**** DONE: GB-36 1/48 Macchi C.202 Folgore - Axis Manufactured Aircraft of WWII

[Crimea_River]

Looking forward to the next step.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Me too and that per-shading has come through nicely.

 

[turbo]

Thanks Vic, Andy, and Wojtek. Unfortunately most of the pre-shading will be lost when the rest of the camo is applied!

 

[Crimea_River]

Yep. I dont think i would have bothered.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[fubar57]

Awaiting the camo

 

[turbo]

Thanks guys. Slow going, too many work and other commitments! Have made a start on the camo though. The pattern was marked out with a green pencil and sprayed freehand Verde Mimetico 2 using Gunze H302. I thinned the paint roughly 40:60 paint:thinner and carefully sprayed with the 0.2mm nozzle using my Badger Krome. It's fairly slow going but is working out the way I want so far I think.

I also started work on the prop and spinner assembly with some preshading. I used a fairly diffuse pattern as the spinner will be white.

The props and spinner were painted, given a Pledge gloss coat and decals applied to the props.

It was about this time that I came across this picture showing the wear on the back of the prop.

So the back of the prop will need to be redone! I stripped the paint with a cotton wool bud moistened with IPA.

It's a shame I didn't have an enamel aluminium coat underneath as the stripping actually gave a passable wear effect which could be refined with a bit of care. Hmm, might file that away for future reference...

Will continue with the camo and next steps in producing the wear effect on the back of the prop. Thanks for following along

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Nice job on the camo. When I saw that you used a .2mm nozzle I was curious as to what I was using. SONOVA*&%$^...all this time I've been using two fine tip nozzles, I thought the grey one was for general painting. It's the blue one so this should speed things up a bit

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking good Kirby. I mentioned the worn prop blades back in post 213.

I suppose you could do with an extension to the GB date? It finishes Sunday.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Kirby. As you've discovered, it's slow going, but well worth the effort.

 

[turbo]

SONOVA*&%$^...all this time I've been using two fine tip nozzles

Must've been slow going on your basecoats Geo!

Looking good Kirby. I mentioned the worn prop blades back in post 213.

I suppose you could do with an extension to the GB date? It finishes Sunday.

Yeah, I know Andy. I painted the prop and spinner ages ago but hadn't got around to posting it. And yes, an extension would be great if possible - I have no chance of being done by Sunday!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Some good marking out and spraying Kirby and as I've indicated else where, quite happy with an extension.

 

[Wayne Little]

That's looking great..!

 

[turbo]

Thanks chaps! More things interfering with the modelling - one was good though, had a fly of a Tiger Moth today - great fun!

Anyway, the Verde Mimetico is on. This took quite some time and patience, both of which are in short supply at the moment!

Next up the Bruno Mimetico mottles...

 

[fubar57]

Very nice

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Nice !

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks great Kirby.