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68GT Thunderbolt - I was trying to put the crosses on the fuselage and they sit there like a piece of thin sheet styrene and wont even lay along the model. For my wheels I just used black and applied some gloss coat to break up the wheel from the tire.
Thunderbolt - I was trying to put the crosses on the fuselage and they sit there like a piece of thin sheet styrene and wont even lay along the model.
For my wheels I just used black and applied some gloss coat to break up the wheel from the tire.
Ok, that's a new one. The wing decals look ok though, is it just the fuselage ones.
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All of them are kind of rigid. The under wing decals are the Printscale ones but that's a nice flat surface. I just looked at them and they look like cut out paper. The microsol had no affect on them.
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Dang... best to strip them, mate, get some AMs. Techmod, Aeromaster and Superscale all make Balkenkreutzer.
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Thanks, Bish, for the information about anthracite. Testors MM has a color called that, but it's kind of shiny and metallic--nothing close to panzer grey. It's what I used to paint the Stuka engine.
68GT, Walthers makes something called "Solvaset," supposed to be the most powerful decal solution out there--sort of the 16-inch guns of decaling. I haven't tried it, and at the point you're at, it might be better just to go with replacement decals, as others have suggested.
Alternatively, seems to me someone around the forum might have advocated straight vinegar for setting decals. I haven't tried that either.
Although I've encountered some pretty thick and unco-operative decals over the years, I haven't ever seen the problem those decals are giving you.
I have a bottle of walthers but use it only on the most difficult of decals. Once applied, make sure decal is where you want, It is a brutal solution! Never tried the Vinegar but you know... Microset does have a vinegar smell to it. 68GT, someone told me at am IPMS show one time that he just used 90% isopropol rubbing alcohol to make em lay flat.
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Man, can't get enough Stuka! Here are a couple of more progress pics. Not much longer now!
Eagle90
Coming on very nicely there eagle, can't wai to see the splinter go on.
Bish 68GT Thunderbolt - I was trying to put the crosses on the fuselage and they sit there like a piece of thin sheet styrene and wont even lay along the model. For my wheels I just used black and applied some gloss coat to break up the wheel from the tire. Ok, that's a new one. The wing decals look ok though, is it just the fuselage ones.
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Bish Coming on very nicely there eagle, can't wai to see the splinter go on.
Thank you sir! Going to use slightly different color greens for the splinter than I did for the Mono Stuka. Little more contrast. Thanks Bish!
Sorry Eagle. Didn't mean to bypass you. That paint job is looking great man!
mustang1989 Sorry Eagle. Didn't mean to bypass you. That paint job is looking great man!
Thanks Mustang! Hoping the new colors work out well!
Nice work in here everyone! Bout time I contributed to it!
I've been working on a bunch of different stuff at once so I didn't take as many pics as I should have. I opted to go with a complex camo offered in one of Kagero's profiles, and they provide the main markings. I had to scrounge for a white outline swastika since Italeri provides none, and neither does Kagero. Lucky for me I had some old leftover from a Hasegawa Arado 234 kit. I like the look of this night bomber Stuka with its flame suppressors over the exhaust. All I have left is to install the rear canopy and add the rear MG 81z.
The MG 151s need to be added in the wings, along with the SC 250s, antenna aerial. ...Anyone else building an Italeri 48 stuka notice the oversize pilots sliding canopy? It sure helps it fit in the open position over the center canopy, but this one is just wayy to large. It looks completely ridiculous when you try to pose it shut
Anyway, hope you like and it will be finished real soon!
Sharp looking assembly there, eagle. Really well-done.
Did the ailerons come molded to the wings, or where they separate assemblies?
That is some camouflage scheme, Nathan; outstanding results. Shows a lot of painting skill. Very appealing.
Nathan, Very cool looking paint! You never fail to amaze. Your Stuka is just beautiful!
Doug
Looks fantastic Nathan! Great work on the camo
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WOW Nathan, that's amazing. I would love to be able to do a scheme like that. That is really stunning, can't wait to get it on page 1.
Nathan, fantastic result, that's a highly skilful piece of painting! To freehand the tan (RLM 79?) over a standard scheme would terrify me, I never tamed my airbrush quite that far! It looks amazing!
Thanks for the good words everyone. Doug- I know you did a similar scheme and it turned out great too. It is definitely harder than it looks!
Mike- Yes, RLM 79 freehand. Took a while to dial in the airbrush and thinning ratio but I eventually came up with something acceptable. This was where I wish I had a smaller needle, .2mm would be perfect compared to my .35 Iwata.
Excellent work, Nathan. Apologies if it was already mentioned, but what kind of paint did you use?
- Steve
Nathan, that camo scheme is jaw-dropping.
I love it, great work.
Thanks, Nathan. My Paasche #1 needle sprays as fine as that but it takes a huge amount of air in the ratio, and invites tip drying in no time, so it's an excellent technical skill to be able to pull this off! Not to mention the surety of the smooth, flowing loops, which demonstrates hand-eye coordination of a high order!
Great job, Nathan. It looks spectacular. Another fine build, per usual!
-Tom
checkmateking02 Sharp looking assembly there, eagle. Really well-done. Did the ailerons come molded to the wings, or where they separate assemblies?
Thank you Checkmate! Not molded! The Mono kit I did was all molded on, but this one.......the ailerons had to be glued on and ALL the balancing weights too! Tiny little buggers....had to have the mag visor out for those! Great kit overall.
Nathan! WOW! What an awesome paint scheme! Very well done! You have inspired me to try that on the next Stuka I do! Thanks for sharing!
Man, what great Stukas being built here! Can't have too many Stukas ya know!
Here are a couple of progress pics. The splinter camo is still a very time consuming one for me. I suppose I "think" to much about it. LOL! I also put a pic of the canopy which I used an Eduard mask for the first time! Now there is not a set for the Airfix kit, so I got what I thought was the closest to it. The Eduard set for the Hasegawa kit. Had to do some cutting and extra masking for about 40% of the canopoy, but the rest was a pretty good fit. Even after all that, I am hooked on these canopy masks! Using the correct mask on the correct kit would be awesome! Anyway, here they are.
Yeah....I reused some of the tape!
Don't sweet it about the scheme eagle, its very deceiving. Looks nice and easy until you have to mask it. That's looking really nice and good job on your first canopy mask.
Nice work Eagle. I see you are now a supporter of the greatest invention of all! (Eduard Masks)..
Bish Don't sweet it about the scheme eagle, its very deceiving. Looks nice and easy until you have to mask it. That's looking really nice and good job on your first canopy mask.
Thanks Bish! Yeah, those canopy masks are cool!
Nathan T Nice work Eagle. I see you are now a supporter of the greatest invention of all! (Eduard Masks)..
LOL! oh yeah, I like those masks! They will work even better when I use one for the correct kit!
Thanks Nathan!
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