Done : JV44 Fw190D-9 "Red1" of Heinz Sachsenberg Gruppe Build....

[Airframes]

Beautiful job Dan. This baby is going to look stunning mate!

 

[lesofprimus]

Thanks guys....

 

[Lucky13]

Aaaahhh.....one of those fights where a sudden game of hockey breakes out! This one will be hard to beat Dan, a real show stopper!

 

[109ROAMING]

Wow...

You should be proud! Looks awesome

 

[lesofprimus]

I appreciate it fellas....

 

[Wayne Little]

Dan, don't go attaching too much until after the decals are done, still lots of handling work and potential for braking things off.....and that SUCKS big time...

 

[lesofprimus]

I agree Wayne... I needed to get the gear on so I can stop handling it so much... Tomorrow is decal day and a new load of pics.....

Got the bottom crosses on and sitting tight overnight... I almost seriously fu*ked up by putting the wrong crosses on, using the white bordered crosses when I should have used the plain black.... I caught the mistake minutes before I woulda been screwed...

Thank God for second guessing urself...

 

[Wayne Little]

Just remember, when all else fails read the instructions....

...lucky for you baby!!

 

[Airframes]

Ah! That's what that sheet with the writing and pictures is!!

 

[rochie]

looking great Les

 

[lesofprimus]

Thanks Karl....

And kiss my ass both of u "I been buildin for 20 years" experts.... Im a rookie here and dammit, I just wanted to see how the first decals were gonna lay down...

I was excited....

 

[Wayne Little]

Kiss my What!!!....bit of respect for us old farts, thanks!

 

[lesofprimus]

Sh!t, that u can still play full contact Lacrosse is respect enough Brother, let alone building little plastic models better than anyone else Ive ever seen....

 

[lesofprimus]

Wayne, one thing Ive noticed, now with the gloss coat on, the mechanical pencil in the panel lines dont work anymore... It leaves like no marks whatsoever...

Too much gloss coat??

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmmm? shouldn't be too much Gloss coat...take a pic for me to look at the result....probably check it out in the morning bed time real soon...

 

[lesofprimus]

Well, u seen the pics... The pencil and the paintbrushing with graphite for weathering isnt doing much at all.... I tried to dirty up the cannon shell ejectors and it hardly did anything....

Maybe have to apply alittle heavier and for longer??

 

[Wayne Little]

The pics in post #215 are glossed and all looks ok there...maybe the graphite is reacting to the gloss...?

Don't quite understand why it's not working...working ON the Gloss coat is certainly more difficult....this touch up work will probably need to be done after the matt coat to get better results...maybe Black Pastel will be the go...?

 

[lesofprimus]

Yes I think so... Even when using the silver pencil, it leaves practically nothing on the model....

And the graphite isnt reacting to the gloss at all.... It just slides around... Im gonna mess around more today with it and see what goin down... Maybe cause the model was cold???

 

[Wayne Little]

Be careful how you experiment...

I suspect that the silver/graphite is not going to play ball on the gloss at this stage, don't sweat it remember things will work better on the matt coat surface...Iv'e not used the graphite shading only black pastel for this effect.
This may be a better way to go as you dont want a metallic shading on your finish.

 

[lesofprimus]

OK, I see ur point.... I dont have any pastels, but do have colored pencils... Can I use the same theory and try to use that???

As for the Matte coat, I do that after I have the decal down with a slight gloss to seal em??? So, decals down, gloss over them, hit it with the matte coat, followed by some panel line work/weathering, then another matte coat to finish it all up???