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Last year I ordered a couple of kits from Russia that took over three months to arrive. Hung up somewhere in Europe from what I've been told. Makes me leery ordering from Russia now. -
She looks great Alan! When you order from Asia, try to order from vendors in Hong Kong or Taiwan. For some reason, their shipping is much quicker and more reliable. There are some vendors in mainline China that do a good job as well, but it seems to be more hit-or-miss when it's from the mainland. Not sure why, it just is what it is. I learned the hard way.
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Using Vallejo acrylic paints, started by spraying on black primer. The first face and flesh color applied by brush is brown sand. This will be followed by many multiple thin coats of various flesh shades to achieve a desired outcome. For this exercise, I made a “wet palette” to keep the paint thin and wet. Vallejo and others subscribe to many thin coat applications to prevent any ‘clumpiness’ in the finished paint.
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Everything looks brilliant. You are really doing this ship some justice, Mike. Love seeing your updates.
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Probably so but since I never use the figures…
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Test fit, test fit, and test fit again. Had to remove both inner door latch handles in order to get the doors to close. It”s a tight fit for two men in the front seat!
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It’s just a dry fit. Makes no sense to paint unless you know it fits, first. I wasn’t sure it the arms and Hans would be in the proper position to hold the steering wheel.
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Once adding the figures, makes me realize how small the car is.
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Thanks Edward. I'm not a figure painter but will give it my best shot. Been watching some techniques that I'll try out here for the first time, so will just have to see how it goes.
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I had not considered how tricky it might be to get the figures fitted into the model. Had to break away the clutch and brake pedals, then break away the steering wheel and column. A rough dry fit indicates I can get it to work. After painting the figure, will need glue the wheel into his hands then deal with the steering column. The clutch and brake pedals cannot stay, not enough space and you couldn’t see them anyway. The remaining figures should fit much more easily. Nothing in the way.
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Indeed it does. Great job on these figures OC.
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She looks like one could climb aboard and go to sea...just like the real thing. Stunning model, Yves.
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Great build of the Phantom, EG! Love it! F-4's flew out of MacDill AFB here in my hometown and I always got a kick seeing them flying formation overhead.
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I don't know where you grew up, but nobody told the pilots flying to Avon Park bombing range in Florida about that law. I heard sonic booms all the time in the 60's.
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Mr Color has a few modulation sets that box four varying shades of paint, dark to light, in one set. One is for gray German vehicles (the one I'm using), one set for green Japanese aircraft, one set for sand-desert colored vehicles, and one set for Japanese navy. So the idea is to lay down the darkest color first, then gradually lighten it with the next three lighter shades. This gives a 3D effect and shadows. It's easy enough to do the same thing by adding a varying percentage of lighter color to a dark base color of any paint brand, but I particularly like the Mr Color lacquer paints. They behave well out of the airbrush, plus I can thin them down quite a bit without getting runs in the paint. Gives me better paint flow control than I can get with acrylics. Here is a Israeli tank I did with the desert yellow modulation set:
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There are a lot of diorama possibilities in my shop. Got to practice.
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You get two complete hoods in this kit. One is molded for the closed position, and the other for a folded or open position. I plan to display it closed, but am tempted to build and paint the folded open hood just for kicks. I like the engine bay detail and of course none of it can be seen with it displayed with a closed hood.
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Nice recovery you made on the deck. Those wood decks are notorious for wicking the paint underneath your paint masks. I learned that the hard way on a 1:350 USS Essex aircraft carrier I was building when I masked and painted the deck numbers. The deck sucked the paint underneath the mask.
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Laid down some German gray paint tonight in four stages, modulation. First stage second stage third stage fourth stage will finish it off with some grime and a little rust here and there. Next will work on the interior.
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