**** DONE: GB-59 1/48 Nakajima Ki-84 - WW2 PTO V
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Vic Balshaw
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Sounds like you had fun Andy. Nice looking primer coat. 
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Crimea_River
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That's the aluminum you see Vic, not the primer. I didn't get pics of the primer coat.Sounds like you had fun Andy. Nice looking primer coat.
A4K
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Beauty Andy, love the gun sight.
Good work so far Andy!
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys. Scheme decided - it will be #85 depicted in the below profile linked from this thread :
The tail markings will need to be masked and painted so I'll need to do a bit of graphics work to cut those. I also need to come up with colour mixes. The profile shows the later #7 Ohryoku Nana Olive Brown over what I guess is #1 Hairyokushoku Grey Green. This site suggests XF-58 for the former and XF-12 for the latter so I will try a couple of shots of those to see how they look. Any other suggestions would be welcome.
The tail markings will need to be masked and painted so I'll need to do a bit of graphics work to cut those. I also need to come up with colour mixes. The profile shows the later #7 Ohryoku Nana Olive Brown over what I guess is #1 Hairyokushoku Grey Green. This site suggests XF-58 for the former and XF-12 for the latter so I will try a couple of shots of those to see how they look. Any other suggestions would be welcome.
A4K
Brigadier General
Love it Andy. Not an easy set of markings to mask, but they will look great.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Agree with Evan and the wear will be an interesting challenge.
fubar57
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Loving this. Agree with you about Millman's site. Just spent a week there myself. Just when I thought I got it, bam, further reading shows something else
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Crimea_River
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Thanks guys. All I've done was get a base of white on the tail so not worth showing. Trying to figure out my paint sequence as I want to use the hairspray chipping technique and it's messing with my head. Should get something going today.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
I'm sure you'll work it out Andy.
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Crimea_River
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Experimentation with XF-49 and XF-51 in a 1:1 ratio sprayed on the little car that came with the kit. It's what Tamiya calls up for the car and coincidentally was also the two colours that struck me as being good candidates for mixing to achieve the Olive Drab on the aircraft. The yellow is straight XF-3 painted OVER the green to see how it covers and it does that just fine. I would normally apply the yellow first then mask it and paint the green but my concern is that, if I chip the green to the silver, there would be some yellow showing underneath and I don't want that. So I think I will proceed with the green first then paint the yellow ID bands and no-step demarcations over the green.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
See. I knew you would get there and good reasoning. "Oh" the trials and tribulations of modelling.
Nice work so far Andy!
A4K
Brigadier General
With Hugh!
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Crimea_River
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Thanks Vic. As for the bottom colour, I took a WTF approach and applied 4 different colours. The so-called Hairyokushoku has been variously described as Grey-Green, similar to RAF Sky Type S, more bluish than the Navy version, and grey changing toward dark brown. WTF indeed.....
I mixed XF-23 Light Blue and XF-55 Deck Tan in equal parts to spray an initial base coat. Then to give it more depth, I thinned what little was left over in the cup and added a bit more XF-55 to spray onto the fabric control surfaces. The same mix was applied in post-shading patches all over the underside. I then added some XF-20 Medium Grey to that thinned mix and sprayed patches again, finishing it all by adding some XF-57 Buff to the mess, I mean mix, and dusting it all over the bottom to give it a brownish tinge. Is it accurate? Who the F! knows?!
I mixed XF-23 Light Blue and XF-55 Deck Tan in equal parts to spray an initial base coat. Then to give it more depth, I thinned what little was left over in the cup and added a bit more XF-55 to spray onto the fabric control surfaces. The same mix was applied in post-shading patches all over the underside. I then added some XF-20 Medium Grey to that thinned mix and sprayed patches again, finishing it all by adding some XF-57 Buff to the mess, I mean mix, and dusting it all over the bottom to give it a brownish tinge. Is it accurate? Who the F! knows?!
A4K
Brigadier General
Looks good to me Andy... if it looks good to you too, I would stick with that!
fubar57
General
Well....I like it and that's all that matters
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Me too.
