Wrinkledm, that is an amazing little build. It looks so big in detail. Aweswom work!

BK

Hi Guys, I have just started the Hasegawa 1/32 Ki 61 "Tony"and all that has been done is I glued in the the cockpit side panels and painted the interior colour and started painting the pilot, would this be eligible?

Gamera

Hey 40.mm if I may 'chip' in (sorry about the pun) Freddie, what you're doing here is.

1). Paint model your undercoat colour, aluminum here or maybe primer red on a tank or truck. 

2). Spray the model with hairspray. I use two coats, you can go with one or more depending on what works for you.

3). Airbrush model with the upper coat, aka green over grey here. 

4). When the upper coat has dried, lightly scrub the model with a moist (not wet!) large stiff brush. In the high spots where the brush catches it will cause the hairspray to come up along with the paint on top of it showing the undercoat. Sorta drybrushing in reverse.  

5). Coat the model in several good coats of the clear coat of your choice. A coat of gloss for decaling and then a coat of matte for the finish should be enough. If you don't and wash the model later on ALL the paint will come off... 

I have no idea how 40.mm did his, I'll leave it to him to fill in the details. I use acrylic paint and I've heard it works better than with enamel but I never tried enamels here so I'm not sure. 

 

The one question I do have, concerns when you do the final washing of the model.  Would that be before the clear coats are applied, or after?

Thanks again for your help and I am going to give this a try when I build the Ki-100 'Tony', which will get going as soon as I finish the Ki-45.

Regards Folks!!

Freddie from LI

Hunter

Alright Sibz - 

Good too see you start your build. Play time is over, so roll up your sleeves and let's get with it...LOL  Looking forward to watching your build.

 

siberia

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Well, I'm calling this Sweet little kit done. (Although I may try and get an antenna wire on at a later date.) .  This is the Sweet 1/144 Claude kit and it has been an enjoyable little build. The only fit issue was on the underside with the wing center section to aft fuselage. It wasn't a huge issue just a bit of sanding stick was required. :) [/quote/]

Amazing work oh great Wrinkled one...

Hey 40.mm if I may 'chip' in (sorry about the pun) Freddie, what you're doing here is.

1). Paint model your undercoat colour, aluminum here or maybe primer red on a tank or truck. 

2). Spray the model with hairspray. I use two coats, you can go with one or more depending on what works for you.

3). Airbrush model with the upper coat, aka green over grey here. 

4). When the upper coat has dried, lightly scrub the model with a moist (not wet!) large stiff brush. In the high spots where the brush catches it will cause the hairspray to come up along with the paint on top of it showing the undercoat. Sorta drybrushing in reverse.  

5). Coat the model in several good coats of the clear coat of your choice. A coat of gloss for decaling and then a coat of matte for the finish should be enough. If you don't and wash the model later on ALL the paint will come off... 

I have no idea how 40.mm did his, I'll leave it to him to fill in the details. I use acrylic paint and I've heard it works better than with enamel but I never tried enamels here so I'm not sure. 

Wow is that a good looking build!

Those little Sweet models sure are, to use a word, "Sweet"!  Great job!!

Freddie from LI

Ok no sweat then. I use silver and when dry apply Tamiya clear green on ip radar screens For jets like the Tomcat. The  silver makes the clear green look like a real radar screen.

Thanks PJ, I have a bottle of it, I think mine is by White Ensign but I like the look of the Tamiya translucent paint over the aluminum better. I love the results and I don't think it's that much work if I can do it all in a session or two. It gets annoying when you find out you missed something here or there and have to remix a bunch of paint to spray something tiny like a landing gear door.  

Gamera

I think someone makes the aotake, either Tamiya or MM. I think I have a bottle and will check when I get home and let u know. 

Sounds good PJ! 

