1/48 Tamiya Me262a1 "White 3"

[moon puppy]

I've always been a post shade type of guy, Preshading gets lost because I have such a heavy hand with painting.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Looking good!

 

[mustang1989]

I've always been a post shade type of guy, Preshading gets lost because I have such a heavy hand with painting.

I've tried the post shading but on mine it looks like just that......post shading. Weathering can be a tricky thing.

 

[Paulw]

I've been getting more bold in the plw things of late and I think some more practice is in store for me here. I also have a bunch of mottling stencils to add to that effect so I am keeping my eye on you, Joe.

 

[mustang1989]

Thanks Impisi!

This is what I'm shooting for here:

Top side camo coming more together and tried my hand at the first attempt on the side mottling on this bird.......



But didn't care for it much because the mottle pattern started too low on the sides so I re-applied the RLM 76 and mottled again....there....that's more like it....

 

[errains]

That Schmitt is looking sweet Joe...great paint job!

 

[Iron Mike]

Very nice!

 

[mustang1989]

That Schmitt is looking sweet Joe...great paint job!

Thanks Eric. Paint was super thinned down and applied while using a lamp for reflective purposes on the surfaces. I use that method to apply paint in a very thin coats as the paint dries almost as soon as it hits the surface.

 

[mustang1989]

Very nice!

Thanks Mike!

 

[moon puppy]

I'd say you're on target.

 

[mustang1989]

I'd say you're on target.

It took me a few years to get my mottle method down to a place where I felt comfortable with it but man.......wouldn't it be great if we could learn alot quicker sometimes. lol

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Coming along nicely Joe!

 

[mustang1989]

Coming along nicely Joe!

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Thanks bud. I should be caught up to where I'm currently at by tomorrow here. Didn't want to bore anybody with the finer details of the build up to this point. I'll finish the WIP here for you guys in the upcoming progress reports though.

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Nice work!

 

[mustang1989]

Nice work!

Thanks Mike!

After the gloss coat. Note to self.....do not use Vallejo Gloss Clear again. That stuff was very hard for me to work with. Just different I'm sure.

and after a few cals.....

Those #3's were giving me a little static but other than that everything else worked out. NOTE....Do NOT EVER buy decals from Peddinghaus. OMG they're bad. I only used the big 3's and the tail numbers out of the whole set. Just terrible in terms of out of scale lettering and walkway red dash sizes. It was like there was little to no research on them. For the rest of the stenciling decals I used the EagleCals set that I started out with on this one before I decided to build White 3.

 

[moon puppy]

I've only used the Vallejo gloss a couple of times and they don't seem work too well. I had mine peal on me. I'm sure I did it wrong by someone's standards but it remains, I throw rocks at it.

Looking good.

 

[Iron Mike]

Very striking, I dig it.

 

[mustang1989]

I've only used the Vallejo gloss a couple of times and they don't seem work too well. I had mine peal on me. I'm sure I did it wrong by someone's standards but it remains, I throw rocks at it.

Looking good.

Thanks Bob. I haven't had any peel on me yet thankfully. Was it while removing a mask?

 

[mustang1989]

Very striking, I dig it.

Thanks Mike!! So far......I'm happy with it. Fingers crossed bro.

 

[Impisi]

nice, very nice