GB-46 1:48 Il-2m3 - WW2 Eastern Front / Twin Engine A/C, Transports and Gliders

[fubar57]

Tonal differences noted on this side of the Rockies. I gotta get better and start doing that stuff

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Geo. I like doing that to break up large surface areas. More to come later this weekend hopefully. Weather forecast calls for smoke blown up from the US to settle in on Sunday so may be a good day to stay down in the dungeon.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Hi guys, thanks for watching.

I tried to make a start on the upper camo today. First off was the diagonal stripe on the tail, the colour of which Massimo Tessitori speculates could be red, blue, or even orange (see here: Il-2M3 (two-seater, arrow wing)). The decal sheet provided with the kit has yellow stripes but I decided to go with orange per the profile by Massimo as it's not often we get to use that colour. So I went ahead and mixed up some yellow and red and splashed it onto the fin.

Now, here's where I ran into challenges. I'm trying to mix up some Tamiya paints to come up with the AMT-1 sandy grey colour. There is only one mix I found on the net (XF59:6 + XF64:2 + XF2:1) but that turns out way too yellowy brown. I'm trying to get the light colour in the below profile which, according to this discussion. would be something close to FS26306. However, after three tries, I've not yet managed to get something close.

I will keep trying and will report back when I get there but, in the meantime, if anyone has any suggestions, Id be happy to hear.

 

[Donivanp]

Coming along. You'll find that right mix I'm sure. I really hate mixing paint to get any color.

 

[fubar57]

Like the orange, can't help with the AMT-1. Vallejo offer this but I haven't seen it in person so won't vouch for it.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys.

 

[Wurger]

Also you may give a try to the AK-Interactive RC 313 AMT-1 Light Brown colour.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Wojtek. I prefer the Tamiya paints but will give that a try if I can't get the mix right.

 

[Crimea_River]

First attempt and a pause. The initial mix for the AMT-1 is now, in my opinion, too light. It took the green to see that so I need to tweak it and add more grey.

 

[rochie]

Same thing happened on my MiG 29 build, thought i had the grey/green spot on but when the other grey went on it looked very wrong, ended up with a colour i knew was wrong but looked more accurate on the model

 

[A4K]

Coming along nicely though Andy!

 

[Donivanp]

You'll find it.

 

[Crimea_River]

I darkened the AMT-1 mix and lightened the AMT-7 green slightly, then completed the AMT-12 grey. The AMT-1 colour still looks a bit on the light side but I think I'll leave it now. Trying to match colours to a computer screen is HARD!

Some touch-ups still needed. Thanks for looking.

 

[Donivanp]

Just paint the computer screen till it matches. Seems easy to me. I'm a computer specialist.

 

[fubar57]

Looks good Andy

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks gents.

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

Very nice Andy

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Wojtek and Steph, appreciate the feedback given this is my first Russian subject.