Tomahawk progress
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Cockpit finished 🙂, but no seat belts yet..
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Riveting done!
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Preshading and painting of all the small parts finished. Colors in the background will be used for the camo.
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All prepared for the second camo color. I changed my mind for the dark brown I will use RAF brown instead of XF-68.
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Camo finished! Colors look darker in the picture than they do in reality. The white balance on my phone camera isn't the best.
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I seem to have misaligned the sharkmouth. Time to fix..
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First a bit of red sprayed in the air intake.
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Next, masking and spraying the black.
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A couple of shark teeth was painted using the air intake channels. Also added some white paint where it was needed elsewhere.
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Lastly, a coat of clear gloss to seal it in.
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Everything is finished and awaiting the weathering step.
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Tomahawk is finished.
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Mirror is a piece of aluminium foil.
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RAF 112 Squadron meetup 😉
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Tomahawk Mk.II compared to Warhawk P-40N.
Komentarzy
1 23 July 2018, 18:25
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I've started building the Airfix Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II. I will do the sharkmouth version from the 112 squadron. Unfortunately, the PE kit I bought didn't contain any seat belts so I had to order them separately. So the build has ground to a halt as I don't want to seal the fuselage before the seat belts are mounted. More to come..😉
23 July 2018, 18:29
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Great start Björn. Will look at yours closely as I have the same kit and want to make the Desert scheme too
28 July 2018, 04:51
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There is some careful and fine work in there mate. Looking fine all over. 👍 🙂
28 July 2018, 05:32
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Thanks Kerry! Your work is truly amazing, so it means a lot to me to receive these encouraging words from you, master😉.
28 July 2018, 14:46
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The seatbelts have arrived, so I've done some more work on the Tomahawk. Riveting and all base painting is finished. Next will be a clear coat and decals.
31 July 2018, 14:10
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Nice nice nice Björn. I like what I see. Think I must start mine soon. The riveting look great!
31 July 2018, 15:29
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Björn, Is the pre shadowing really worth the effort. ? As I am old school who 'washs' the surface in an attempt to create that fine line weathering. 👍
But what I am seeing has still got me looking for more pop corn. 🙂 👍
Blu-Tac rules. 🙂
31 July 2018, 16:25
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I can only agree with the other mates, really nice project so far!
31 July 2018, 18:09
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Thank you mates! 🙂
@Kerry, the pre-shading isn't that much extra work and combining it with post-shading I think it can give some nice result. Especially on the under side. Not so much on the top side when doing a camo pattern as on this plane, though, where I painted the colors on top of each other. I usually don't do that, but I was going to use a darker shade of brown to start with, and then when I changed my mind to go with the lighter shade, I had already sprayed the first layer.. I'm doing a wash later on also to enhance the detail and create some weathering effects. 🙂
1 August 2018, 09:34
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I didn't get the fit of the shark mouth down right, so I will have to do some painting to fix it. I'm also thinking of doing some extra painting around the intake.
1 August 2018, 09:49
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Björn, thank you for that little bit of info, as I am yet to try it, just to say I have had a go at something new. 👍
1 August 2018, 10:34
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The sharkmouth is fixed! 🙂
A little bit of masking, spraying and hand painting with a bit of clear gloss over it and the shark grin is there. Next is assembly and weathering.
1 August 2018, 12:05
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Great fix on that sharkmouth. I believe the sharkmouth decals never fit like it is supposed to. Good job Björn. Your P-40 already looks very good
1 August 2018, 16:14
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Thanks James! 🙂
The Tomahawk is finished! 🙂 My first Airfix model was a really nice surprise. Fit and details were good and with the extra details from the Eduard pack it came out really nice, so I'm happy with it.
2 August 2018, 16:18
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Björn. I can well imagine the biggest smile on your face right about now, 🙂 🙂 🙂
'What a beaut' as we say here in Oz, and ready for that big gold medal too I'd say. hehehehe
Just beautiful my friend and worth every second too. 👍 👍 👍 🙂
2 August 2018, 19:24
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Thank you Kerry, Wim and Timothy! 🙂 It was a really nice kit to build.
4 August 2018, 14:46
Album info
Progress photos of my build of the Airfix Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.II.