WWII Carrier Aircraft Design GB (Starts Now -- Ends November 30, 2006)

TryintoModel wrote:

I should have painted those struts, or whatever they are called on the cylinders, black like you did.  It really sets them off.  Looks good!

Thanks TryintoModel.  I think they are chains on pullies that are used to retract the landing gear, and they look a lot like bike chains.  I couldn't find any good photos of that area so I just figured they'd looked similar to greasy bike chains.  The pullies were painted like bare metal.

TryintoModel wrote:

Question:  Do you guys apply another coat of future after you weathering but before your dull coat?  Or do you just use the dull coat to seal your weathering?

Personally, I do - Gloss. Decals. Gloss. Wash. Flat. Further Weathering. Flat. (Honestly lots of time I am too lazy to do the final gloss to seal in pastels and such - some eventually rubs off...Stupid me)

Scott - Progress / wash looks good.

Leon

Ok, here are the engine, firewall landing gear area and cockpit after the oil wash.  Tonight I'll do some dry brushing and make some metal showing through worn paint (but only very lightly). 

Here is a photo of the cockpit, engine and firewall with gear assemblies.  This is before the oil wash and dry brushing.  I'll post another pic when the wash dries. 

well my buddy came down and took some pics of my hurricane I just need to edit them (cut,crop&resize) then i will post them I still have not received my FAA decals yet so she looks a little plain but I hope you enjoy them nonetheless TTFN

BTW how do you like my new avatar lol a FLYING TIGGER LOL i still need to add a flying jacket though

Nice work on the decals Tryintomodel, it's starting to look like a Wildcat! 

Very productive Sunday afternoon on my Tamiya 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat.  I finished the engine, cockpit, firewall and internal landing gear area.  When I get home from work tonight I'm going to do a very light oil wash to grunge things up just a bit.  I would have posted some pics last night, but the battery ran out on my camera.  I'll post some pics tonight. 

Nice progress on all of those that have posted, I should be getting back to my Hellcat later this week.  I have replaced the small aft windows on the Italeri F6F-3 with some "scratch built" ones.  I won't really know how they will turn out until the painting is done. 

I picked up the Academy kit as a back up just in case...

Nice job on the decals.  Looking good.

Regards,  Rick

Looks good!!!  you can't even tell it was puddled before!

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yeah I tried to reply to the previous one and it had me locked into black letters with a black background.. needless to say I had to redo it! 

That's the way I started (not that I have advanced that far) but I did the simpler schmes until I got a feel for the airnbrush and future etc... then went to something a little more up (like the disruptive camo for RAF WWII kits) then on till I started tackling the German mottle for the FW-190 and such... at least my flops are kept little this way instead of "oh my....  now what went wrong there...."  haha..

Looking forward to seeing the Wildcats... that is one of my favorite planes to build as they go together relatively easy but still look nicely detailed when done.  If you like them and decide to do one a little different I can send the instructions how to mod the kit to a FAA Martlet... it looks funny to see them in British markings but they look just as good.  There's not much to the conversion, just sanding off the outer hood scoop, cutting the sides off the floor panels and a few other things...

Oh yeah, on the future thing, if anyone uses acrylics you might want to try it on scrap first.. but when cured and futured over, I simply spray the windex directly on the wings or what not and use my fingers to work the ammonia in.. I've never had it strip acrylics on a model with cured paint.  Mind you I don't let it soak, I apply, work it in for about a minute, rinse.. check the progess, apply some more if need be etc...  Again, might want to try it on plastic due to differences in plaint brands...

I'll post some pics tomorrow or Sunday after I've done the oil wash and it's dried a bit.  As it stands right now, I'm going to go with the red and white striped tail, and red dot on the star insignia i.e. the one that flew on the USS Ranger.  I picked that one mostly because it's colorful and makes an otherwise pretty plain looking aircraft have a little pizzaz. 

I just hope the rudder decals aren't too fiddly, if you know what I mean.  I'm toying with the idea of masking and spraying the tail, but after all my problems with the mottling on my FW190A8 in the Battle of Germany GB, I'm leaning towards a nice, simple project. 

Looks as though you applied one rather heavy coat of Future.  While Future is self levelling, over zealous application can cause runs or pooling, which is what you have.  I always spray Future in 3 light coats about a 1/2 hour apart & let it build up gradually.

Regards,  Rick