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Post by dupes on Mar 16, 2016 10:47:34 GMT -5
My wife always jokes that I do best at contests with the builds that I slam together in the final week before the show...she's even gone so far as to say that I should do them ALL that way (ever wonder why I build so fast?). So I've got a little over two weeks until Downeastcon at the beginning of April, and I'm lacking an entry for "Best P-47". Decided to crack into a 1/48 Tamiya P-47M - couldn't pass up the two blues scheme. In order to be efficient, I figured I may as well bang out a 1/72 Revell Germany P-47M as well. I don't speak "Revell Color" so I can use the Tamiya callouts on both kits as I go. Last night's bench:  Painting up cockpits and getting fuselages sealed tonight! |
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Post by Leon on Mar 16, 2016 11:06:38 GMT -5
Your a building machine Dupes! I'll be following along.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2016 11:27:27 GMT -5
 Love the Thunder Bolts!
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 16, 2016 12:57:21 GMT -5
You stink! You had my attention at jugs but I will take this so count me in too!
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Post by dupes on Mar 17, 2016 21:42:03 GMT -5
Update! Got the cockpits all sorted out. I hate spending toooo much time on these, as you can tell in pic number two that a lot of that work is already invisible. Oh well. The out-of-box pit in the Tamiya kit is easily the best I've seen in 1/48. I have an Eduard Zoom set that I'm not even going to crack into - the only part that would have been a substantial upgrade would be the seatbelts.   You can also tell that the drop to 72nd scale (and to Revell) knocked the detail level down quite a bit in the smaller bird. Still, very acceptable...just not nearly the same as the big one! |
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Post by adt70hk on Mar 18, 2016 9:03:38 GMT -5
Your speed is amazing - just how do you do it?  The build's not looking too bad either!! |
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 18, 2016 13:58:05 GMT -5
Nice pair of Jugs there Dupes!   You knew that was coming, right? I'm just surprised that Andy didn't jump on it first.  |
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Post by dupes on Mar 18, 2016 21:55:50 GMT -5
Hahaha...actually, Bill, I'm surprised it took 6 replies. Thanks guys! |
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Post by Rick on Mar 19, 2016 19:45:38 GMT -5
Offices look great Dupes. You're handling of your jugs is yielding very nice results.
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Post by dupes on Mar 20, 2016 8:38:12 GMT -5
You're handling of your jugs is yielding very nice results. That's what she said?   |
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Post by Leon on Mar 20, 2016 9:12:11 GMT -5
Nice progress on the pair Dupes! |
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Post by dupes on Mar 25, 2016 13:14:06 GMT -5
Thanks Leon! Quick update - the subassemblies are all complete, took both kits down to the booth to fire some Zinc Chromate (Tamiya XF-4). Got a bunch of masking to do then I can start in on the exterior painting. Hopefully ready to roll tonight!  |
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Post by dupes on Mar 27, 2016 21:39:05 GMT -5
Finally got all of the masking done...the way these paint schemes go, there's a lot of it. Hope to get the aluminum layer sprayed tomorrow morning before work. Lot more masking to go after that!
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Post by dupes on Mar 28, 2016 9:45:28 GMT -5
I'll spare you guys the masked pic and just give you the post-aluminum spray session shot.  Need to mask off a bunch more and then I can start firing the two blues on the upper surfaces! |
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 28, 2016 12:50:10 GMT -5
Did you use new Vallejo metallic paint? Your jugs look good!
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Post by dupes on Mar 28, 2016 13:36:35 GMT -5
I DIIIIID...and I LOOOOOOOOVE IT!
I'm a big fan of how the regular Model Air metallics spray - or at least I was. This stuff has got a permanent place in the stable!
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 28, 2016 13:38:07 GMT -5
AWESOME! Todd and Rob were telling me good things about the new paint set. Looks like I need to add them to my wish list... thanks!
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 28, 2016 14:20:02 GMT -5
Pair is coming together nicely Dupes, looking good!
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Post by dupes on Mar 28, 2016 14:55:50 GMT -5
Thanks Bill! They'll look very different after tonight. |
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Post by Leon on Mar 28, 2016 15:43:31 GMT -5
Looking really good Dupes!  |
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Post by dupes on Mar 28, 2016 22:22:00 GMT -5
Didn't bring my laptop home from work tonight because I knew I'd be in the spray booth for quite a while. That means no update until tomorrow morning...hoooo boy!
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Post by nicely11b on Mar 29, 2016 8:49:46 GMT -5
Liking the looks of these so far. The NMF turned out well with the Vallejo. I've seen some mixed results with it but it looks like yours hit the mark.
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Post by dupes on Mar 29, 2016 9:41:34 GMT -5
Liking the looks of these so far. The NMF turned out well with the Vallejo. I've seen some mixed results with it but it looks like yours hit the mark. I'm interested to hear what sort of issues people have had with this stuff, since I can't imagine it getting any better. Any idea? |
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Post by nicely11b on Mar 29, 2016 9:56:51 GMT -5
I've seen a few cases of it pulling up. There is a good example of it in this video. |
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Post by dupes on Mar 29, 2016 10:01:33 GMT -5
Huh. I'll have to check that out when I get near some wi-fi.
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Post by dupes on Mar 29, 2016 10:12:23 GMT -5
Alright, pics edited! Starting with the pre-booth shot last night. Spent a couple of hours masking off leading edges and various bits that needed to stay aluminum.  First color down. It was a pretty lengthy spray session, and since I was freehanding the camo I figured I'd better give my airbrush a good douching in between colors. Took a break, snapped a pic, and had some coffee whilst I was at it.  Another lengthy session trying to get the patterns to look right without getting any overspray. Success! Both of these colors (provided as Tamiya mixes) are a lot "less blue" than I thought. Think that using box art as a guide has got my expectations a bit thrown off from reality.  Had hoped to spray some future this morning so I could decal after work today, but I neglected to think about the various other colored bits on these guys - prop tips, front of the cowl, and rudder. Hoping to get everything consistent, I figured I had better paint these parts as well before the gloss went down. Had to do a bit of masking on each of the bits, which took some time. Check out those leading edges!  Because of the masking, only had time to get the white underlayer sprayed before leaving for work. PROTIP - when spraying yellow and red, a coat of white underneath makes applying the color you're after much easier! Can cover in one or two passes instead of the dozen or more that you would need to achieve opacity over darker colors (especially dark to light transitions) underneath. Current situation down in the basement:  |
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Post by Leon on Mar 29, 2016 11:32:07 GMT -5
Nice work on the masking and camo Dupes!
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Post by dupes on Mar 29, 2016 14:43:20 GMT -5
Thanks Leon! Final update for today...this thing needs to dry a bit. Got the yellow, red, and sky blue sprayed followed by a substantial coat of Future. I hate having to gloss metals, but not knowing how they react to things like Micro Sol/Set or Solvaset always makes me leery. I'll take a slight loss of "natural sheen" over a ruined paint job any day.  Next up - DECALS! |
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Post by dupes on Mar 30, 2016 8:32:07 GMT -5
Marathon decal session last night...got both birds done. Might need one more coat of Micro Sol to get everthing to set in, but I should be able to seal in the decals and start weathering tonight. Final assembly tomorrow!  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2016 8:37:19 GMT -5
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Love the Thunder Bolts!
You knew that was coming, right? I'm just surprised that Andy didn't jump on it first. 
