P-38j aluminium/red
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The cockpit detail is acceptable in this scale. There are no decals but the raised detail is nice. I primed everything black and used some red paint and a aluminium drybrush to paint the details. After that I used clear varnish for a glass effect on the intrument panel. This cockpit was much like 1/72 scale academy kits and then I saw that this kit was indeed a adacemy design.
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Not bad at all. I used a greenbrown wash on all green parts. I did use the seatbeld decals for the first time ever. I don't know yet if I like it.
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The turbo super chargers can be added later in the build. So is painting is easier. I painted them brown and added a light post shade with dark earth. I then used a dry brush of dark aluminium for a metal effect. Clear varnish was added before the black wash the bringout the detail. I will still do more to it before I call it finished.
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Some nose weight is needed. on a plane like this. The fit of the fuselage halfs is decent but a lot of clean up is needed because the seam lines don't line up with any panel lines.( This was not enough weight)
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The radiator flaps have ejector pin marks and I don't know if you can see them. So better be safe and fill them.
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Some of the parts are painted with the main color. I used vallejo metal colour white aluminium. Some of these parts are weathered with ammo dark night wash.
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I primed the prop parts black and painted the cones white aluminium. The decals for the blades work great. I also prepared the cones for red paint.
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The fit is decent and getting all parts lined-up is not hard at all. But the connection points do need some cleanup. I did add some revits and you can see that the gun sight doesn't have a glass.
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I added a clear plastic sheet for the sight before I added the canopy.
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Masking the canopy was a problem. The canopy framing is molded lower then the glass. So I desided to use liquid mask. I hope that the cleanup won't be to bad.
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I used white alluminium as a main colour. I also use that for the rim colour.
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The Instructions stated that some panels needed to be darker so I masked some panels and used dark alluminium to get a different shade. I paint white as a base colour for all the red parts of the scheme.
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Not much red needs to be added. But some red decals will come later.
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I added a black wash the air intakes to make them seem deeper. I also painted the anti glare panels on the engines. I should have done the nose also but i wanted to try the decal. That wasn't the right choice in the end.
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The decals are decent except for the nose anti glare panel and The devil on the tip of the nose. I needed to paint some corrections to make it look better. Al other decals are great.
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I clear coated the model to seal the decals and added Ammo Brown Green wash to all panellines.
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I also used the enamel wash for streaking and staining. I do like the look of this and i will try to use this in the future. The wheels are also weathered.
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The exhaust streaks are made with africa sand and dark brown.
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I added some chipping to the black area's and the gun barrels are added. Good detail for this scale!
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The final pieces are assembled.
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The canopy masking didn't went wel but I could fix most of it with a cocktail stick and a bit of paint. But I didn't add enaugh nose weight so thats very unfortunate.
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Still I'm happy with de result.
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This view won't be seen again. I decided to glue the model to a base.
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I will use this base a made some time ago.
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It's glued a finished now. I'm still happy with the result!
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63 13 September 2023, 11:00
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very nice and neat build and paint. what kind of paint did you use for the white and dark aluminium ?
9 December 2023, 06:49
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Thanks Pierre. I used vallejo metal colour white alluminium and dark alluminium.
9 December 2023, 11:13
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i am working on that kit right now. I would be happy it it will come out as good as yours, mate!
27 April, 11:15
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Thanks everyone!!! @Edward It's a great kit. And i'm happy with the result. Good luck with yours!
27 April, 12:37
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This is one of my favorite ww2 planes and this set has some great schemes. I will build a bare matel one. I still need to improve my metal finishes because I want to use the practise for a Mirgae 3 build.