Mark1
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Oh, that tool box brings back memories. Heavy things to cart around. Flotation cans on the seats I see. Only have a few hours logged in these so I'm not overly conversant with the Mk4!!Dosnt look to dissimilar View attachment 502178
Woah! thats a cool image!Dosnt look to dissimilar View attachment 502178
"Embarrased by the second one...."Little update. I will add these images, even though I'm quite embarrassed by the 2nd one.
First one shows my primed parts (Humbrol grey spray primer)
Second one shows my absymal paint job.
I sprayed the bottom part grey (paint is Vallejo Light Grey) but for some weird reason it looks green!!
I have added a grey wash to try and darken it and make it worn/dirty) I guess that's worked a little.
as for the horrendous seats, the manual says to paint them blue and shows a humbrol paint, however I don't
have that and the nearest thing I have to blue is turquoise and night blue, so I painted them the turquoise.
unfortunately it looks dreadful, I will try and make them look less horrible by adding a wash tomorrow.
My painting would shame an eight year old right now, I can only hope I get better with practice!
More images to come as I continue to work on this kit.
Just to build on what Mike said. Have a butchers at my VW Beetle build. I cocked up good style on that. But with advice from the good chaps on here, recovered what I thought was a right dustbin of a build. I always do a warts and all build then the guys can offer advice and make recommendations if needed."Embarrased by the second one...."
You should see some of the disasters I have put on here.... and not only with the painting - you learn by your mistakes, we all do.
A tip for your photo's. When you 'Attach files' the photo, there is a button on the top left that says 'Insert' click on that and then the button that opens 'Full Image', that will give you the full image and save my poor old eyes...
Mike
Thank you, sorry about the images, I didn't know."Embarrased by the second one...."
You should see some of the disasters I have put on here.... and not only with the painting - you learn by your mistakes, we all do.
A tip for your photo's. When you 'Attach files' the photo, there is a button on the top left that says 'Insert' click on that and then the button that opens 'Full Image', that will give you the full image and save my poor old eyes...
Mike
Thanks for the great tips!Evening Steve. It's coming along nicely.
Painting is a quandary. What I did with my SK was as Jacko said, leave off the rotors to spray the fuselage. Easier. I then painted liquid mask onto the wheels as I had already glued them in position. Don't forget to mask off the canopy and windows. As mine was 1/72 I used liquid mask on the side windows and tape on the canopy. I didn't seal the canopy and allowed some of the spray to enter. Annoyed me but wasn't overly bad. Check out my build here if you wish. (Skip to page 7 to get to the external painting). It was my first build for - a very very long time.
Good luck with the painting
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