Aces on the Wrong Side of History GB - 2018

I've been wanting to add a update for the last few days but I've been having trouble with the site not wanting to load, but then later in the night around 1am when I'm on break at work its back up. Just a few things to show 1st the 110 all taped up waiting for the RLM74.

Then after a clear coat using that Krylon spray acrylic again, I might just start using it for all my gloss coats from now on I really like how it acts. All the decals went on just fine with a few of the really small ones breaking up but the kit comes with a extra or two of all the small ones so no big deal.

The mottling is a bit to big in some places but I was starting to get a cramp in my hand luckly the crosses on the side covered up the worst looking one. Think next time I will have two glasses of tea before I spray mottling again. The last thing I started to use my Mig dark wash but after about two inches on the underside of one wing I decided that it was just going to be to much work. Unlike a tank aircraft have tones of panel lines a rivets so I broke out the ol flory wash and just slopped it all on. Here in a bit I'll start removing it, this is a new bottle and I gave it a good shake the thing foamed way up like I havent seen before like it was full of soap or something it ended up leaving alot of bubbels behind that I couldn't pop hopefully it cleans up well.

Cheers guys.

Nick, stunning job on the Zero, came out really well and great job on the figure as well.

Nick, splendid job on Iwamoto's Zero.

The figure looks nicely done too, and it was cool see this ace again as I had built his Claude earlier this year.

regards,

Jack

Most impressive Bish !

thanks again guys on your comments

I am almost done on the Stuka but one last update before i finish it off. First up, decals. No problems with these, includeing the ywllow V on the wing.

Then an overall wash with Flory bwashes and some exhaust staining.

And then the white was. I have seen this subject done a few times usually useing an airbrush. But i decided to hand brush Tamiya flat white to give a more realistic look. Followed by a little more exhaust stains.

Just a few more bits to add.

Nick, 

Absolutely stunning work!

Looks beautiful Nick 

My Tamiya A6M5 is done. Painted with Tamiya xf-11 and xf-12. Weathered with masters touch oil paints. The decals are from the kit using Tamiya decal setting solutions.The pilot is also from the kit representing LT(jg) Tetsuzo Iwamoto with 80 victories?

Thank you for all your comments and for being in this GB.

Thank you Steve and Clint finished up the canopy tonight some little odds and ends to do. 

Excelent Job on him Nick.

I managed to finish the flyer .

The 110 is looking good Clint, look forwardto seeing the results of the mottling.

Thanks Nick.

Great work on that, you have a really nice effect on those panel lines.

Those 110’s really are beautiful birds. Yours is coming along nicely!

Clint looking good !

Got the 110 primed with Tamiya grey primer. Then preshaded using Tamiya nato black. The underside RLM76 was then sprayed using Lifecolor acrylic paint. The RLM76 was then masked and Tamiya white was sprayed followed by Lifecolor RLM04 yellow. The underside was all masked and RLM75 was sprayed alos using Lifecolor. This is where it sits now, tomorrow I will mask the 75 and spray the 74 then more masking and the molting will be put down. The size of the 110 will be like molting two 109s so not looking foward to it. This was my first time using Lifecolor paints I've had some tip dry that I never get with Tamiya but I'm going to blame that on the high wet temps. I started with thinning 50/50 with its own thinner that still seems to be a bit thick so next time will bump it to 40/60 paint/thinner. The color match is really good with the Lifecolor paint but I've had a chance to play with some Mission Model paint at a friends. It was just the best to use, so my plan is now to use up my few bottels of Lifecolor I got and start replacing them with Mission Model paints. I will still be using my Tamiya for IJN stuff and all my armor builds since I am very happy with my building process there. The only reason I went away from using Tamiya on German aircraft is wanting paint already color matched even tho I custom mix Tamiya for my armor but there is less colors for armor then for aircraft... Maybe I'm just crazy... anyway thanks for sticking with me here lol

Chad thank you it’s thinned oil paint.

 I love that streaking under the fuselage! 

Bish nice work on the stuka.

Clint that masking is tedious but you make it look easy.

Steve awesome 190 I did the same thing but on the under side of the zero's cowling let it dry some 0000 steel wool and repiant.

 I have been away from the bench for a few weeks. here are my latest pics. next comes clear flat and a light coat of gloss.

I would have had this done now but I screwed up. Instead of applying decal setting solution to the fusalage and right wing cross I applied Testers thin cement . Yeah....I was a little miffed. Luckly I caught the mistake quickly. It took me a second to figure out why the solution was melting the decal and paint. Anyway, fighting the urge to just toss the thing into the trash I set it aside, thought about it, scrapped off the fues cross and reapplied the paint. I masked the red stripe with a post-it note and peeled off the black Gruppe mark!
I'm going to Boise this weekend for 2 weeks and I'll see if I Have some extra 1/72 German decals in my decal box when I get there. The kit does'nt come with swastikas so maybe I can also find some of those as well. I really don't want to buy a whole new set.

Bish, that base camo looks really good. I'm looking forward to seeing that Stuka with the whitewash on it.

Clint, almost all the Eduard masks I've used so far have problems with being a little bit too small in some places. They're not a perfect fit, but they still make masking canopies so much easier, especially big ones like on the 110.

Masking a Bf 110 canopy is no small feat!