KevinM

How do you lay down your paint ?I mentioned before it looks like the technique of many individual dots and most of the paint jobs I like are in that method.I have tried it but it works the finger and hand for me.

Keeps getting better and better!!

Starting to look the part Kai!

A fella on another forum asked anything on the pilot? So using what they supplied with the kit the only other thing I found was that all the kills were against the FW-190. The pilot of White 15 was a LT Semyon Ivanovich Rogovol who accrue 5 victories in this plane all against the formidable FW-190.He was assigned to the 64Guards Fighter Regiment(GIAP),4 Guards Fighter Division (GIAD),2nd Baltic Front,Autumn 1944.The plane was presented to LT Rogovol by sailors of Amur River Flotilla in the Far East. I did a search of his career but the only little nugget I found was all the kills were FW-190's a well developed a/c in 1944/45. Now the idea worked brilliantly if I may add sliding over the Future and not the decal.Oh and what the camera finds trust me had reading glasses on and could not see the white in some you see Well onto the pics....the MG's well be tubing within tubing as well the pitot tube with one hydraulic line per leg.

Thks Kai getting close found some pics of the gear already started the P-51 while the gloss was drying engine bay gets paint today.You guys build with patience and like pros I am a builder like a kid every now and then I will deep dive. Oh and the #15 is suppose to be @an angle per instructions if anyone is wondering.

Thka Wolf then theirs those little hiccups the Persian Rug effect.

Some pics with decals applied.I should of looked further into the plane in the area of of the exhaust but they need to protrude a little more like 1/32-1/16" I filed with a medal file some on one side to no avail but it needed more.The exhaust sat back from the inside just a little but I could not get closer without feeling I might ruin something The decals have another few coats of future on them now this needs to dry I have silver stars that go over the stars for this crate and they did not play well last night sliding around hint the gloss now slide on that.

That's some sharp work as usual Wolf man I wish I had that kind of patience.Don't stop!

Not sure about the blue some chips showed a darker blue than what is in DocRob's pic and contemplated before I decided on this blue going RLM78 but the chips were a little darker maybe not this dark?I for the second time used blue tac and once again not satisfied with the results the edges were sometimes not dark enough in spots and the tac left like a grease line in the paint in a couple of areas.I had to go back by freehand and redo every single Dk.Gull grey line and some of the Light Ghost Grey for the grease line.I should have just freehand the plane my usual method.She is glossed with future give it a day or two before I come back. Added Russian Blue chip for reference from IPMS http://www.colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?fs=25466

NUTS!! You Sir are an Artist!

don't know if I agree with the prop color and yellow tips?

Actually Peter the quality of the clear pieces in the kit are very very high even without the dip very clear.I need to show a side view later it has a unique shape like any other a/c.

Now the LT.Crusier Yahagi

Ships OK? I think that is how I found the forum from Chuck visiting MSW. I have a fascination with the lines of the JNF's and through that interest started building more of there planes and the Allied planes of the PTO.So what I have here are two Hase kits in 1/350 scale to which I spent about a month on each one.The Yukikaze.........

Well got some white on the spinner as a backdrop for the red and went on the hunt for seams found some in the tail ,behind the pit and the left wing all quick.I am thinking of going closed canopy on this something about the shape lends itself to that direction? That's all for a couple day methinks work starts back up tomorrow.

I was thinking the same thing!Nice work Rob.I always wanted to the Porsche 910 67 Gulf Livery and the GT 40 from then "it was called racing"

As to the Question Gaz I like late war American fighters all silver with colors galore like the German WWI crates.The US Government is giving these guys/kids their very own hot rod and it has 2000HP out front and they get to paint it the way they want in late war.This one is not far from desk.......

Excellent work thus far and a brave man to go chopping on that wing!I take it the engine will be numbered? Hint the pic?When I saw all the work in that area I was about to come out and flog you for no # Keep up this excellent state of craftsmanship

I know a day late and a dollar short but maybe paint the model,shade the panels and back over the panels.I like that technique on RLM 76/78

Gunsights can make an office pop on these WWII crates.Nice Gaz!!

Belts and footstraps are in and I have got to say the Quinta in this area is a Treat! The cage is glued in non need to afix the rear rad screen glue the fuse to the wings and then the last two panels for the pit are last.I will then be off to tracking down pics of the LG.

Yeah Peter never saw anybody mentioned the deal about the tail-planes but when you look before the plane got its paint you see what I have it's the kit.The cowl I read some about and nothing on the WW's just seemed a wonky way of building just me.Now if Momma with give me a break some with the dang carport I might move forward some in the next couple of days.I like wood work but macro stuff to the house not so much I tweaked C-4 and T1/T2(old injuries) last week to many hours 100' and all overhead rafter work.

Oh wanted to mentioned went to my first model contest in probably 20 years yesterday enjoyed it thoroughly in Covington LA about 1 1/4 hrs from the house got to meet some like mind people and NO WIFE!! Hooray because Kevin spent $210 on 1/32 Trumpter's Me 262,P-47N,P-51 D,P-40 and p/u a Hase 1/72 Emily and it's bigger than the most of the 1/32s minus the Jug.I am thinking of checking out the club I think I could of found a 1/32 in the built and took it with a prop.

I figured it's time for an update.The kit presents it's problems like most limited run kit first off the tail-planes have a terrible step on top on one side and the bottom of the other.I put .010 round styrene in the grove and filled outward about 1/4" and commenced to sanding had to make two passes after the silver showed the line still present at the edge about 20 mins a side.The next was the top cowl the moulding is either thick on the l/side or the male part of the fuselage is fat I worked both got some relief just not 100% maybe 85/90%.The wheel wells may I say were a "B" are made of 6 pieces all together to which you have to line them up to the bottom half of the wing and hope it lines up with the upper moulding I was close but no cigar but it happened with choice words and coercion.The fit between the fuse is OK should work but some wood clamps from the other side will probably come into play.Do I hate the kit by no means not it will be presentable as a nice build just not a shake n bake that's all.Now some pics of the good bad and ugly.

So Nick do I understand that you have HS over the silver?I found out the hard way that without a gloss black finish it makes the the chipping process tough since the finish is pebbly.It looks like you are using the short circular sprays of a million dots makes a wonderful finish but one I have yet to master.I did it on the D.Earth of the last two Hurri's just playing around.Coming along Quite Nicely!!