++ **** DONE: 1/48 WYVERN S.4 - Military Conflicts of the 1950's

[fubar57]

Thanks Vic, great to have you back. Lord tundering Jaysus, a month and nothing accomplished. One reason is using an airbrush has forced me to rethink painting sequences like canopy openings etc. Whatever I tried, I couldn't get a satisfactory seal here, seat and control column in the way. Sooooooooo, new also is mounting the canopy before painting the airframe.

Trying to mask around the wiper was a pain in the keester and in the end I gave up and used Maskol

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking forward to the spritzing.

 

[fubar57]

It's now white and resting comfortably. Web site says to let it stand for up to 12hrs before masking so it shall sit as I'm off to PG in 7 minutes. In the meantime, I had some left over primer so I thought I'd start learning how to mottle and my next GB is going to require paint that had been left around the panel lines after the camo had been removed. I had a few good ones and a few that I rushed and everything in between...

...this is with my .3 Tan nozzle, the smallest I have and I think the smallest Testors makes, held maybe half an inch from the surface at about 20ish PSI

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far George!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks gents. Minor set-back. The yellow I purchased for the stripes, which was supposedly a direct match, is more suited for daffodils even with the white undercoat. I'm trying to avoid using the decals though I've read they work well with a bit of coercion. A web search for Tamiya mixes shows a mix of XF-3 Yellow 95% and XF-7 Red 5%. I'll post picks later to show the differences

 

[fubar57]

Might be a little too orange but close enough...

...as I'm outta red

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[destrozas]

goooood job.......This plane never caught my attention, I declined more by the sea fury, it is more of the style of the planes of the WII, this I see more of the end of the war with these designs so original and current because not to say ..., I repeat goooood, job.


For the mottled if you allow me to tell you some things that I always do and that you will know but the same thing goes well, the needle whenever the maximum travel is how you want to paint thick I say, if you remove the diffuser of the airbrush comes much more Thin the line and it is easier to clean the needle, if you paint a long time it is better to do with a brush and a solvent bottle to clean the needle faster, regulate the air at a low pressure and move the hand quickly, Says all this very fast and it seems simple but as you know in all the moteados or serpentillas that I have done I suffered to finish them because it is not easy, but that I can take for granted that you will do a job of those who remove the hiccups like sueles do.
I encourage and have you when you start the new project that surprise us.

 

[fubar57]

Thanks for the tips Sergio. Started adding the stripes. Because the yellow was a mix and I'm out of red, I had to figure a way to stop any possible bleed under of the black(Tamiya German Grey) so I sealed the edge of the tape with clear flat and it worked so far....

....the outer wings will be more challenging as there are a few protrusions and the flaps

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking great there Geo.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice progress Geo.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

very nice

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far George!

 

[Airframes]

I like it !

 

[Capt. Vick]

Love it so far man!

 

[JKim]

Paint looks good there Geo!

 

[fubar57]

Thanks all. Just got home. 6 of 7 days were snow from start of shift to end. To start the tour off, I had straight edges and summer tires and the other 2 graders were down. On the plus side, rumour is we are going to get a 24M, the biggest Cat makes...


View: https://youtu.be/TBA7JfmHKf8


.....anyhoo, I need to get my keester in gear and get this kite finished