Zactoman Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 It's the Tamiya 1/48 Dewoitine D.520 and I highly recommend the kit. It falls into the category of 'shake and bake'. It just so happens that Squadron is blowing them out right now at 60% off for $11.59! I started this kit years ago and shelved it due to post-divorce recreation... Unfortunately I had painted the yellow on the nose and tail and masked it for the red stripes then stopped. 8 years later the masking proved kinda difficult to remove! After about an hour of working with Bestine (rubber cement thinner) and q-tips the residue was gone and I was ready to continue. I masked and sprayed the red stripes and the rudder. Then proceded to try my first attempt at pre-shading. I discovered that my black paints were all dried so I used Floquil 'grimy black'. Next came my first time trying blue-tac sausages (though I used beige-tac as it seems less tacky and less likely to leave residue). My in-progress pictures of the underside and the gray camo came out over-exposed so I'll skip ahead to the green... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 I wanted to try something a little different with the pre-shading finish and combine it with a post-highlighting effect. So I first sprayed the base color (French green in this case) over the pre-shaded areas letting some of the darker color show through (not pictured). Next I masked certain panel edges and post highlighted using a mixture of a few drops green, a few drops of white, several drops of dullcoat and thinner. The dullcoat was added to make the paint translucent allowing me to apply several layers of 'tint' to achieve the look I was going for. I intentionally exaggerated the effect. Next I mixed the green with dullcoat and thinner and tinted over this, toning down the pastel look and evening out the color. By exaggerating then toning it down I was able to get a subtle, even finish that would have been difficult to 'just paint'. Same treatment with the brown. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 4, 2007 Author Share Posted November 4, 2007 Next came the fun part...Removing the masks! Up next is a coat of Future then the really fun part, the weathering... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mmaker Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 You have done an amazing job with the painting! Looks great with this scheme! May she looks better If you paneling too,the yellow and red areas! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 As George said, an amazing paintjob! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Oh wow, man, that is gorgeous! As the others have said, that is one fab. paint job. :) :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blackcollar Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Looks great, you did a fantastic job on those stripes...! -Al :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hornet78 Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 What in the world ar eyou doing building kits? your not allowed to untill your finished with all of your conversions!!! ;-) Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woodbeck3 Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Niiice finish to it. As long as you keep doing WW2 subjects i don't mind you skipping on your conversion sets ;). Can't wait to see me. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragan_mig31 Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Great painting <_< Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 (edited) Unfortunately I had painted the yellow on the nose and tail and masked it for the red stripes then stopped. 8 years later.... Eight years! Wow, that beats my record of leaving a project sitting all to pieces! And that paint work looks fantastic. Edited November 5, 2007 by David Walker Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 What in the world ar eyou doing building kits? your not allowed to untill your finished with all of your conversions!!! ;-)Jim Dammit Jim I'm a modelmaker not a resin spigot! I've barely found time to work on this between A-7 castings... Future made the colors pop a bit. You have done an amazing job with the painting!Looks great with this scheme! May she looks better If you paneling too,the yellow and red areas! Thank you Mmaker!Actually both the yellow and red are subtly highlighted but not pre-shaded. The stripes make the effect almost disappear... I don't know the history of the aircraft but I'd assume that the colorful markings were added after the plane had seen some action and might be cleaner than the camo. Regardless, I like the contrast. I'll be adding a light weathering to dirty them up a bit. Thanks all for the nice comments!!! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Ah, Zactomodeller....your wizadry with the airbrush is equal to that of your resin sets. Very pretty ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hornet78 Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Get back to the resin factory "Bones" I want a Seaflanker converison and I want it at Warp speed :) Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Ah, Zactomodeller....your wizadry with the airbrush is equal to that of your resin sets.Very pretty :D Thanks Guy! And how is your new airbrush treating you? Get back to the resin factory "Bones" I want a Seaflanker converison and I want it at Warp speed ;) You want a Sea Flanker, Pig wants an A-10, Rusty wants the F-100 and the rest of the free world wants the YF-23...I just want to have fun! Oiled the cracks. I used three shades. A mix of black/white/raw umber to get a darker dirty gray for the brown and green camo areas, intersections of control surfaces and holes and vents. Same mix but lighter for the undersides and gray camo areas. The lighter gray mixed with burnt sienna for the nose and tail. The Future coat was nice and glossy so I applied the oil full strength and wiped it off with dry tissue, no thinner or turpenoid. Next come decals then weathering. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 <...>I just want to have fun! <...> Sheesh, can y'all believe it! He calls that "fun"! Other people have to work real' hard to achieve such results! And he's having fun! :D Just kiddin'. Fantastic work, Chris! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Nice work on it so far! Keep it up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 (edited) Sheesh, can y'all believe it! He calls that "fun"! Other people have to work real' hard to achieve such results! And he's having fun!Yes I am having fun No, really I am!I am having fun...I am having fun...I am having fun...I am having fun... Little by little...It's coming along... I made myself some homemade decals to do this particular aircraft. The kit decals are on the top right in the following picture. Both the boxtop artwork and the painting of this aircraft I am refering to have brighter colors for the markings, particularly the blue on the roundels and rudder. I used an old Aeromaster sheet for the red/white on the roundels and painted my own blue using FS 35183 Bright Blue. Chrysler engine red was a pretty close match to the roundel red. All the paints are Testors Model Master enamels. The camo colors being the French series. Unfortunately the red/white/blue stripe decals I made didn't look very good so I ended up masking and painting the stripes on the model. Here is a second attempt at one of the tail markings. I printed them on Testors white decal paper and trimmed around it. The white backing wasn't very opaque so I trashed the first attempt. For this one I put the decal onto a sheet of Superscale white decal and let it dry, then trimmed around and applied it....Much better results. More to come soon... :) Edited November 16, 2007 by Zactoman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 15, 2007 Author Share Posted November 15, 2007 Decals finished and sealed with Future. I used some even lighter gray to oil the cracks on the decals. Clear topcoat is Testors Gloss and Flat lacquer mixed, thinned with Modelmaster airbrush thinner. Good thing I decided not to use the kit decals. The few I tried to use shattered into tiny pieces. Fortunately I had some 1/76 armor decal that I was able to steal tiny white lettering from to spell "NE PAS MARCHER". Almost done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Beautiful, beautiful work Zacto!!!! Super smooth painting on this one. Cheers, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Zacto, that is absolutely superb painting, nice work! :) MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithery Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 That sure is purty ZM. Nice to see you actually build stuff too, as opposed to just emptying the bank accounts of the aftermarket hungry masses. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chukw Posted November 15, 2007 Share Posted November 15, 2007 Dang, Xac! Really nice work on those slave jammies- cheers! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 16, 2007 Author Share Posted November 16, 2007 (edited) Thanks for the nice comments! I am having fun...I am having fun...I am having fun...I am having fun... Clean workbench: Dirty belly: Edited November 16, 2007 by Zactoman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted November 16, 2007 Share Posted November 16, 2007 No,..no,...no,...no,....no,.....! The workbench should be a place of chaos and clutter. Your workbench is way too tidy! Mind you, the end results are superb so you must be doing something right!! :lol: This is terrific Chris. The paint finish looks absolutely flawless and I really like the streaks and runs you've achieved. Mind if I ask what you used? Is it oils or maybe acrylics...? The previous shots showing the unmasked cockpit with the canopy glass in place looked sweet. Very crisp and detailed. Hopefully you'll be able to take some more once she's finished? I'm not entirely sure about those silver tyres in the background though.... :o Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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