Duke Maddog
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Okay, I got a new update.... and it's a big one. Today I was able to marathon some builds and fire up my spray booth and MAN did that feel good!
Okay, I'll start with my aircraft. I was looking over my C-118 and found even more flaws that needed filling and sanding. So, I scraped and sanded some areas but the cockpit here:
All four engines needed some work as well, so I filled, sanded and buffed all these to see if I could get them smooth enough for another coat of metallic:
I'll need to wait till I get more metallic paint before I can move on this further.
Then I pulled out the airbrush, fired up the compressor and started to sling paint. I pulled out the Vigilante that I'm doing as a tribute to Hippy Ed and masked it off:
Later on, I shot grey paint on it:
I also shot some grey paint on my F-8 Crusader that was already masked off:
After these had dried a bit, I pulled off all the tape. First on the Vigilante:
Then on the F-8 Crusader:
Both of those are ready for a clearcoat and decals now.
Okay, that's all the progress on my aircraft now. I moved on and tried to marathon my armor builds to see how close they would all come to being finished by the New Year.
First off, since I already had the airbrush out to spray my aircraft; I pulled out the little Japanese ARV prototype and shot the second dark brown color on it:
Later on when it was dry, I pulled off all the Silly Putty and set it up to see how it looked:
Pretty nice I thought. I did feel the brown was a bit dark, but I didn't want to re-mask it to shoot something else on it.
After that, I decided to have a bit of fun and try to color modulate the green on the Japanese Patriot PAC III. I used an Olive Drab since I was also going to use that color on my Pershing II Tractor:
It didn't turn out like I wanted, but then I'm not that good yet. I will still dry-brush some OD on it to highlight some points later on though.
Later on, I finished adding all the last detail parts on my Leopold rail gun. This is now ready for paint. I'll add the railings afterward when this is done so I don't break them all:
Here it is with the first coat of paint:
Tomorrow I will mask off the red-brown spots now and then shoot the dunlegelb.
Moving on to the Pershing II system, I started to paint the engine and drive train for the tractor first:
And since I already had the OD out, I masked off and painted the rest of the tractor to the Pershing II when the internal parts were dry:
Later on, I pulled the masking off and touched it up:
This will need a little more touch-up paint but it is just about ready for decals.
I also went and continued to work on the trailer to this Pershing. I finished up most of the bits and bobs on this trailer:
Later on, when some of these parts had dried better, I added all the parts that hold the missile in place. That was tricky with some of them being so delicate an all. Here it is all finished (sans wheels) with the Pershing missile dry-fit in place:
Finally I went back to working on the SMERCH. I started out again where I'd left off, strengthening the pivot point for the traverse. I got the post sanded smooth:
Then I looked it over and decided I wanted a bit more reinforcement in this. So, I pulled out some metal rod, drilled a hole in the post, and added the metal rod to it. You can also see the new plug in the bottom right corner:
Later on, I installed this on the floor panel; cutting the brass rod down to size and cementing everything with CA glue:
It worked! First the 'stowed' position:
And then in firing mode:
Man, I'm stoked about that! Moving on with this model, I started painting the inside mechanisms in the chassis of this beastie, since I had the paint out from painting the Pershing:
Then I started to work on the interior parts of both the cabins; the driver's cabin...
...and the fire control cabin:
There's not much inside these so that went quick. Besides, there's not much use detailing them further as almost nothing will be visible when these are all closed up. Later I will add the windows to this so I can paint the interior of these cabins and close them up. Then I might even be able to paint this model!
Okay, that's the end of this update so far. Tomorrow looks like another day of marathon modeling so I hope to be much further along on these. I might even be able to post another update then. We'll see. Meanwhile, comments are welcome, thanks all for looking in.
Okay, I'll start with my aircraft. I was looking over my C-118 and found even more flaws that needed filling and sanding. So, I scraped and sanded some areas but the cockpit here:
All four engines needed some work as well, so I filled, sanded and buffed all these to see if I could get them smooth enough for another coat of metallic:
I'll need to wait till I get more metallic paint before I can move on this further.
Then I pulled out the airbrush, fired up the compressor and started to sling paint. I pulled out the Vigilante that I'm doing as a tribute to Hippy Ed and masked it off:
Later on, I shot grey paint on it:
I also shot some grey paint on my F-8 Crusader that was already masked off:
After these had dried a bit, I pulled off all the tape. First on the Vigilante:
Then on the F-8 Crusader:
Both of those are ready for a clearcoat and decals now.
Okay, that's all the progress on my aircraft now. I moved on and tried to marathon my armor builds to see how close they would all come to being finished by the New Year.
First off, since I already had the airbrush out to spray my aircraft; I pulled out the little Japanese ARV prototype and shot the second dark brown color on it:
Later on when it was dry, I pulled off all the Silly Putty and set it up to see how it looked:
Pretty nice I thought. I did feel the brown was a bit dark, but I didn't want to re-mask it to shoot something else on it.
After that, I decided to have a bit of fun and try to color modulate the green on the Japanese Patriot PAC III. I used an Olive Drab since I was also going to use that color on my Pershing II Tractor:
It didn't turn out like I wanted, but then I'm not that good yet. I will still dry-brush some OD on it to highlight some points later on though.
Later on, I finished adding all the last detail parts on my Leopold rail gun. This is now ready for paint. I'll add the railings afterward when this is done so I don't break them all:
Here it is with the first coat of paint:
Tomorrow I will mask off the red-brown spots now and then shoot the dunlegelb.
Moving on to the Pershing II system, I started to paint the engine and drive train for the tractor first:
And since I already had the OD out, I masked off and painted the rest of the tractor to the Pershing II when the internal parts were dry:
Later on, I pulled the masking off and touched it up:
This will need a little more touch-up paint but it is just about ready for decals.
I also went and continued to work on the trailer to this Pershing. I finished up most of the bits and bobs on this trailer:
Later on, when some of these parts had dried better, I added all the parts that hold the missile in place. That was tricky with some of them being so delicate an all. Here it is all finished (sans wheels) with the Pershing missile dry-fit in place:
Finally I went back to working on the SMERCH. I started out again where I'd left off, strengthening the pivot point for the traverse. I got the post sanded smooth:
Then I looked it over and decided I wanted a bit more reinforcement in this. So, I pulled out some metal rod, drilled a hole in the post, and added the metal rod to it. You can also see the new plug in the bottom right corner:
Later on, I installed this on the floor panel; cutting the brass rod down to size and cementing everything with CA glue:
It worked! First the 'stowed' position:
And then in firing mode:
Man, I'm stoked about that! Moving on with this model, I started painting the inside mechanisms in the chassis of this beastie, since I had the paint out from painting the Pershing:
Then I started to work on the interior parts of both the cabins; the driver's cabin...
...and the fire control cabin:
There's not much inside these so that went quick. Besides, there's not much use detailing them further as almost nothing will be visible when these are all closed up. Later I will add the windows to this so I can paint the interior of these cabins and close them up. Then I might even be able to paint this model!
Okay, that's the end of this update so far. Tomorrow looks like another day of marathon modeling so I hope to be much further along on these. I might even be able to post another update then. We'll see. Meanwhile, comments are welcome, thanks all for looking in.
Still not done...Thanks Duke!
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