Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:54 am
Ouch! Sorry to hear that Tom!
I’ll resume it after the Viper kit I’m working on is finished.
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Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
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Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:55 pm
Good news.. the Tamiya replacement wings came in the mail today.
I’ll resume it after the Viper kit I’m working on is finished.
I’ll resume it after the Viper kit I’m working on is finished.
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:30 pm
Tamiya's customer support is the best!
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:25 pm
Well I finally have some updates worth posting... painting has begun... at least for the interior
Basic parts ready for paint...
then last night I laid down a base of Tamiya Lacquer Flat Aluminum on all the interior areas, plus Tamiya Lacquer Light Gun Metal on the engine
I let that dry overnight, then this morning I airbrushed on a coat of Gunze Aqueous Aotake over the Aluminum areas
after I let that dry I masked off the cockpit areas for the next color, and also added a PE seat belt
Then a short while ago I airbrushed a coat of Tamiya Cockpit Green in the cockpit area. I also painted the engine crankcase in Vallejo Game Color Cool Gray, and painted up a pair of machine guns from my spare bin that I will be adding, as their butts should be visible to the sides of the instrument panel top, like on a P-40B/C, or Zero.
more to come in a day or two...
Basic parts ready for paint...
then last night I laid down a base of Tamiya Lacquer Flat Aluminum on all the interior areas, plus Tamiya Lacquer Light Gun Metal on the engine
I let that dry overnight, then this morning I airbrushed on a coat of Gunze Aqueous Aotake over the Aluminum areas
after I let that dry I masked off the cockpit areas for the next color, and also added a PE seat belt
Then a short while ago I airbrushed a coat of Tamiya Cockpit Green in the cockpit area. I also painted the engine crankcase in Vallejo Game Color Cool Gray, and painted up a pair of machine guns from my spare bin that I will be adding, as their butts should be visible to the sides of the instrument panel top, like on a P-40B/C, or Zero.
more to come in a day or two...
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:16 pm
Nice paint work on your Oscar Stik! Very clean!
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:31 am
You could get racing stripes and some fuzzy dice hanging from the mirrorStikpusher wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:25 pm Well I finally have some updates worth posting... painting has begun... at least for the interior
Basic parts ready for paint...
then last night I laid down a base of Tamiya Lacquer Flat Aluminum on all the interior areas, plus Tamiya Lacquer Light Gun Metal on the engine
I let that dry overnight, then this morning I airbrushed on a coat of Gunze Aqueous Aotake over the Aluminum areas
after I let that dry I masked off the cockpit areas for the next color, and also added a PE seat belt
Then a short while ago I airbrushed a coat of Tamiya Cockpit Green in the cockpit area. I also painted the engine crankcase in Vallejo Game Color Cool Gray, and painted up a pair of machine guns from my spare bin that I will be adding, as their butts should be visible to the sides of the instrument panel top, like on a P-40B/C, or Zero.
more to come in a day or two...
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:37 am
Looks like you're making good progress. Well done!
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:26 am
Tom and John, thank you. So far so good on this bird. Yesterday I took a good look at the canopy and it was in pretty rough shape… lots of imperfections and scratches, so I ordered up a new one as part of a Falcon vacuform set. Hopefully it should be here next week sometime…
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:32 am
coming along. Look good.
Re: Empire of the Rising Sun Group Build
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:01 pm
Lots of photos on todays update, and a major milestone in construction…
Yesterday I got the cockpit base colors detail painting finished and the machine guns installed on the forward side of the IP.
This morning I did some final light weathering, and installed the Yahu IP items
Then I glued the fuselage halves together and let them dry… after an hour or so, I sanded the seam there smooth
That’s all for this week…. have a busy weekend ahead here, more updates to come next week….
Yesterday I got the cockpit base colors detail painting finished and the machine guns installed on the forward side of the IP.
This morning I did some final light weathering, and installed the Yahu IP items
Then I glued the fuselage halves together and let them dry… after an hour or so, I sanded the seam there smooth
That’s all for this week…. have a busy weekend ahead here, more updates to come next week….