Moved on to the second level deck, painted and test-fitting.
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Lostagain, It is indeed regrettable that your initial paint did not work out but, your recovery paint job turned out fantastic. As the saying goes,it’s not in the mishap, it’s all in the recovery. Great job.
I’ve managed some progress here as of late. I’ve completed the engine for the Hellcat. Eduard certainly did an excellent job in molding this nicely detailed R2800. The cylinders were painted with Alclad dull aluminum and the case with MM neutral gray. The push rods were painted with Gunze flat black. This was the first time I’d tried a PE ignition wire set and at first it was a bit frustrating bending and gluing them but, once I got it down things went rather smoothly. The PE emblem and placard were also a very nice touch of detail. The engine was given an overall coat of Mr. Surfacer gloss and then treated with an oil pin wash. The engine was then given a coat of Testors semi gloss.
A note here concerning the color of the ignition wires. I have dozens of reference photos of the R2800 and I had not seen anywhere where it mentioned the color of the wires. In photos they will appear as black, silver and more often a dirty gray or green. Well the other day while reading the captions under pictures of the Smithsonian R2800 it clearly stated that the wires were in copper sheathing. This was quite clear in the photos of the engine. This would, for me, explain the dull grayish green you see in many shots as the copper would have oxidized. I opted to paint mine in the bare copper color as a bit of artistic license in order to create the contrast in colors and draw the casual observers attention to the detail.
Thanks for having look.
Looking good there guys.
Very nice looking engine Joe. (Some day try to track down a bottle of Iwata Medea Com.Art acrylics - hopeless for painting for great for weathering - some gray smoke or dirty oil delivers a part with a grimy color and a grimy feel. I’ve been using it for a couple of years - it’s hard to explain.) Cameras have really changed modelling methinks. So much lovely detail work ends up getting obscured or buried by rest of the airplane and maybe a friend or a judge would see it. Now several fellow nuts can say, that’s a sweet engine. (I should take myself more seriously: I just can’t get myself excited over super detailing a cockpit that I know nobody will ever see - except poor souls on the board.
Hobson’s components are coming together. The deck is not glued on, but it looks like things will fit. I might even build a base even though I’m sick of looking at the thing and really want to do a tank. (The new Tamiya MKIV methinks - it comes with a motor - can hardly wait.)
Eric
Thanks Eric. I’ll have a look into the Iwata medea of which you speak. The Hobson sure is looking fantastic. Sorry to hear you are seemingly burning out on it but, rest assured, I’m enjoying the heck out of your destroyer.
Engine is still looking great, Joe!
And the destroyer is excellent, Eric. It’s easy to get “sea sick,” since ships tend to take so long to finish. Nevertheless, it’s very pleasing to the eye.
Great looking work guys…that engine, Joe, looks like it’s gonna start up and power that plane!!
Rob, Thank You. That’s quite a compliment.
and CMK, Thanks…again.Lol.
Hey all,
I’m still here. Been sick for the last week or so. It’s been a long time since I have been that sick with a cold.
From the looks of all the builds going on there is some great work being done. Outstanding paint jobs. I have taken a break form the USS Missouri as the masking job on the decks have been kinda hard for me to get going the right way.
I have been working on the Kennedy PT-109 just to break up the builds a little bit. I am not entering it into any GB’s as I am not going for the historical look at the time that JFK was the skipper. I am building it for my son-in-law who really likes it.
Almost done eith it but I am having trouble with my airbrush at the time. I guess it’s time that I take it apart and do a real good cleaning and hope it works.
Keep up the great builds and I will get back on the Missouri soon.
Doug
Good to see you back Doug and that your on the mend. Look forward to seeing some more progress.
Okay, I’m back in business. I previously purchased Campbell Hausfeld Air compressors. Big mistake. I bought 2 of them . and they both went bad and that was with very few hours on them. Well today, I bought Ridgid’s vertical pancake . I was looking at Dewalts decimal .33 horsepower. When I went to Home depot. I came across the Ridgid. and it was only $20 more and its a 2 HP plus a 6 gallon tank. Hopefully, I won’t ever have to buy another.
Thats my Birthday present to myself. My B-day is October 4
Nice buy Ken, good to hear you’ll be getting back. And happy birthday for Sat. Its my Stepson’s BD on Sat as well.
.In another year, I’ll hit the big 6-oh And I thought it was bad enough to see the 3-oh. [:^)]
Anyhow, best Birthday wishes to youyr Stepson.
I was just starting to think about painting the 24 and the 17 with a brush Now, all I need is the pink paint. I read that the camo paint faded into the pink after a short time time in the North African sun. I’m comimng across some things on the internet that says it was painted that way to begin with. So which way is it?
I still have some ways to go before 60, but starting to feel it already.
I just found this old article on FSM which says the colour was ANA 616 sand which then faded to pink.
This is backed up by a list of US paints on IPMS Stockholm,
www.ipmsstockholm.org/…/stuff_eng_colorcharts_us.htm
It also gives a few paints that can be used to achieve this. How you would then lighten it to the pink hue is another matter.
Looking great, guys! There’s some really nice stuff in here!
I’ve been making progress on the T34/76, though I haven’t really gotten into the weathering yet, other than a wash that didn’t really have much of an effect, and the tracks, which are painted. I plan to go at it with weathering pastels and see how that goes. Decals are Archer dry transfer, which were super easy to use and look great - they’re thin enough to allow the turret texture to show through. Very nice.
Looking nice Steve.
Steve, The T-34 looks fantastic. I’m looking forward to your weathering on that bad boy.
Very handsome T-34, great work!