Anzo Posted September 13, 2013 Author Share Posted September 13, 2013 Thanks, Jon. New in progress. Applied stencil decals with Mr. Mark Softer. Then airbrushed clear paint on them to protect these decals after they were dry. These stencil decals from kit were thin and looked nice. I used gray oil paint to wash fuselage. Washed bottom of fuselage, also made some oil stains. Painted sliver in some selected spots for chip effect. Then I used different colors of soft pastel to make shades and adjust the tones on fuselage. At last, airbrushed flat clear to protect the surface and consist with the same gloss. Made some chip effects on bottom too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey boyer Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Very stunning !............Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thanks, Harv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamme Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Great Job! Cheers, Jamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thank you, Jamme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Brilliant work, love the crisp, demarcations between the camo colors and especially the markings. I am amazed by the small "Whistling Britches" masks you made, I imagine cutting them out without damaging them was challenging. I do have a question for you... Have you ever encountered any troubles with those vinyl masks? I have used them a few times, and no matter what I do I get a very small amount of residue from the adhesives onto the surface of the model. I have repeatedly stuck the masks to my skin to remove almost all of the adhesive, so that they barely stick to the surface. After painting, I gently wash the surface to try and remove the residue but no matter what I try, when I spray clear coats after painting you can see exactly where the outline of the mask was. It appears as a "ghost" square around the area. Never had this happen with Tamiya tape masks. Have you ever encountered this phenomenon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Thanks, Daywalker. It really was challenging to cut the “Whistling Britches” masks. I did it twice. At last, I found using scissors is more easier. Ha…ha… I remember that I encountered same situation as you mentioned. This mask was easy to leave some residues or traces on gloss surface. I did same thing as you, used the tape to remove remaining adhesives repeatedly, again and again. After painting the fuselage, I used oil paint and Zippo lighter fluid to wash the fuselage. I think that some of remaining residues had been removed during this step. At the end, I airbrushed flat clear coat on fuselage to consist with the same gloss and protect the surface. This step also covered some residues. If any residues still remained, I would do some weathering to “cover” them. That is how I do with this situation. Just for your reference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagemusha Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Very nice, looks so good in that scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thank you, Kagemusha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 That is how I do with this situation. Just for your reference. Thank you for the detailed explanation, sounds quite possible that the wash step did help eliminate that residue. I will try your suggestion, thank you for taking the time to write it down! It's also good to know that it is not just me who experiences this phenomenon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 16, 2013 Author Share Posted September 16, 2013 Thank you for the detailed explanation, sounds quite possible that the wash step did help eliminate that residue. I will try your suggestion, thank you for taking the time to write it down! It's also good to know that it is not just me who experiences this phenomenon. No problem. In my opinion, Tamiya masking tape is best choice for masking models. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 No problem. In my opinion, Tamiya masking tape is best choice for masking models. Couldn't agree with you more on that one. I do wish more companies which sell paint masks would offer the choice between kabuki tape and vinyl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P42hogger Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Wow very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted September 18, 2013 Administrators Share Posted September 18, 2013 It just makes me proud of LSM to have a build like this over here. Very nice work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Thank you, guys. Thanks for all your encouragements. They are the Force………to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 New in progress. Thanks for watching. Made the second stage chip effect. Finial result of fuselage. Added some stains on radiator air outlets by soft pastel. Began to paint small parts. Airbrushed camouflage on doors. After washed the doors, did the weathering and made some chip effects. Painted the propeller. Applied the stencil decals on blades. Used soft pastel to make some smudges. Airbrushed these landing gears. Painted the details and break lines first. Then washed the gears and made some chips on gears as well. Painted the wheels and wheel doors. Used same method to do the weathering for them. I airbrushed Mr. Metal Color 218 alminume on exhausts first. Then airbrushed a very thin brown again. Washed exhausts by oil paint, then I used soft pastel to make some rust. Painted the MGs and washed by oil paint. Painted the basic colors for bomb and drop tank. Washed by gray oil paint, also used various colors of soft pastel to make the weathering for bomb and drop tank. Put left door and exhausts on fuselage. Made the exhaust stains with soft pastel. Another side. Airbrushed sliver on these areas of navigation light first, then airbrushed various clear color paints on them. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Whooa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Ditto Awesome work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamme Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Great job ! Cheers, Jamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkranias Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 nice work on this, great paint and weather.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anzo Posted September 25, 2013 Author Share Posted September 25, 2013 Thank you, Rick. New in progress. Finally finished this P-400, but I still need to build a bomb loader for displaying the bomb and drop tank. I will share more photos when I am done with everything. Thank you guys. I really appreciate your comments and encouragements all the way. Glued landing gears and wheel doors on fuselage. I used fishing line for the antenna wires and 0.4mm brass pipe for the insulators. Last two parts, glued the propeller and right door on fuselage. Ya~~this P-400 was done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randypandy831 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 awesome work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamme Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Hello, Really nice P-400. Can't wait to see more pics of this one. Congrats, Jamme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Fantastic! This has to be one of the best builds on LSM! So since its nearly done.... What are you thinking of next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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