PE-2 dive bomber FUBAR potentially averted 17/4/17

[adt70hk]

Looking good mate!

[dierk]

Cheers gents! Finally have a bit of an update for you!

Had a bit of a hickup with the engine: I was pretty sure the destructions were wrong calling for it to be dark grey, so I painted the block and rocker covers steel and the cylinders black...only to find pictures showing that the engine was mostly sand-cast alloy - that was fun :





Interior is almost there:











Back to the grind
Thanks for taking the time to have a look and ACW

[Leon]

Engine and interior look good Dierk!

[panzerjager2]

REALLY nice work....cool updates

[adt70hk]

Dierk

That really is looking the part!!

Well done.

Andrew

[dierk]

Cheers Leon, PJ and Andrew!

To pass the time I thought I'd do some dry-fit pics. I was a bit surprised by how big this bird is...I was tempted by the HB IL-2 in 1/32, but I think I'll reconsider







Thanks for having a look.

[thug626]

Dierk, you've made some wonderful progress on this beastie. The dry fit pics look great. Just how big is this winged beast?

[adt70hk]

Looking cool!

Although I do wonder what the aerodynamics would be like with only half a fuselage..
.

[dierk]

Feb 26, 2017 13:14:41 GMT -5 thug626 said:

Dierk, you've made some wonderful progress on this beastie. The dry fit pics look great. Just how big is this winged beast?

Cheers mate! Wingspan is roughly 14" or 35cm and (just as roughly) 10"/26cm nose to tail

Feb 26, 2017 17:49:33 GMT -5 adt70hk said:

Looking cool!

Although I do wonder what the aerodynamics would be like with only half a fuselage..
.

Shall I chuck it out the window to find out?
It would be somewhat draughty, though

[panzerjager2]

Dierk, I would pay good Euro's to see you chuck this baby out the window. 
Awesome work on this soon to be part of the pavement LOL LOL LOL

[dierk]

Feb 27, 2017 5:18:18 GMT -5 panzerjager2 said:

Dierk, I would pay good Euro's to see you chuck this baby out the window. 
Awesome work on this soon to be part of the pavement LOL LOL LOL

My wife would too

[Leon]

Nice progress Dierk! Do not throw this out of the window.

[panzerjager2]

Just to clarify............ No one really wants to see this "fly" out the window  LOL

[wouter]

Nice to see you do a bird, chap. Looks good so far! One of the more fun planes to fly in the game War Thunder...didn't realize it was a dive bomber though, you learn new things here ^^.

Cheers

[deafpanzer]

Great process on your dive bomber!

[adt70hk]

Hi mate

I've now had a chance to look at this on a proper screen rather than my phone and it does look very nicely done indeed.

Andrew

PS please don't throw it out of the window, it would be a waste of what looks like a great kit.........but if you do, please make sure you do the decent thing and record it and post if for posterity on here.....  

[dierk]

Well, it's been a while - this was going to be an update about how I've started painting the model. Instead a miracle has ocurred: just got a little parcel from Austria with the missing part in it! Shame I didn't know it was going to be sent - it will be fiddly fitting it, now that the fuselage is glued together...

[dierk]

At long last, an update! I managed to get the missing part glued into place - thankfully I hadn't fitted the gun yet!
Now, I was a bit trepidatious about the Hataka paints I had bought for this project, as I'd read mixed reviews about them (D'oh, now I'll have to build more soviet wingies to justify buying them...):



They are fairly thick - a bit like Model Colour/Panzer Aces, but once I'd changed needle and nozzle to 0.5mm they worked pretty well. OK, the nozzle did block a few times and I did get a bit of splatter, but on the whole they are very nice paints. Once the plane was painted I did what I should've done first, and experimented mixing the colours with Vallejo Thiner and Flow Improver. I didn't expect good things as I previosly found that AK and Vallejo didn't like each other, but no such problems with Hataka!

Got a few more pieces to add, decals and weathering yet to do, but this is what it looks like now:











Thanks for haivng a look and ACW

[Leon]

Paint looks really good Dierk! Did you mask or free hand it?

[panzerjager2]

Looking good.............. I can see the baby somewhere over Mogilev 
PJ2

[dierk]

Mar 30, 2017 13:27:45 GMT -5 Leon said:

Paint looks really good Dierk! Did you mask or free hand it?

I used Panzer Putty, confusingly called 'Maskier Knete' here (for the first time) - really like it as it is very low tack, so you don't end up pulling detail parts off when removing it. To start with I painted the whole upper side tan, masked the bits that stayed tan, then green all over, more masking followed by grey/gray

[Leon]

Thank you Dierk!

[TRM]

Now that is some sharp camo! Both looking and applied! Well done Dierk!

[dierk]

Thanks for the kind words gents!
Applied the rather thick kit decals - sort of went OK, but didn't notice that one of the stars ended up with a crease And I did have to paint on the '7' by hand, as the decals were crap.
Just finished stage II of the weathering. First I applied a wash using a darkened diluted version of the camo colours. Next came an oil-dot filter using various shades of Wilder paints, blended in the direction of travel.
Unfortunately, my daylight area for taking pictures is too small for this bird - just about managed one pic that shows the colours the way they are:



Got myself a new toy for editing pics (PhotoScape) still learning to drive it, but these are the results of my first session:





















Still got a few things to attach, antenna to add. Next I'll be adding the 'zorst soot, chipping, then seal it with some lacquer, followed by a bit of oil rendering and stuff.

Oh, and just in case you think the weathering is a bit heavy:

[afvfan]

If you haven't oversealed them yet can't you re-wet the krinkled decal and straighten it out?

[panzerjager2]

I hadn't noticed any "boo Boo's"..... I think it looks awesome..... 
PJ2

[wouter]

Hi Dierk, that's a good looking paintjob you did mate! And the weathering really makes it come alive.
I must say, love that 'old skool' crackled photo

Cheers

[dierk]

Apr 2, 2017 23:06:18 GMT -5 afvfan said:

If you haven't oversealed them yet can't you re-wet the krinkled decal and straighten it out?

Tried it Bob, failed...it's a really sharp crease. I'll either slice the crease off and make it look like a scratch in the paint, or simply not take close-up pics of the area

Apr 3, 2017 2:53:57 GMT -5 panzerjager2 said:

I hadn't noticed any "boo Boo's"..... I think it looks awesome..... 
PJ2

Cheers PJ - don't worry: plenty of boo boos, the secret is not to take pictures of them

Apr 3, 2017 3:07:03 GMT -5 wouter said:

Hi Dierk, that's a good looking paintjob you did mate! And the weathering really makes it come alive.
I must say, love that 'old skool' crackled photo

Cheers

Glad you're liking it Wouter! I'm pretty pleased with how it is developing myself, especially considering it's only my second wingy and first three-colour camo. What I like is that these planes were often really filthy and heavily used, so I can use weathering techniques more associated with armour. Still exploring all the effects PhotoScape (free download) offers, but the 'old-school' pic is one of my faves too - expect to see it more often

[Leon]

Aweome work on the weathering Dierk!

[TRM]

I don't think the weathering can ever be over done! LOL But what do I know! She looks fantastic Dierk! Nice job on painting the 7's!