1944 Group Build

Thanks buddy. I will leave it to you as to which one goes on the front page. And thanks for Co-hosting.

We are getting close

Underside

Ah, Things were moving along just splendidly. I applied Tamiya medium blue highly thinned with iso alcohol to simulate fading on the wings and stabilizers. Good. And then the moment of truth as I sprayed on the gloss coat with Mr. Super Clear. It came out fantastic!

And then I flipped the Hellcat over to gloss coat the bottom as I had not got to that once the initial episode occurred. All good until it began to dry and then, WHAMO! There was the orange peel effect again. You gotta be kidding me!!!

So, the best that I can figure is neither Tamiya gloss coat nor Mr. Super Clear reacts well to being applied over glossy paint. This came to me due to the fact that when I applied the iso thinned Tamiya to the upper surface it flattened the sheen. Here we go again. This time though, i am going to see if I can sand it smooth as the effect is not as wide spread as the last incident.

Hi everyone,

Johnny The Jug is looking great

Joe That bites, I know what its like, I've been there, as we all have

Anyway, I ordered Strawberry B. decals today. I also have to wait now for propeller shafts for it too. I went and lost 2 of them.

Joe, damn, not getting a break with that and its looking so good. But my hat off to you for sticking with it.

tempest, looking very nice, nearly there.

Ken, can't wait to see the pics.

Bish

Ken, can't wait to see the pics.

I'm calling this done Hasegawa P-47D backdated to a C.   Wing racks removed and cowling flaps changed. Name of plane is BEVOAPAAM Birds Eye View of a Pigs Ass at Moonlight.

tempest, You have turned an excellent Jug. The paint and weathering is extremely well done. You have definitely captured the essence of the big fighter. Congratulations on your completion. Thank you for being a part of the GB and sharing your excellent skills with us.

That's a very peculiar phenomenon you're experiencing, Joe.  Hope it can be sorted out.  Hellcat looks great otherwise!

And a very attractive Thunderbolt, TJ.  I've always like the looks of the red surround.  Nice work!

Joe: Damn, how can something like this happen to the same guy twice in a row. And on the same model as well! Looks like youd found out what the issue was though.

John: Some lovely work on that Jug! I'll get her onto the front page right away!

Not sure how I missed that Johnny. That's a nice looking Jug. A nice job on the weathering. I like the name of it as well, who ever came up with that must have been drinking some funny beer.

Thanks for being part of the GB. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

Thank you Clemens and Bish. Hope to be a part of many more GB's like this. Great stuff

BEVOAPAAM!! Epic name...excellent Jug johnny!!

A pleasure to have you John.

Thanks everyone. I really need to try and keep building year round. I have a habit of shutting the Bench down when it gets warm outside.

I don't think your the only one Johnny. I know a few guys on here have things they do in the summer that stop them building as much. Then there is guys like me who have no life and model all year round.

No Doubt Johnny. When the temps go up and the days get longer the yard and the back country beckon. Pretty much why it takes me a full year to complete one model.

Bish

I don't think your the only one Johnny. I know a few guys on here have things they do in the summer that stop them building as much. Then there is guys like me who have no life and model all year round.

For me it was restoring the 1973 Mustang Mach I that's been torn apart for the last 15 years. That's embarrassing. I did make some really good progress on it this year. I'll get back to it once it warms up some. In the mean time - finish the Panzer IV.

That's good news ken. I think it depend son the kit. For aircraft, I tend to put the decals on straight after painting and I will paint with as much of the construction completed as possible. For a WW2 aircraft, I will usually have left off wheel's, prop, pitot, antenna etc.

Hot Diggity Dog! I finally managed to get the paint and gloss coat repaired and looking right nice. It was certainly a long and trying process but, my patience paid off. During the sanding out of the irregularities in the gloss coat I sanded down to the bare plastic in a couple of spots. Namely along the rise where the  folding wing seam is. When I went to repaint the white, the paint would not cover these spots well. In my impatience I hit these spots rather vigorously with the white paint which resulted in an overly heavy build up of paint that filled in the surrounding panel lines. Thus, back to sanding these areas back down and cleaning out the panel lines. I then masked around these areas with Silly Putty and hit them with a quick coat of Tamiya white primer to facilitate better coverage. I removed the masks and then resprayed the white paint. I now have a bit of an uneven coverage overall on the undersides of the wings but, it will suffice. I'll just incorporate it into the weathering. Then, I applied a light coat of Mr. Super Clear flat.This was in the hopes that this would eliminate any possible orange peeling that might have resulted in applying the gloss coat over a gloss paint surface. Then, I gritted my teeth and applied a couple of light coats of Mr. Super Clear gloss. Lo and behold the gloss went on smoothly. And now I'm back in business. I'll let it sit for a couple of days to cure prior to applying the decals. I want to thank you all for the encouraging and positive waves that helped me pull this off.

Here's where I'm at now:

So glad to hear to have got to grips with this Joe. I admire your perseverance. She is looking good.

Thanks Bish. Although, after this and my FW 190, my well of perseverance is running low. I'm hoping that my La-7  comes through trouble free.

Joe. Nice to see you were able to sort it out

Thank You johnny.

JOE RIX

Thanks Bish. Although, after this and my FW 190, my well of perseverance is running low. I'm hoping that my La-7  comes through trouble free.

Ye, to many builds that give you a lot of trouble can wear you down a bit. Fingers crossed the next one is trouble free.

I think I've reached a point where I can say "finished" with the Panzer IVJ. I learned some hard lessons about differences in paint makers. I usually use Vallejo acrylics. I've found them to be forgiving and most importantly for this kit the clear coat seals well. HOWEVER, I used tamiya paints for this kit and there's quite a bit of difference! The clear coat I used did not seal well and when I did a light dark wash it tinted the paint. That was shocking. I pretty much screwed up the left side skirts trying to fix it. So what to do? start over on the paint? I decided to try something from the July 2014 issue and hit is with a mist of the base coat. It certainly helped. One other thing I had forgotten - thin tamiya paints with iso alocohol. If you look at the back of the skirts on the turret you see what happens when you try water. I tried to rescue that and make it look like water runs. 

Let me know what you think. I toyed with the idea of adding some shrubs from my model railroad stock but didn't like the effect.

Extremely impressive William...very well done..congrats!!