Brundledonk Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 I'm in the process of getting all of the internals painted up and am really looking forward to getting it all zipped up I'm not sure yet if I want to have the bomb bay doors open but as there is a lot of nice detail in there I think I'll paint it all up and make my mind up after that. Hopefully the next update will be with the halves glued together ( but don't hold your breath lol ) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falloffalot Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Beautiful work pete, I see Fluffy mk2.0 is keeping an eye on things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 That pit looks very nice Peter. Where did you get the info to paint the ammo boxes green? I painted mine aluminium to give some colour in an otherwise drab interior.Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdbo76 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Very nice progress Pete. The painting and weathering is amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morley bill Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 great job looking forward to your progress with this project regards .Bill.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Beautiful work pete, I see Fluffy mk2.0 is keeping an eye on things Cheers Jas, That's Fluffy 2.1 you have spotted mate, he's pulling the strings on this build and helping me out. Left to my own devices the wings would end up back to front lol From left to right Fluffy 1.0, Fluffy 2.0 and fluffy 2.1 Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 That pit looks very nice Peter. Where did you get the info to paint the ammo boxes green? I painted mine aluminium to give some colour in an otherwise drab interior. Cees Thanks Cees, To totally honest I assumed the ammo boxes would have been OD but just sprayed them with interior green as that was in the cup. I'm really trying to keep the research to a bare minimum as I have a chequered past in this regard and know I will end up obsessing over corrections and missing details and the build will stall ( I have OCD big time lol ) I already went googling after I saw your post to find pics of the side pod ammo boxes and you are spot on they do look aluminium with what looks like plywood ? Fronts. I was all set to repaint but from pics that I have I dont think that Ave Maria had the side pods so I guess the correct thing to do would be to leave these out ? Not sure what to do, maybe I'll repaint them and see how they look. Can you remember if much can be seen of them when viewed through the canopy Cees ? I really appreciate you pointing it out though mate as although I've said I'm being a bit lean on references these days, I still like to know if I've gone wrong and have the opportunity to correct it or at least have it saved in the memory bank for future builds Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Very nice progress Pete. The painting and weathering is amazing! Thanks Fabian, I'm trying so hard to keep it reigned in as if I don't watch it I'll end up back to my usual over the top ready for the scrap heap style lol. Yes mate need to get as much progress as possible as when Nigel's package arrives I'm going to have my hands full with both builds You have a full plate too mate ( lunar diver, Hind and the big HK kit ) busy few months ahead for both of us I reckon Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 great job looking forward to your progress with this project regards .Bill.. Cheers Bill, I Appreciate the kind words and support mate Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdbo76 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Thanks Fabian, I'm trying so hard to keep it reigned in as if I don't watch it I'll end up back to my usual over the top ready for the scrap heap style lol. Yes mate need to get as much progress as possible as when Nigel's package arrives I'm going to have my hands full with both builds You have a full plate too mate ( lunar diver, Hind and the big HK kit ) busy few months ahead for both of us I reckon Pete Thanks Fabian, I'm trying so hard to keep it reigned in as if I don't watch it I'll end up back to my usual over the top ready for the scrap heap style lol. Yes mate need to get as much progress as possible as when Nigel's package arrives I'm going to have my hands full with both builds You have a full plate too mate ( lunar diver, Hind and the big HK kit ) busy few months ahead for both of us I reckon Pete Quite busy indeed, I even got a bit worried... but then remembered that building is nice quality time for myself. So being "busy" is a good thing ;-). I decided to go one by one, without to much overlay of the different build. If one isn't fun anymore I simply switch builds till the mojo kicks back in :-). Your mojo is flowing just fine as it seems, keep the pics coming mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 Fuselage halves are together . . . . . Yeah right and I'm the Queen of Sheba ! Not much done today but it's my thread so I'm going to post the little bit of progress and it's not like I'm holding a gun to your heads and making you follow this lol I painted the ammo belts for the rear guns the results in the pics are the second try as the first time I used brass but it just ended up looking a bit fake and too bright. So I sprayed it again with Alclad pale gold and masked the shells with a thin strip of Tamiya tape and then sprayed with Duraluminum It still looks a little off to my eyes but much better than the brass which was far too orange 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 The detail on the edges of the belts are a tiny bit soft but after a dark wash look pretty good I had a thought to add a tracer round every 5th one ( not sure if this is correct or even if this bird used them ) but need to find some info first I got some work done on the bombs too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 The yellow band looks like a decal but it's painted on, I primed the bombs in white and then sprayed a yellow band and masked the stripe. I think it looks like a decal because I was out of Matt yellow so had to use gloss and it went on much smoother than I would have liked, plus when I sprayed the main body of the bomb I did it at a distance to try and get a little bit of texture on it and the stripe stands out against it being so smooth, although the extreme magnification makes it look worse than it is im pretty sure that the stripe should be further foward on the nose of the bomb but I didn't fancy my chances of getting a decent line on a compound surface so I used the foward mounting hole on the back as the starting point door my masking to try and make sure that they ended up similar on all six bombs These are almost finished I just want to do a little more to the fins to define the detail a tiny bit Cheers for looking in guys, hopefully I can get some proper bench time tomorrow and can continue to put you all to sleep with the monotony lol Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Thanks for the tip Pete, I painted my belts brass too and thought it looked too stark too. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Got the bomb bay painted up. I really screwed the pooch when I sprayed the undercoat unfortunately and managed to end up with a grainy finish ( I really should have stripped it and started again, but oh well such is life ) not exactly sure how I did it but am guessing the primer needed a drop more thinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 the pictures are all over the place as I uploaded them when Photobucket was having its meltdown and they didn't go up in the order I took them, and I can't remember what stage I was at in the painting of them so I apologise for the lack of stage by stage explanation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Quick dry fit showed not much of the bay is visible once the bombs get glued in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Base colours sprayed on the sides of the bay that face the inside of the fuselage This still needs some detail painting, a wash and a bit of weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 The difference in the weathered an unweathered finishes is very clear in these pics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted January 31, 2016 Author Share Posted January 31, 2016 Not much can be seen through the gap inbetween the armoured shields but I have decided that side pod guns or not, I will repaint the ammo boxes aluminium and fit them just to add a bit more detail the bare walls 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseGill Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 WOW. Looks bloody amazing mate.Love your weathering technique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngtiger1 Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 Just caught up here, and dude, I say your doing a fabulous job on her. Love the ammo belt. Looks real on my ipad screen. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ophthoidoug Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Really enjoying this build thread. I'm just ahead of you, having just buttoned up the fuselage halves. I'll watch closely to see how you handle the lost rivet detail which will likely result when you join/sand the two halves... Re-make each rivet with a punch? Re-make each full line of rivets with a pounce-wheel? Re-surface the finished result? Thanks for posting Doug SoCal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theseeker Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Excellent build and paint all around! Rocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanReed Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Love it!! The colors and wetahering are very nice indeed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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