scottrc

Brandon,  Great job!  I wanted to know what type of yellow you used and how well it painted over the ACLAD?  I am doing a Revell P47, just shot the ACLAD, and will be to the point to put the yellow on the tail and wing tips. Your yellow and OD looks so nice, flat and even, I hope to get a simular result.

 

Anyway the color is Tamiya XF-4 yellow/green. The XF-3 yellow is just too bright and the yellow/green came out just right. I did prime those areas with Tamiya White primer because yellow is so tranparent. It took several (4-5) light coats to get total coverage. Glad I used it instead. I thinned those with Tamiya thinner about 50% when I sprayed them. Tamiya paint is pretty easy to work with.

BK

Brandon,  Great job!  I wanted to know what type of yellow you used and how well it painted over the ACLAD?  I am doing a Revell P47, just shot the ACLAD, and will be to the point to put the yellow on the tail and wing tips. Your yellow and OD looks so nice, flat and even, I hope to get a simular result.

BrandonK

I started some decaling today and couldn't resist a light assemble to see it together. Nothing is attached, it's just resting there. Loving how she is coming along.

BK

 

WOW!!! I really love weathering work on wing, lookign so realistic as original aircraft

BrandonK

 

Thanks. Yes the surface is very big and takes a lot of paint and gives you plenty of room for mistakes, as I've shown. Your painting looks really cool. It would look really good right above Miss Lace sitting in my collection. 

 

BK

 

Nezih

I started some decaling today and couldn't resist a light assemble to see it together. Nothing is attached, it's just resting there. Loving how she is coming along.

BK

Thanks Gamera. Ya, I am really pleased I was able to save it. It's not perfect, but she saw lots of action and should be shown as such.

BK

Toshi

Beautiful paint job!  You're doing an amazing job on this build interior as well as exterior.

Toshi

 

BK

silentbob33

Awesome save on the paint work. It looks really good to me, and your chipping on the wing looks great. I can't wait to see the next update. Nezih, I'm in awe of your painting skills. I'd love to see a picture of that when it's completed.

 

BK

fightnjoe

Looking at it now I can see no place that shows the issues you had.  Great save.

 

 

 

Joe

 

BK

echolmberg

This kit is just coming along great in spite of the painting setback.  I've always loved the big B-17 by Monogram.  A true classic!  I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye on this build.

I know this might be a moot point by now but for future reference (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), I think the bomb bay area of the B-17 was actually left silver.  I don't know if it received a silver anti-corrosion coat or if it was just left as a natural metal but I don't think it was given an interior green finish.

Eric

 

BK

Nezih Icoz

Wow it is very impressive model,Sir. Congratulations. I have a few B-17 models in my stash but they are 1/72 scale kits. I have no enough courage for starting 1/48 scale B-17  But your model is extra exiting for me because, It is a good coincidence that you are building "A bit-o-lace", I am woking on its painting now. Best wishes 

Nezih.

 

BK

Brandon, the repairs look great, I'd never have suspected the problems you had from what you have now. 

Beautiful paint job!  You're doing an amazing job on this build interior as well as exterior.

Toshi

Wow it is very impressive model,Sir. Congratulations. I have a few B-17 models in my stash but they are 1/72 scale kits. I have no enough courage for starting 1/48 scale B-17  But your model is extra exiting for me because, It is a good coincidence that you are building "A bit-o-lace", I am woking on its painting now. Best wishes 

Nezih.

This kit is just coming along great in spite of the painting setback.  I've always loved the big B-17 by Monogram.  A true classic!  I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye on this build.

I know this might be a moot point by now but for future reference (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), I think the bomb bay area of the B-17 was actually left silver.  I don't know if it received a silver anti-corrosion coat or if it was just left as a natural metal but I don't think it was given an interior green finish.

Eric

Looking at it now I can see no place that shows the issues you had.  Great save.

Joe

The fuselage repaint went well and is now complete. I am keeping the tape away from the kit as I don't need anymore problems. 

BK

WOW What a save !  looking REAL good. 

Well I have completed the repaint of the wings and they look much better. I need to complete the chipping on the lower NG portion, but overall I can live with the NMF on the wings now. As long as I don't mask them I should be fine.

I will re-spray/overspray the fuselage today as it only need some small bits here and there. Once that is complete I should be close to decals.

BK

lawdog114

It's their Black Primer....it sucks. Use the Grey. It's much better I've been using it for years...

 

I've completed the color painting and have resprayed the wings in Tamiya semi-gloss black to match the tone of the primer so I can get a close match overall. I'll be re-shooting the Alclad over the wings today and hopefully it will look good.

Thanks again,

Bk

This is an excellent kit. I built it for my grandson, although I didn't do all the extra interior painting and detailing. I did give it a green exterior, which came out pretty nice and it made the Reader's Gallery of FineScale website, for February 2015. I just wasn't doing the silver look to it. But your build is coming along quite nicely. Keep up the great work and can't wait to see the finished model.

Looks like you are making a complete recovery and is looking very good. The Alclad is relatively easy to touch up in the damaged areas.

Okay, I've been hard at it today. I masked and painted the yellow and OD portions of the plane as they appear in this post war photo. The plane received extensive damage during combat and was repaired using large parts of a donor plane. So, the colors are a hodge podge. They also attempted to remove the OD from the upper left wing. I tried to replicate the chipping on that wing. The lower portion was NG and I don't have any good photos so I am assuming they left it mostly alone since it blended with the NMF better. 

I also applied the NG under the left wing and the black stripe. I still have to do the right wing upper with the black stripe and both OG fuselage stripes. I will tackle those tomorrow. I also need to apply the anti-glare to the engine nacels. Once this is done I will tackle repairing the Alclad. I hope it works.

BK

Here is why she needed so much repair.

infofrog

Not trying to change subject . If you sand surface to smooth . Will this cause issue ? Paint not bonding to surface ? To slick Thanks Rick

 

Actually when using Alclad high shine paints, the surface has to be ultra smooth to get the best reflection and metal look/tone effect. Polishing prior to Alclad is good too.

Well, now that I've sanded it all down with 3000 grit and slept on it I have looked the kit over and most of the alclad is intact. One wing and some spots here and there are worn through, so I am going to give it one more go.

I will paint all the colored areas first and get all them sealed and then mask them off, shoot some Tamiay flat black, to match the primer and only in the worn through areas. I will use the black to fade the blended areas and then focus on the tough spots. If it blends well I'll clear coat it with Alclad so it all matches.

I thought about it alot and I think this may work to repair the NMF. The bird is very dull in the photos, so the clear gives it more of a weathered look anyway. I'll  post up when I have some more results.

BK

BD

I know that Alclad recommends to seal their high shine colors prior to decaling but I haven't done that and not even Solvaset which is very strong damaged the high shine unsealed Alclad. I make certain that it's cured by leaving it sitting for at  least 3-4 days minimum just to be safe.

Sorry to hear about the Alclad woes. I used Aqua Gloss as my undercoat for the Alclad metals, since their black paint takes FOREVER to cure. I also coated with aqua gloss before I masked when I built my P-51, which I think helped a lot.

Just a note on clears with Alclad: The first time I used it, I don't think I waited long enough from paint drying to put on decals and then spray Klear Kote (their laquer gloss coat - Aqua Gloss is acrylic). Anyway, it changed the color of the polished aluminum everywhere but under the decals themselves, which would have been fine, except it basically ended up being a carrier film highlighter.

Since then, I just clear before decals, then clear after as I would with flat paints. Helps tremendously.

-BD-