1/72 ESCI AC-47 done 2/28

[reserve]

Thank you sir

Awright this is the dangerous time; first color of the three toned pattern







On this one I can just lay down the color (Tammy Flat Earth and Flat Yellow mix) and not worry about overspray since none of the upper surface will be black. I'll go back later with a finer tip and fill in the thin spots, perhaps I'll mist in a little fading as well. The next color will be Tammy OD Green and here's where I've not yet decided on a hard edge or soft edge, largely 'cause I'm undecided as to how to go about masking a hard edge.

In any event I'll let it cure up some before the next color goes on

[lyle]

Good so far!

[stuart]

That is looking superb!

[reserve]

Thanks blokes

So after an hour and a half with the tape, knife and scissors that went absolutely nowhere I got annoyed and freehanded the OD green and the OD in two seperate sessions





Have to let it cure and then deal with the overspray, then mask off the nacells and redo the flat black I got all three colors on. I may have to do fading coats on both of the last parts of the pattern as there's not as much contrast between them as I thought there would be. We'll see how it looks in the morning

[TJ]

Man you work fast. Looks so good in SEA

[keavdog]

Great job free handing. Looking really sharp.

[tcoat]

Perfection!

[dupes]

I like that people still build the old kits instead of just new releases. It gives me hope for the stuff in my stash (hah!). Excellent paint.

[stikpusher]

Really good looking camo! I love the warpaint!

[handiabled]

For a freehanded camo job this looks outstanding!

[406 Silverado]

Feb 28, 2024 3:03:05 GMT -5 handiabled said:

For a freehanded camo job this looks outstanding!

  That's what I was going to say exactly. Stencils.....we don't need no stinking stencils. 

[reserve]

Thanks blokes

Much to my surprise, not all the decals disintigrated, just the smaller ones. Given their age I did not expect to be able to use any of them, and I'm not gonna worry about those that I could not as these did not carry much in the way of markings.

Decals (such as they are), shiny coat, and the beginnings of a Dark Dirt Flory's wash. I was not delicate enough with the airbrush to get the black undercoat to show thru





As a side note, the general rule of thumb seems to be 15-20 psi on the regulator while airbrushing. If I do this the overspray will be extensive; it was when I did this on the first painting cycle here. When I went to clean it up I thinned the paint same as I'd done before but added more retarder and boosted the regulator up to 40 psi which resulted in better atomization of the paint with much less overspray. Only trouble with this is you have to hold the model lest you blow it off whatever you've got it sitting on

[lyle]

Ooohhh, shiny!

Great camo job. Thanks for the a/b info, as well.

[keavdog]

Interesting AB info - seems counter intuitive. Gotta try that.

[Steve Zuleski]

Well now, Mark, that birdie is lookin mighty perty!

[reserve]

Thanks gents

'Tis done













Acrylic clear semi gloss over the decals and Flory's to seal it up. The landing gear is very spindly and rickety so I'll not be moving this one around much.

For an ancient model I thought this one was pretty good; I've built much newer kits that were much worse, and I'm quite happy I did not put much effort into that invisible interior

[tcoat]

That was quick! Looks really really good. I will always love these old school kits even with their basic detail they can come up really nice with a good paint job.

[stikpusher]

Looks great! Ready to deal with those pesky Cong…

[Medicman71]

Wow! That looks great!!

[Tojo72]

Puff was bad-ass,took the wind out of their sails,that camo looks great.

[keavdog]

Really nice job. Great looking build of a menacing aircraft.

[kyledehart5]

Quick work!! Turned out awesome!! Love the camo work. Great job on another one.

[reserve]

Thank you gents, I'm off work for a time and the weather's not good so this is mostly all I do all day

[handiabled]

Excellent paintwork sir! You turned a gappy ill fitting vintage kit into a beauty!

[tcoat]

Feb 29, 2024 17:42:25 GMT -5 reserve said:

Thank you gents, I'm off work for a time and the weather's not good so this is mostly all I do all day

It helps that there isn't a 50 piece interior (including the head in the tail section)  like some kits.