Peterpools

Jeroen Sitting right next to Harv ... Brilliant! Keep 'em comin Peter

Pete Just glad that as long as all is well and everything worked out for you. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Phil Tamiya XF3 is surely a bear and paint to use. I was thinking of using a white undercoat, total forgot as I was in a rush and then after reading Rob's comments, realized it was the right way to go. next time around, I'll be using either MRP or Mr Color Yellow and hopefully one less issue to deal with. Loads of backtracking and sometimes it felt more like two steps backwards and just one step forward, as I redid so much of the painting and building stages. Back in the old days (just have to stop saying that), we use to say: just keep on trucking! Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Much appreciated and thank you for the tips - next time I'm using yellow, a white undercoat is a must. I still have some more masking and paint work to do before reaching the decals stage and for the first time, I'm tossing around the possibility of actually using a clear glosscoat, sealing every thing in, then decaling and acrylic or oil washes. I can't use any enamel washes without a clearcoat as the AK Aluminum is enamel based and the Alclad is lacquer. I'm thinking of a pure lacquer base gloss coat and then using either enamel or oil washes. My second concern is killing the NMF with the clearcoat. Still always trying to solve issues I never thought about before starting. Keep 'em comin Peter

Much appreciated Gaz Masking has consumed untold amounts of both Tamiya masking tape and nearly as much time as actual build time. I do take a few days break in between masking session as it simply wears me out and then the stress of very carefully removing the Tamiya masking tape with fingers crossed that none of the NMF peels off ... so far, so good. 🤞 Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kev That she is .. one gorgeous looking gal for sure. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kai Finally things are coming together and I've had to do a lot of backtracking, redo's light buffing and polishing. The yellow has been a bear at best and I've now done the tail twice and what it is , it is. Next up, I need to add some of the various assorted colored NMF panels and install the gear. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Harv Getting there slowly but surely Keep 'em comin Peter

ADDING COLOR 12/16/21 Pushing ahead with adding all the various colors and that means a boat load of masking needs to be done for each color. Yellow: what a bear and it didn’t go as well as expected, as the yellow: Tamiya XF3 Flat Yellow that was shot over the tail feathers just looked bleached out after I masked and shot on the ID Wing Bands. The yellow is very translucent and the under-color base greatly effects the color hue. The yellow on the tail surfaces was over AK Aluminum and the yellow ID wing bands were over Alcald Semi Matte Aluminum and that alone effected the final color so much more then I expected. Nothing else to do but re-mask the tail, a light polish sanding with 8,000 and then 12,000 micro mesh and re-shoot the tail. The results are much better but still too translucent. What I should have done was re-prime with white and then the yellow but the Mustang is starting to wear me out abit. Red: having seen how the base coat color would affect the final paint color, I wanted the prop hub and red nose area on the tip of the fuselage to be exactly the same shade, as they are smack dab next to each other, so I first air brushed the two piece hub AK Aluminum and then followed up with MRP Red and it’s was a perfect match to the fuselage red; thank goodness something went right. The prop still needed a bit more polishing as I was able to see some very slight scratches after the first priming (a definite drawback to Revell’s soft plastic) and I spent some time stripping the paint off, re-polishing each of the four prop blades and then the gray primer was applied once again. Finally finished off the prop with Tamiya LP1 Gloss Black, which will eliminate the need to gloss the prop prior to decaling. Still need to paint the tips yellow – my favorite color. The OD Glare Panel was tackled next. I struggled to mask off the antiglare panel evenly on both sides as there were no panel lines to use for a masking guide. I needed to fuss a bit masking the front of the wind screen but all should be OK, or so I thought. My plan all along was to pop of the front windscreen off and reposition it before painting and guess who didn’t follow the plan? Hopefully I won’t need to pop it off now but we’ll see how it goes. The antiglare panel was painted with Hataka CO65 OD thinned with their own lacquer thinner – excellent results, smooth and no issues. Next up: All the gear and getting the Mustang on her feet. Thanks for checking in Keep ‘em comin Peter

Mark Awesome masking and paint work Keep 'em comin Peter

Drifter Got ya .. glad to see you plan on finishing the Mossie when time and life allows. Keep 'em comin Peter

Why not just add the rivets to the engine nacelles and continue with the build? Keep ‘em comin Peter

Smitty Nice Dr 1 .. looking forward to some build threads. Thanks for the link. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Martin and Hubert thanks so much for the information and links. Trumpeter surely should be thanked for biting the bullet and correcting the Wildcat issues. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Scott Looking forward to following your Lanc build and nice find on the package Keep ‘em comin Peter

Bill Terrific choice for your next WNW’s build. Looking forward following. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Carl Sue pick is perfect and what an addition to the family. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Martin looking mighty good and just the right amount of weathering for me. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Gus looking forward to following your upcoming Jug build. Nice choices on the AM sets to add the missing details. I’m close to finishing my Mustang with a NMF and have used both AK Extreme Metals and Alclads and both seem to work equally well. Looking forward to following your build. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Rob Wonderful work on the figure and I’ve always felt figures are a true art form of their own. I know the issues you have had with the eyes and as I look at the figure, I’m immediately drawn right to them. Being the last person who should offer any advice on figure painting, I think the ‘staring’ look is more from the white of the eyes being possibly too white and maybe a creamy white would soften the look. Brilliant painting and weathering on the Tankette .. right on the money. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Carl Nice choice for a relaxing, no stress fun build. Will be following. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Guys I have to admit, I always try and find a laser cut mask set from Eduard or other companies - makes life so much easier, especially for my old eyes. Keep 'em comin Peter

Right with Kai and Phil Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Amazing work - brilliant progress Keep ‘em comin Peter

Kev Nice progress and looking mighty good. I bet you’re counting the minutes until your som is home on Wednesday for the holidays Keep ‘em comin Peter