Pucara
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Thought I’d add some belts and means to escape in a hurry
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Remembered to include some weight in nose
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Simple paint job don’t expect to see much anyways
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Painted and hopefully will give the idea under the glass
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Added pins to tail planes to help fitting
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Again the props are butt jointed so I’ve drilled the hubs to match the sprue gate of the props
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Last look before it disappears below canopy
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A shim was also need at wing root to help gap filling
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Ready for some colour
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Bit of air brush practice, which I need
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Colour not as bright as it appears here
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Hard to see the cut masks, hope I don’t use the wrong ones yet again
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Well my airbrush skill are wonting. Tried to free hand camo but no it’s was a mess. So to plan B
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Looking a little like custard and mint ice-cream
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Will try a filter on the light stone! As looks a little too custard to me
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Added filter then had to touch up some of the mint then more filter as although I hadn’t thought it had the filter had changed the colours quite a bit as wanted
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Not a lot of decals on underside
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Bringing out the panel lines
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All done and barely enough nose weight
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Comentários
21 9 January 2022, 09:30
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Adding nose weight cussed more than a bit of trouble 🤞it's enough after the grief it's caused
10 January 2022, 21:44
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Can't say I'd recommend this kit or the ones it's taken from to beginners as it's completely butt fit not a helping locator any where to be seen
11 January 2022, 13:43
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Cheers Cuajete,
Again the props are butt jointed so I've drilled the hubs to match the sprue gate of the props. Just hope I put the props in the right way, while I won't tell and those I know won't no either I, sure some here will be able 😆
12 January 2022, 00:11
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Not sure if it my lack of skill or the kits but I've needed more filler for gaps on this build than many before. The lack of any help in the form of kit keys does set a challenge
13 January 2022, 21:48
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At this scale my free hand airbrush skills are poor. Having attempted to freehand the camo I gave up and tried to creat some masks. Again I'm found wanting in the skills, I've created masks cut them out (destroying the other sections) to discover I've saved the wrong masks - the brown not the green, this I proceed to doing again two more times, thought by hand would be quicker than using my scanNcut, how wrong was I.
So I've made and cut the masks now to use them, fingers crossed
17 January 2022, 14:04
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I'm please with the green though. Made using the iModelkit app and the paint mixer section and paint I have to hand. No idea if anything like the real thing but looks good enough for me compared to photos I've seen
17 January 2022, 14:07
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Perseverance, that's the prime requisite for camo scheme techniques! Mine usually end up a mix of freehand airbrush, masks and then that reliable old fallback, brushing to tidy up the glitches!. Finding the "correct" colour is always a challenge for me, too. In the end, I can usually find something from my selection which looks rather close (keeping in mind the real aircraft can vary a bit, depending on paint batch shades, fading over time, etc). As you said, in the end as long as it "looks good enough for me". 👍
17 January 2022, 14:29
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Cheers @Cuajete & @Bas Tonn
I've adde a gloss coat in prep for decals, I like to ensure this has time to dry before it's attacked by decal solutions.
19 January 2022, 12:42
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Well first of 2022 complete and a bit of the modelling rust nocked off..
Thanks for all the kind words and on with the next 😁
21 January 2022, 20:10