ICM Tu-2

[nsmekanik]

Well, my best council to you is get some Akhan paint's that's what I have used for my last two builds and I am really happy with those.
Cheers, Christian B)

I would Luv to, I've a lot of good things about them, but unfortunately buying anything is out of the question for a while, so I have to make do with what I have.............,

 

[phantom II]

Do you have any Vallejo's ? :hmmm

 

[nsmekanik]

I have some Vallejos, excellent paints. I recall reading somewhere that some one used MM German tank yellow, so I pulled out the paints that I have which should be similar. It still never ceases to amaze me how different each Manufactures interpretation of a supposedly single colour is

While the Vallejo German camo yellow looks to be similar to Humbrol 94 which is the cross reference from their old Authentics range, they aren't all that close. Maybe I'll paint up some swatches and get some opinions.

I cleaned up the bombs, and I decided it would be much easier in the long run to sand of the lifting band and replace it with some plastic strip after, I also added the fin braces.

what's interesting is that the ICM kit supplies 2 bombs, but only one is used, as an option for an open bomb bay. This may not be wrong, but from what little information I have there were 4 smaller bombs in the bomb bay, and these larger ones could be carried on the outside. If I can find better information on this i'm going to mount these, if not, well I'll see.

Here is a comparison between the ICM and the ones from the Amodel Er-2 kit

The ICM bombs come with 2 fins moulded on each half L shaped, where as the Amodel ones have 2 fins moulded as a flat piece on one half, and a separate single piece for the other two which slips through a slot in the other fin

here is just a bit of a size comparison, the engines are just set on the front of the nacelles at the moment as things are getting cleaned up.

 

[moon puppy]

You also have to think about how different the paint looks in the bottle. I suspect they all will be a pretty close match, especially after you weather it up a good bit.

 

[nsmekanik]

Actually I did paint them all side by side on a piece of scrap and they are very different. I did pant this academy kit with the lightest of the lot and after weathering it did get much darker, the contrast is easily seen in the pic, the colour of the bottle is pretty much how it looks when it's freshly painted on.

 

[phantom II]

I really like the bombs. It would be good if more of those things were available in the after market . Every country definitely had very different shapes.

I know what you mean about paint interpretations. The only thing we agree on is to disagree :fencing

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

REally? Huh,,,I stand corrected!

So where do we go from here?

 

[nsmekanik]

REally? Huh,,,I stand corrected!

So where do we go from here?

Well the first thing is for me to acknowledge that my photographic skills are not the greatest and could use a bit of work, well ,ok, a lot of work. Next I think the best move would be to get same Akan paints, however that might take a while and I'm not sure I care to wait that long, so at this point I think I'll post a picture and confuse the issue a bit more which at the end of the day won't accomplish much of anything, except to look like I'm actually doing something when what is really going is I had a cock-up(to much glue on a joint) and I'm buying some time while I think of ways to address the issue so when I take pics it looks like I've done a bang up job( assisted by low quality photography) and that I'm acing this thing.

I would assume that most viewing this thing would think that the Vallejo, the humbrol and the truck are essentially the same colour, and the Hummel is off in it's own little world. the truth is, the vallejo yellow ochre is closer to the colour of the Hummel when it's freshly painted, and the truck is closer to the Humbrol, also when freshly painted, none of which clearly shows in this picture and they all look the same colour, which they are not. so until I can figure out how to take a picture that reflects reality I'm not going to worry about it, and go for a beer. :drinks Cheers.

 

[phantom II]

Probably one of the most important thing is to figure out what makes you happy while still having fun. It seems impossible to get two people to agree on any color.

Even the paint chips change as they age, so chances of anyone being right is pretty much a crap shoot.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[jknaus]

Fantastic stuff here.I too like the bombs and the whole a/c. The Hummel and fuel tanker look awesome too. Man they are small. Great work
James

 

[nsmekanik]

Thanks James, I really appreciate that

Good point Christrain, when you consider that no 2 cans of house paint of the same colour are exactly the same colour.......but I do like to find out what is considered to be a reasonably close match to what was most likely and work from there.

 

[razordws]

I'm so confused! What is it you are building again Tim? :gogo

 

[nsmekanik]

I'm so confused! What is it you are building again Tim? :gogo

Not to worry Dave, we'll get you back on track here shortly

 

[nsmekanik]

I've spent the last while mucking around with camera settings, not much luck so far. here's where it's at so far, all parts just set in place, not glued.

Now I wonder who's version of Panzer yellow best matches A-21m

 

[phantom II]

I believe this is what you're looking for :

Sorry for posting my picture on your wip but here it is painted on

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[phantom II]

I lean more towards the fourth one from the left.

Cheers,

 

[nsmekanik]

No problem Christian, good way to compare things I say. From left to right they would be Humbrol 65, Vallejo Yellow Ochre, Vallejo German Camo Orange Ochre, Humbrol 94, Pollyscale Panzer yellow, and ModelMaster Interior Green FS 34151. I agree with you the more I look at things.

What paints did you use on your Il-2 ?

 

[mlp]