phantom II
Master at Arms
That patient might just die from a skin disease 
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I think I'm turning Japanese...
- Thread starter matrixone
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That patient might just die from a skin disease 
Thanks for all the comments!
I am done tinkering with the paint chipping, yes it still looks extreme but after the rest of the model is painted and the markings are on it won't look as bad.
Most of my models I keep the weathering subtle and more to scale but this model will be the opposite with weathering over the top. B)
Matrixone
I am done tinkering with the paint chipping, yes it still looks extreme but after the rest of the model is painted and the markings are on it won't look as bad.
Most of my models I keep the weathering subtle and more to scale but this model will be the opposite with weathering over the top. B)
Matrixone
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
I like that.
Thank you Sherman!
Now that the Panther and Bf 109K-4 are nearly finished I will be spending more time on the Dinah trainer and get it off my work table ASAP.
The Ki-46 has had the undersurfaces and yellow ID markings painted, next I will be hand painting the special markings on the black painted tail.
Matrixone
Now that the Panther and Bf 109K-4 are nearly finished I will be spending more time on the Dinah trainer and get it off my work table ASAP.
The Ki-46 has had the undersurfaces and yellow ID markings painted, next I will be hand painting the special markings on the black painted tail.
Matrixone
What a mess! Can't you imagine what the crew chief thought when they got in this shape? 
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Wow! Talk about rode hard and put away wet! Stunning weathering Les!
Thanks very much Duke!
I hand painted the special unit markings on the tail, after that was finished the tail planes were glued on. Not pictured is the propellers, wheels, and landing gear doors, they have all been painted and weathered.
The tricky part of this build will be aging the national markings...no matter what the rest of the paint job on their aircraft looked like the Japanese took good care of the meatballs and touched them up if the paint was damaged. I will try and use several different shades of red paint to try and make it look like the national markings had been re-painted a few times.
Matrixone
I hand painted the special unit markings on the tail, after that was finished the tail planes were glued on. Not pictured is the propellers, wheels, and landing gear doors, they have all been painted and weathered.
The tricky part of this build will be aging the national markings...no matter what the rest of the paint job on their aircraft looked like the Japanese took good care of the meatballs and touched them up if the paint was damaged. I will try and use several different shades of red paint to try and make it look like the national markings had been re-painted a few times.
Matrixone
Some progress on the Dinah trainer...
All the decals have been put on and I popped off the clear parts and removed the masking tape and hand painted the canopy frames being careful to also include some chipped paint on them.
After the decals fully tighten down on the models surface I will seal them in with a light coat of Future and then attempt to age the meatballs so they won't look this fresh.
Some paint chipping will be done on the lower surface but not very much.
Matrixone
All the decals have been put on and I popped off the clear parts and removed the masking tape and hand painted the canopy frames being careful to also include some chipped paint on them.
After the decals fully tighten down on the models surface I will seal them in with a light coat of Future and then attempt to age the meatballs so they won't look this fresh.
Some paint chipping will be done on the lower surface but not very much.
Matrixone
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Freaking sweet!!!!!
Thank you Luiz and Mike.
No pictures today but I did make some useful progress on this model, I had been thinking about how to go about toning down the Hinomaru markings so they won't be such a bright red and better match the weathered upper surfaces. For a while I was thinking about dry brushing some pale red on the Hinomaru's but that would be too easy for some of the red to get on the white portions, at the last minute I thought of something else... get some notebook paper and cut out circles the same diameter of the red on the Hinomaru's and use the notebook paper as soft masks and then airbrush on the pale red paint.
I tried it and it worked far better than expected, I wish I had thought of this when I built the Ki-84 and Ki-61.
I should have some new pictures posted Monday.
Matrixone
No pictures today but I did make some useful progress on this model, I had been thinking about how to go about toning down the Hinomaru markings so they won't be such a bright red and better match the weathered upper surfaces. For a while I was thinking about dry brushing some pale red on the Hinomaru's but that would be too easy for some of the red to get on the white portions, at the last minute I thought of something else... get some notebook paper and cut out circles the same diameter of the red on the Hinomaru's and use the notebook paper as soft masks and then airbrush on the pale red paint.
I tried it and it worked far better than expected, I wish I had thought of this when I built the Ki-84 and Ki-61.
I should have some new pictures posted Monday.
Matrixone
phantom II
Master at Arms
Looking good . Glad to see some decals go on so good
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