Frankly I have to confess to not getting much done here on my big Zero. The cockpit is partly done and I've been waiting to get more finished before posting photos. And I'm trying to get everything that needs to be sprayed aotake done at one time. I prime the parts in gloss black, spray them Alclad aluminum, and then a coat of Tamiya translucent blue with a little green. Lot of steps so I'd like to get them all done in one or two sessions rather than a dozen or so. 

Wrinkle - 

First, Amazing job on your build! Second, my hat is off to you for working with such a small kit. My index finger is bigger!! LOL...Great Job Sir

Gamera

I will be jumping in here soon with my Jake. My building time has been drastically reduced but I will squeeze in some bench time.

40mm

Awesome hair spray weathering. 

Wrinkle

Great looking Claude. That is a tiny model indeed!

Sibb: Glad to see you on the way to a nice clean build 

Wrinkledm: Whoa! Guess I didn't compute till now how small that kit actually is! Nice work there and a steady hand! Going off to post you to the front page now. 

Oh my gosh what a tiny little thing. Great job! 

Well, I'm calling this Sweet little kit done. (Although I may try and get an antenna wire on at a later date.) .  This is the Sweet 1/144 Claude kit and it has been an enjoyable little build. The only fit issue was on the underside with the wing center section to aft fuselage. It wasn't a huge issue just a bit of sanding stick was required. :)  

Mr. Color C377 (aluminum silver) from the JASDF paint set was used for the NMF and Tamiya paints for the black & red.  Decals need a bit more help and I will beat them into submission a bit better on the second kit in the box. Solvent didn't do the trick so the other ace up my sleeve is hotter water. Its worked well on other projects. :)  A mechanical pencil was used for the lines on the NMF and a humbrol / oil paint wash for the red areas. 

 The only obsticle I bumped lightly into was one of the exhaust stubs went ping... Its probably on my building table somewhere and if I can find it, I'll put it back on. The cockpit glazing was handpainted as were the safety stripes on the prop.  

Anyways, without further do do... Here she is. Photos are from my Iphone 6.   Now, onto the partially finished Oscar, its time to get her out of the box and get her moving again. 

Alright Sibz - 

Good too see you start your build. Play time is over, so roll up your sleeves and let's get with it...LOL  Looking forward to watching your build.

40.mm - 

That aircraft looks awesome outdoors....she has seen action! Again 40, wonderful, wonderful job on your build.

Gamera

Japanese Group Build V

RULES

*Start Date January 1st, 2016

*End Date December 31st, 2016

*Japanese subjects which I'll define as operating under the Japanese flag, aka a captured P-40 flown by a Japanese pilot would be kosher

*Cross-overs are welcome

*Pre-started are fine as long as they're under 10-20% finished (light assembly)

*Any 'roll-over' subjects from Part IV are welcome

*No cut-off date for entry, you can enter on Dec 30 if you can build the model in a day

And most important have fun guys and gals!

 

MacSibbles

Would love to see another! 

Thanks Gamera , Just might build another bird here !

Hey 40.mm, just posted you to the front page. 

PB doesn't like my browser at home (Pale Moon or Firefox) for some reason but works on the office computer (Chrome). Dunno why, but I'm not changing my browser for one website. 

No sweat 

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She looks even better outside!

I tried to post you but PhotoBucket is hanging. I'll try again tomorrow.

Thanks Hogfanfs and Brandon K . Here are some shots in natural light . Gamera use what ever shots you wanna for the main page !

40.MM, that weathering looks pretty spot on to what I've seen in photos. Great work, it came out awesome.

BK

40.mm,

This build really turn out very well! The chipping is exceptional! Great job!

She looks pretty darn good to me! I haven't tried chipping and weathering an aircraft that much but I think you nailed it. 

I'm guessing you want to wait to take the new photos before I post her? 

PS: The guy I asked about doing the badge sent me a rough shot of it the other day. He's just got to put in the details now. 

Thanks Hunter . I had lots of mistakes but i enjoyed this build . My lighting and photogrphy leave a lot to be desired . When the weather clears up ill take some shots in natural lighting, maybe they will be better.

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