**** DONE: GB-39 1:48 CR. 42 Falco - Battle for France to Battle of Britain

[SANCER]

It's a great job so far, Andy.
All the information collected is very timely. The guys team is always motivation, information and support.
I think that every time I'm getting closer to putting my eyes on a biplane.

Es un agazajo ver tu trabajo.
Saludos compadre

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks all.

Ordered a new tip and needle for the AB today so will try a new practice session when it arrives hopefully later this week.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Great service from Maple Airbrush Supply. Ordered a new tip and needle for my Iwata on Wednesday and they arrived Friday. So Friday evening I sat down and started mottling the green. The brush behaved flawlessly until after about an hour of airbrushing and with about 5 mottles to go, I got a blast of paint that made a large spot on the trailing edge of the port wing. I made the mistake of adding a retarder late in the session that messed up the paint so I won't do that again.

These mottles were shot at 8 - 10psi with 20% Tamiya XF-27 Black Green to 80% Tamiya thinner.

The error was easily fixed by loading a bit of XF-59 Desert Yellow in the brush and reducing the size of the blob to make it look like the others. While I was at it, I touched up a couple more spots of green that had a bit of overspray and then got on with painting the Brown mottles tonight. The same paint ratio was used and I used Tamiya XF-9 Hull Red for the colour. The paint went on beautifully and I'm quite happy with the result. The brown mottles and the green on the wing below represent a solid 2 hours of airbrushing and I ran out of steam at this point.

I will finish off the brown on the upper wing tomorrow if I get a chance and post an update when that's done. Thanks once again for your interest.

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks pretty damn good Andy...!

 

[Airframes]

I agree, it really looks the biz. Nice work Andy.

 

[rochie]

it really does look very good Andy

 

[Wurger]

With all.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. I should have replaced the AB parts a long time ago. It made a heck of a difference.

 

[Crimea_River]

Top wing is now complete and the circular masks removed. I had started spraying the desert yellow when I realized I forgot to cover the previously sprayed white with the circular masks. That's why the far circle looks a bit grimy.

And now a long process of masking starts as the struts all need to be painted a light grey. This is going to take a few days so I'll see you later!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Thank-you pal.

 

[fubar57]

Well done on the camo. Something for me to strive for

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Geo.

 

[rochie]

very nice Andy but some potentially tricky masking to come ?

 

[Crimea_River]

Not really tricky Karl just lots of it. Thanks for looking in.

 

[parsifal]

Fantastic job Andy....looks marvellous

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys.