wash off the primer with water, and then start the process again.  Luckily, everything went extremely smooth without any obstacles.  This job (Primer) was done with the AB from Harbor Freight Tools.  

The actual painting of the Mariner will be done with the Iwata NEO.  At this point, I'll be utilizing flat enamels to cover the Mariner in the tri-color sceme.  Thank you for following my builds, you don't know how much this means to me, and that goes with all of FSM forum whom does the same as well.  

Toshi