Great updates Andrew nice painting the fig.
Great updates Andrew nice painting the fig.
Just caught up Andrew and you've done some great work on this kit, I shall pay closer attention now
Well,going "the extra mile" with this old kit was certainly worth the effort eh Andrew?!.......... what an improvement that is .
Cracking work,I have some of those sanding sticks,always thought they were a bit of an unnecessary luxury, but, about 12 months ago I finally bought some,to see what all the fuss was about !.... Have to say that I'm glad I did, they're a great addition to the "tool kit" ,
Looking forward to seeing the paint going on !
Looks good after all that wrangling Andrew.
Still with you here, Andrew! Nice work so far and a great job in repairing the step. It's also good to see the pilot recovered well and can sit in the pit Sir!!!...
Prost
Allen
Well done with the wing step. A case of "Now you see it, now you don't". That took a lot of patience and determination.
Nice to see some paint going on.
Looking good Andrew. Nothing wrong with the shade I’d say. It looks quite similar to the one I’ve mixed from the Eduard instructions.
If you suffering from insomnia, this site is excellent….there is a huge amount there though.
That's a lovely bit of paintwork!
Yep, liking that a lot too .
Looking very good Andrew.
Very nice Andrew I like the color and the shade looks well. Great jobGood evening all.
So the upper surface green and off-black anti-glare patch are done!
As you may have seen from previous posts I have been consulting a site for this build called Aviation of Japan run by a chap called Nick Millman (www.aviationofjapan.com/).
I must admit I had not heard of this site or Nick before starting this build but it seems very well researched, a lot of people seem to rate it and from the short exchange I had with Nick on something he seems a decent enough chap.....so in for a penny, in for a pound!
For this whole build and as usual, I have been largely been using Vallejo Model Air in particular their IJN Colours Pre-war to 1945 (71.169).
The following are some of Nick's not wholly enthusiastic thoughts on the set:
Source: www.aviationofjapan.com/2017/04/vallejo-ijn-colors-set-visual-appraisal.html?m=1
- "...the Vallejo colour descriptions do not fully correspond to IJN paint colour designations. This makes it more difficult to reconcile them without direct comparisons..."...that is something of an understatement and I found his site when trying to reconcile this exact problem when looking at the kit properly.
- In is opinion, Vallejo get the colours of the black greens wrong way around. Vallejo attributes Dark Black Green (71.325) to Mitsubishi and the other to Nakajima (Black Green 71.322)....in his opinion the colours are a better match the other way around.
- Both theses colour apparently suit more weathered paints than a fresh coat but that is ok as I'm doing a slightly weathered coat.
- The anti-glare paint on the cowling is not pure black but a blue-back....apparently similar to RAF 'Night'. This lines up with Tamiya's instructions.
So the kit was painted as follows:
- The green you will see below is IJN Black Green 71.322. This was done over a mottle coat of IJN Medium Grey 71.312. The initial finish looked a bit too mottled and not in line with the underneath and so I ended up giving it a second light coat.
- The anti-glare coat on the cowling was done use a 3:1 mix (as per the instructions) of Black 71.057 and the nearest blue I had, RLM24 Dark Blue 71.266
Oh and just a minor faux pas on my part.....I applied the pre-decal clear coat this afternoon.....before I painted the exhausts! DOH!! So I'll have to deal with that later.
All comments welcome as usual.
Andrew
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Before the anti-glare coat went on.
And just some minor masking ahead of the anti-glare coat on the cowling....you can't be too careful after all!!
All in all very pleased with it, even if the anti-glare coat is very slightly off-centre.
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