cbaltrin

This could take a bit of time...

 

 

This is super fun, super tedious, and super hand cramping, all at the same time.

Leopard spots!

Wow - that is fantastic!

This could take a bit of time...

Keavdog (John)> your chipping looks good!  Nice work!

Cbaltrin> Repainting is an art form!  If I don't have to repaint some or part of an aircraft, then I've done something wrong!  Looks like you nailed it. 

Gary

Cbaltrin: That looks good! Seems like you've got things under control! 

Thanks John, I'm an idiot.... 

But you did put a post reserved for badges, G, it is right after completed builds on the first page.

Gamera

Lemme put up the badge again. Seems I screwed up and didn't put a post in the beginning of the thread for it: 

 

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Chris, the repaint looks like it went very well.  Just another small bump in the modeler's life.

John, the Frank looks fine, a worthy addition to the GB and your shelf.

Getting back to the Ki-44 which took a brief stint on the shelf after I botched the paint job. I had to repaint the wing ID stripes, glare panel and most of the bare metal areas. I really only saved the meatballs as they were masked since I initially painted them....

Nice Looking Ki-84 John! Like your paint chipping.

Lemme put up the badge again. Seems I screwed up and didn't put a post in the beginning of the thread for it: 

Oh wow that's nice!!! I think the chipping looks just fine, I'd be proud to turn out such a beautiful model!!! 

Thanks for joining us and hope you'll build a few more Japanese aircraft! Frankly (sorry) I need to build more myself, I've got in an armour rut recently... 

Going to put you on the front page now. 

Calling Frank done.  This was really my second experiment with chipping and it was better than the first in that I didn't go down to bare plastic but still not happy.  Needs more randomness so to speak.  Other than that - box stock, decal problems with the yellow leading edge lifelike decals not settling down.

Let's go with the first pic for the completed gallery.  Thanks for running the GB again!  My 3rd Japanese plane because of these GBs :)

Very nice work on your Zeros John!

Keavdog: Looks good to me! I like how you did most of the chipping where the ground crew would work and walk, always helps to apply some logic to it! 

I tend to use a large rough toothbrush like Waikong and a toothpick as Jeaton suggested to 'pick' at areas to selectivly remove chunks where they aren't coming up normally. 

Hey Jeaton those look great!!! Fantastic job! 

Love the yellow trainer undersides to the K model! 

Just posted you to the front page!!! 

I find using an old hard tooth brush gives me good control with removing paint in a  'random' pattern

John, I can't control what happens very well with hairspray either, though I will admit I gave up pretty quick.  What I am doing now is to apply a nmf. I've been using dull aluminum but it doesn't matter too much what is used as the next step is a good coat of Alclad II Gloss.  It dries to a very hard finish after a few days.  Over that base I use enamel or acrylic colors and let them get reasonably dry.  After that I can be pretty rough if I want to and the aluminum undercoat is hard to damage.  I use toothpicks and even pattern files.  For general wear even sandpaper to simulate erosion and thinned oxidized paint.  I haven't so far become interested in a heavily weathered airplane but there doesn't seem to be any reason it couldn't be done this way.

Second attempt at hairspray chipping.  Curious why my chips are very round.  I'll keep trying.  Decals are setting

Thanks!

John> Nice work on both versions of the Zero!  Like Waikong, I've never heard or seen the A6M2-K before even though over 500 were built.

Gary

nice zeros! I have never seen the a6m2k before, very interesting.

Made progress on my build but couldn't get into the forum for almost 2 weeks.

The Tamiya A6M3 model 22.

The paint scheme was the thing I most wanted to get right on this one, as there is a much published photo of it showing the random mottling and a unique pattern on the forward fuselage. That photo is the basis for Tamiya's box art for this kit. I think I got close but getting a really fine line still eludes me, though I did improve some on this project.

The cowl, prop, and canopy all both press fit, allowing for easily varied display options.

Two more Zeros slid into the display cases today, the Hasegawa A6M2-K and the Tamiya A6M3 model 22. The Tamiya kit was a gem to put together, the Hasegawa kit was less so in comparison but it is a high bar. There were two versions of the trainer, one with the A6M2 model 21 wing and engine, the other with the A6M5 wing but still the type 21 engine. This model is the latter type. As you can see in the last photo with both models facing each other, the A6M2-K had a longer forward fuselage ahead of the wing, and a longer tailwheel, both to accommodate the back seat where the instructor was. Those changes re-balanced the airplane and improved what little forward vision there was from the rear seat.

Here are the photos of the A6M2-K, the next post will be of the A6M3 model 22.

Those look great guys!!!

Great progress John.

Frank is almost ready for paint