N1K1 Shiden George 1/32

[aviatik]

Then sealing with future and some weathering with oils or Vallejo paints...

 

[Wurger]

Looking very good to me.

 

[meatloaf109]

Agreed, very impressive!

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far!

 

[aviatik]

 

[aviatik]

To compare, I like the very worn best for now..

 

[prem895]

The right wing looks better to me

 

[aviatik]

I wet sanded the other wing as well...more paint and more cautious sanding... a different effect.
First I tried to highlight the panels with some white added to the Original color...have to experiment a little more on that subject..
Again some scratches, and now I know why, during the wet sanding, I tend to focus on some small areas, cumulating paint on the sand paper, and then it starts to scratch...!!

 

[aviatik]

 

[aviatik]

Bare with me, just a couple of more experiments and I will start painting the actual model, still have to build some confidence....( if it gets boring...just hauler..)
Also like to get back to the actual building..

RIP Paul Walker...

 

[prem895]

I am probably not the only one,but your ok work is better than a lot of our best work. Now paint the dam thing already

 

[Gnomey]

Certainly thinking the same thing Prem.

Lovely work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks great, i like what you are aiming for, but even the available colour photo's of the N1K show a much darker "Kawanishi" Green with a hint of blue

 

[aviatik]

That is correct Wayne..!! For ease of use during the painting experiments, I used one single color, Revell 393 dunkelgrun...

 

[aviatik]

 

[aviatik]

I do have the three colors of Gunze / Tamiya, ready for mixing ( I do have the mixing ratios ) to obtain the color you are refering to...

 

[aviatik]

 

[aviatik]

on top of that, Kawanishi green, ready made by white ensign.
And also a close match from Life Color...

 

[aviatik]

 

[aviatik]

So, I am not fully ready yet to attack the model, will have to color test these paints now...the revell 393 is ohterwise correct for the Mitsubishi zero..