Hasegawa Maschinenkrieger Falke WiP

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December 17, 2017
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December 17, 2017
Starting off with the seat.
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December 17, 2017
Black base for the Alclad.
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December 17, 2017
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December 17, 2017
Hairspray and rubbed-off primer.
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December 17, 2017
The finished seat with a light dot filter.
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December 17, 2017
Some dryfitting.
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December 17, 2017
Some dryfitting.
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December 17, 2017
Some dryfitting.
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December 18, 2017
The cockpit tub: primed with Surfacer 1200.
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December 18, 2017
Black base for Alclad
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December 18, 2017
Alclad base
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December 18, 2017
First attempt with hairspray and H57 - looked shitty due to the gloss. So I removed it.
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December 18, 2017
Second attempt: This time I used some flat base.
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December 18, 2017
And here the whole cockpit tub after washing, drybrushing and filters.
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December 19, 2017
Preparing the hatch with Surfacer
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December 19, 2017
Black base for Alclad
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December 19, 2017
Alclad base
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December 19, 2017
Interior color on hairspray
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December 19, 2017
The cushion (?) was finished using Vallejos.
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December 21, 2017
Cockpit sidewalls
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December 21, 2017
Instrument panel with chipping
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December 21, 2017
Decals on
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December 21, 2017
The whole cockpit tub
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December 21, 2017
Used an aircraft decal for a random warning stencil.
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December 23, 2017
Tub installed
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December 23, 2017
Closing up the fuselage
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December 23, 2017
Closing up the fuselage
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December 23, 2017
Primed with Surfacer 1200
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December 23, 2017
Primed with Surfacer 1200
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December 23, 2017
Primed with Surfacer 1200
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December 23, 2017
Primed with Surfacer 1200
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December 23, 2017
Did some sort of casting for the best green color.
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December 23, 2017
Dirty areas black based
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December 23, 2017
Dirty areas black based
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December 26, 2017
Some dark grey for the engine area
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December 26, 2017
Some dark grey for the engine area
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December 26, 2017
Green base coat
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December 26, 2017
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December 26, 2017
Yellow pre-shading
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December 26, 2017
Blending it in with the base color
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December 26, 2017
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December 28, 2017
Field repairs an touch-ups
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December 28, 2017
Field repairs an touch-ups
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December 29, 2017
Now for the red tips ...
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December 29, 2017
Protect the green base coat
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December 29, 2017
Off-white as base and for the white borders
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December 29, 2017
Protect the white borders
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January 2, 2018
Now for the bright red!
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January 2, 2018
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January 2, 2018
Post-shading with yellow
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January 2, 2018
Blending it all in
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January 2, 2018
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January 2, 2018
The best moment is when the masking comes off!
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January 2, 2018
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January 2, 2018
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January 5, 2018
Clear cote in preparation for the decals
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January 5, 2018
Details in the engine area
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January 5, 2018
Decals!
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January 5, 2018
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January 5, 2018
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January 5, 2018
The bright white of the decals was muted with Tamiya Smoke
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January 14, 2018
Washing starts
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January 14, 2018
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January 14, 2018
Dot filter with oil colors
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January 14, 2018
Here you see slight blue tint caused by the filter
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January 14, 2018
Blue filters (lower arrows) and brown filter (upper arrow)
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January 14, 2018
Filters on the gun casing
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January 14, 2018
Blue filter to accent the panel edge
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January 19, 2018
Now for the details: black base for the nozzle
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January 19, 2018
Alclad
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January 19, 2018
Gun primed
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January 19, 2018
Coal black
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January 19, 2018
... and weathered with pigments
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January 19, 2018
Now is the time to build a little display base
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January 20, 2018
Almost finished! some weathering for the engine area.
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January 20, 2018
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January 20, 2018
Filters for the anti-grav balls
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January 20, 2018
The gun bay received some weathering, too.
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January 20, 2018
Dot filters
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January 20, 2018
And some dull cote to finish
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January 20, 2018
That's it! Check the gallery album for a walk-around of the finished Falke.