Vic Balshaw
Major General
No surprises you running out of patience, who wouldn't with a cameo like that. Superb!
**** DONE: GB-36 1/48 Macchi C.202 Folgore - Axis Manufactured Aircraft of WWII
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Nice camo Kirby 
Good work so far!
Good work there Kirby, nothing wrong with that..
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turbo
Staff Sergeant
Thanks a lot guys, comments appreciated! Made some more progress laying down the camo. A Bruno Mimetico mix was made from 75% Gunze H310 Brown and 25% Tamiya XF-64 Red Brown and the mottling pattern sprayed freehand. As per the reference pictures, the mottling was made more dense on the fuselage than on the wings. This took several hours but I knew what I was letting myself in for with this camo scheme!
The cowl which was a replacement on this aircraft and carried a different camo scheme was masked off and sprayed Nocciola Chiaro 4 using a mix of 75% Gunze H310 Brown and 25% Gunze H79 Sandy Yellow. References show a camo of messy looking fine squiggles.
These were painted Verde Oliva Scuro 2 using Gunze H65 Black Green with the 0.2 mm nozzle of my Badger Krome. Kinda tricky in this scale but got an acceptable result I think...
Just the undersides to go and we're largely done with the painting. Thanks for stopping by...
The cowl which was a replacement on this aircraft and carried a different camo scheme was masked off and sprayed Nocciola Chiaro 4 using a mix of 75% Gunze H310 Brown and 25% Gunze H79 Sandy Yellow. References show a camo of messy looking fine squiggles.
These were painted Verde Oliva Scuro 2 using Gunze H65 Black Green with the 0.2 mm nozzle of my Badger Krome. Kinda tricky in this scale but got an acceptable result I think...
Just the undersides to go and we're largely done with the painting. Thanks for stopping by...
fubar57
General
Fantastico amico mio
Crimea_River
Marshal
Excellent Kirby!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Lavoro superbo !
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Phew! Glad you have that done, and what a finish, it looks great.
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Excellent interpretation of a complex scheme! You did a wonderful job of it, Kirby!
Hey, I brought up the prop blades in post 201!
Hey, I brought up the prop blades in post 201!
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turbo
Staff Sergeant
Hey, I brought up the prop blades in post 201!
You did indeed John! The back of the props are currently painted flat aluminium awaiting a coat of black and some wearing...
great work....it should take you a couple of hours to get that laid down to be as good as it looks....
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turbo
Staff Sergeant
Grazie amici!
So I did things slightly out of order this build and masked off and sprayed the underside camo last. I used Gunze H317 for the Grigio Mimetico, slowly building up the colour over the pre-shading. You can see some of the intended panel to panel variation.
A closer look at some of the pre-shading. This will form the base for further shading and weathering.
The patch where an old identification number was overpainted was sprayed freehand Verde Mimetico 3 using Gunze H303 and all the masking removed.
The white coverage on the top and bottom of the cross on the tail isn't quite adequate but that will be easily fixed by masking and spraying. I'm happy with the amount of pre-shading giving a worn/dirty effect on the fuselage band.
Now, back to the prop issue. You'll remember this picture from earlier in the build showing significant wear on the back of the props.
I previously stripped the paint on the back of the props and then laid down a base of flat aluminium. I debated whether to use hairspray chipping for this effect but in the end just simply sprayed black and then immediately scrubbed it with a moistened stiff brush to simulate the wear.
In the photo the wear goes half way down the prop but I didn't want to go that extreme, so I'm representing the aircraft when it had less wear.
Thanks for stopping by folks.
So I did things slightly out of order this build and masked off and sprayed the underside camo last. I used Gunze H317 for the Grigio Mimetico, slowly building up the colour over the pre-shading. You can see some of the intended panel to panel variation.
A closer look at some of the pre-shading. This will form the base for further shading and weathering.
The patch where an old identification number was overpainted was sprayed freehand Verde Mimetico 3 using Gunze H303 and all the masking removed.
The white coverage on the top and bottom of the cross on the tail isn't quite adequate but that will be easily fixed by masking and spraying. I'm happy with the amount of pre-shading giving a worn/dirty effect on the fuselage band.
Now, back to the prop issue. You'll remember this picture from earlier in the build showing significant wear on the back of the props.
I previously stripped the paint on the back of the props and then laid down a base of flat aluminium. I debated whether to use hairspray chipping for this effect but in the end just simply sprayed black and then immediately scrubbed it with a moistened stiff brush to simulate the wear.
In the photo the wear goes half way down the prop but I didn't want to go that extreme, so I'm representing the aircraft when it had less wear.
Thanks for stopping by folks.
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Looks good so far!
Very Cool.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
That is good.
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turbo
Staff Sergeant
Thanks chaps! Gloss coat and decals on. Decals were printed by Cartograph and a joy to work with.
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