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Benevolens Magister
Nice work Peter. Looking forward to the psst, as Bill would say.
**** DONE: 1/48 P-61A – Heavy Hitters II GB
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Lovely work so far Peter!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Oh, sure. Here's the pssst
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Catch22
Major
With all the bright green tape and yellow nose, it kind of looks like a parrot! Looking good however.
too late to be of reference for this build but - what is variant is it?
http://31.media.tumblr.com/00f304d56899b8a81a591328381e00d1/tumblr_ms5omkUkxc1roe9r1o1_1280.jpg
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Wildcat
Major
Lookin good Pete!
very nice Peter
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Judging by the lack of an armored windscreen, this is either an XP-61 or YP-61.
Thanks for posting!
Cheers
Peter
T Bolt
Colonel
Fantastic Peter!
Looks good so far Peter!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Looking great!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Thanks for the comments - cheers!
Okay moving on, more updates.
Pic 1
After pre-shading all the panel lines the underside was sprayed in "Neutral Grey"
Pic 2
A detail in the pre-shade is to colour the fabric surfaces completely, so they will appear darker. You often see the fabric surfaces stand out due to recovering or different surface texture.
Pic 3
Top surfaces have been covered in Olive Drab, just so the panel lines still show through. I use well thinned paint so I can build up the paint in layers to get the right effect.
Pic 4
Here, hard to see, I've gone over the upper surfaces in faded Olive Drab, avoiding panel lines to give a fade effect to the areas most in sun.
Pic 5
Close up of the tail and you can see the different shades.
Pic 6
I gave the P-61 full stripes, but I wanted to illustrate that the stripes still show through when the requirement to paint out the upper surface stripes was given. For the 422nd this was prior to moving across to the continent as I recall.
Pic 7
So here I have gone back over the stripes with Olive Drab just enough to leave them showing underneath. This was what I was after.
Pic 8
Now unwrapped, I am basically ready to apply the gloss coats and get ready for decals. I will do some exhaust staining and other weathering afterwards, and apply these over the decals to bring it all together.
Okay - another update scheduled very soon. Better get this one done before the deadline this time. 8)
Okay moving on, more updates.
Pic 1
After pre-shading all the panel lines the underside was sprayed in "Neutral Grey"
Pic 2
A detail in the pre-shade is to colour the fabric surfaces completely, so they will appear darker. You often see the fabric surfaces stand out due to recovering or different surface texture.
Pic 3
Top surfaces have been covered in Olive Drab, just so the panel lines still show through. I use well thinned paint so I can build up the paint in layers to get the right effect.
Pic 4
Here, hard to see, I've gone over the upper surfaces in faded Olive Drab, avoiding panel lines to give a fade effect to the areas most in sun.
Pic 5
Close up of the tail and you can see the different shades.
Pic 6
I gave the P-61 full stripes, but I wanted to illustrate that the stripes still show through when the requirement to paint out the upper surface stripes was given. For the 422nd this was prior to moving across to the continent as I recall.
Pic 7
So here I have gone back over the stripes with Olive Drab just enough to leave them showing underneath. This was what I was after.
Pic 8
Now unwrapped, I am basically ready to apply the gloss coats and get ready for decals. I will do some exhaust staining and other weathering afterwards, and apply these over the decals to bring it all together.
Okay - another update scheduled very soon. Better get this one done before the deadline this time. 8)
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that looks brilliant Peter
NICE..!!
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Benevolens Magister
Nicely done Peter.
T Bolt
Colonel
Got to agree. Very nicely done Peter
Nice work so far Peter!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Work done today.
Pic 1
Looking closely at reference photos, it was clear that there was a different colour stripe between the nose and the fuselage. My take on this was that a layer of paint was taken off by masking tape when they painted the nose, so I duplicated that feature.
Pic 2
I painted the flap hinge area z.c.y.
Pic 3
Decals and more decals. The shark mouth gave the most trouble, being not a good fit for the nose, but three goes with the Mr Softener got the decal into shape nicely.
Pic 4
Other side with mission marking and kill.
Pic 5
Tail number went on beautifully. These are Eagle Cals decals BTW. Liked 'em,.
Pic 6
Over view. I had to truncate the walkway red stripes where the D-Day stripes were painted over the top.
Pic 7
Next was the exhaust staining and used several different shades of grey to build these up. I also toned down the US markings and tail numbers while doing this.
Pic 8
Another view of exhaust. I did all around the nacelle, as the exhaust outlets were in complete ring around the cowl.
Nearly there!
Pic 1
Looking closely at reference photos, it was clear that there was a different colour stripe between the nose and the fuselage. My take on this was that a layer of paint was taken off by masking tape when they painted the nose, so I duplicated that feature.
Pic 2
I painted the flap hinge area z.c.y.
Pic 3
Decals and more decals. The shark mouth gave the most trouble, being not a good fit for the nose, but three goes with the Mr Softener got the decal into shape nicely.
Pic 4
Other side with mission marking and kill.
Pic 5
Tail number went on beautifully. These are Eagle Cals decals BTW. Liked 'em,.
Pic 6
Over view. I had to truncate the walkway red stripes where the D-Day stripes were painted over the top.
Pic 7
Next was the exhaust staining and used several different shades of grey to build these up. I also toned down the US markings and tail numbers while doing this.
Pic 8
Another view of exhaust. I did all around the nacelle, as the exhaust outlets were in complete ring around the cowl.
Nearly there!
