1to1scale Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 2 hours ago, Jackster said: That pit is a thing of beauty! The grey paintwork is fantastic! Do you have any tips on how you used the 7 shades of grey? I have a couple of builds where I will have to attempt the same thing. Cheers Kev This plane was 3 shades of gray by MRP, Lt Ghost, Dk Ghost, and Navy Blue/Gray, then I mixed a lightened color of each (+ 50% thinner) by adding white, then I also used Lt Gull Gray for the wing walk area. I used reference photos of the patterns on the movie Tomcats and also some artistic license for wear pattern on other planes. except for hard mask lines, most of it was freehand. This is about the 6th plane I painted in this manner, so it is almost second nature now. I begin by painting the middle color, DGG, then I hard mask the upper NBG, and freehand the bottom LGG. For weathering, I try to use LGG on the DGG, and DGG on the LGG, I then use both those colors on the NBG, I then go in and spray various patterns on all the colors using lightened versions of all, keeping in mind these are all corrosion control touch-ups done by small spray gun of spray cans at sea. I then finally use spray stencils to lightly spray each lightened version of each color through the stencils. finally, you step back and evaluate how it looks. If its too stark a contrast, I will go and spray the original color, diluted 10% paint / 90% thinner, over everything to mute it down. However, I did not do it on the Tomcats, as these planes looked very beat up in real life. I did do it on my A-7 I did a while back. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackster Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 That is a brilliant, how to! Thank you very much, it is definitely something i need to get to grips with. The finished look is amazing. Cheers Kev 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Awesome progress on the Tomcats. Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 bump 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 Im working on it! Seriously! I started spraying the underside last week. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Tamiya is supposed to be coming out with a revised Tomcat later this year. It's going to have new wings with lowered flaps and slats. Might be worth grabbing one then. Carl 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Thanks Carl for the info. I still have three 1/48 Tamiya F-14's in the stash and would welcome another few that allowed the flaps and slats to be dropped. I feel about Tomcats as I do F4's - just can't have enough. Keep 'em comin Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 Not the best pictures, but progress on the F-14D. The F-14A is cleared and waiting for decals. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Totally enjoying your builds and the Tomcats are looking mighty good. I'm a big fan of MRP paints and shoot them straight from the bottle unthinned with a H&S Infinity CR Plus, .2 tip at about 15 psi. Just courious as to your painting technique of thinning the MRP paint. Keep 'em comin Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 On 7/8/2021 at 9:28 AM, Peterpools said: Totally enjoying your builds and the Tomcats are looking mighty good. I'm a big fan of MRP paints and shoot them straight from the bottle unthinned with a H&S Infinity CR Plus, .2 tip at about 15 psi. Just courious as to your painting technique of thinning the MRP paint. Keep 'em comin Peter Peter, I shoot them straight using an HP-CS @ 11-12 psi, I think it’s a .3 needle and nozzle. After I finish painting, I spray a lightened version of the color (white added) and about 50% thinners, I spray this broadly over the model as more of a filter, it blends the light and dark areas together. I also use this to do corrosion control touch ups, the thin paint allows slow buildup, so as to sneak up on the final effect. No lie, this method took me 9+ hours of airbrushing the three tones, but it cuts out final weathering. Only needing panel lining and stains for final. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 The effect I was going for was a clean aircraft that was on its final air show tour in 2004, so a better maintained gray finish, and a fresh black and unit markings. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Thank you for the information and a mini tutorial. Looking fantastic Keep 'em comin Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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