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You're making great progress. HS chipping is something I haven't tried yet. I'm planning on doing it on my next model. Hopefully it comes out as well as yours did.

Nikola wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 9:43 pm Hi Cygnus,
Thank you very much! Appreciated.
It won't stay this worn though, as I am doing multi layer chipping, so there will only be limited amount of bare metal showing through. Much less than this.
Best,
Nikola

Aha! Ok, I'll wait a while and see what you do with it. Looks good to me as it is though. Just sayin

Hi gents,

Well, I got my multi layer chipping relatively ok, but I completely messed up the rest, as this time, I haven't waited long enough for pre-shading and the base coat to bond properly and started chipping too early resulting in two colors chipping separately.

It's a complete mess which I have to somehow fix, hopefully in the following steps with the second camo color.

Live and learn!

Thanks for looking.


Best,
Nikola

Beautiful work. The last picture really shows all your hard work come to fruition

Stokesy44 wrote: Tue May 19, 2020 8:49 am Beautiful work. The last picture really shows all your hard work come to fruition

Thank you very much Stokesy! Appreciated! I can use some encouragement now, haha!
The whole thing really turned into a mess which I cleaned the best I could, but will still need to fix it.

Best,
Nikola

Bummer, but it looks completely repairable. Your complimentary pre-shading is looking great!

You will get there its something we have all done ourselves as we think its nearly finished so we rush things and some times we get away with it other times it gives us a kick up the butt. More work now yes but a lesson well learned I think.

BigWall wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 1:33 am Bummer, but it looks completely repairable. Your complimentary pre-shading is looking great!

Thank you BigWall! Appreciated. Glad you like the pre-shading method. I intentionally left it a bit stronger so it doesn't get lost afterwards due to weathering and tonal crush effect which white decals might cause.

I hope that I can fix it so it turns out decent in the end.

Best,
Nikola

Hawkmoon wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 6:46 am You will get there its something we have all done ourselves as we think its nearly finished so we rush things and some times we get away with it other times it gives us a kick up the butt. More work now yes but a lesson well learned I think.

Hi Hawkmoon,

It was definitely a kick up the butt this time, haha. Thanks for the encouragement!
Lesson definitely learned!

Best,
Nikola

Great save there, very interesting red highlights

Kevthemodeller wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 6:43 pm Great save there, very interesting red highlights

Thanks Kev! Appreciated.

If you want to see where it all started with the colors and my complementary pre-shading method here is the link to one of my earlier posts:

viewtopic.php?f=193&t=27827

So far I have done a Zeke (exterior only) and a P-61 (both interior and exterior) with this method.

The toughest thing for me is to control paint coverage and weathering so the effect does not get lost.
With this in mind I left it a bit stronger intentionally and also because of the potential "tonal crush" effect when white decals and wing tips are added.

Thanks for looking!



Best,

Nikola

Hi gents,

Somehow I have worked my way through multiple layer chipping.
Not 100% satisfied with the results due to few mistakes I made in one of the early steps, but lesson was learned definitely.

Pre-shading is intentionally left a bit stronger to avoid losing it due to weathering and potential "tonal crush" effect after white decals, wing tips and rudder are done.
Panel line washes will cover the more reddish tone in the recesses so it should be ok in the end (it's slightly more red in the photos than in real life).

Pics below. Thanks for looking guys!


Best,
Nikola

Wow, wow, wow chap.
Brillant build and great work
DW

Donkeywalloper wrote: Sat May 23, 2020 7:51 pm Wow, wow, wow chap.
Brillant build and great work
DW

Thank you very much DW! I am very glad you like it. Appreciated and encouraging!

Best,
Nikola

And a bad close-up. It looks much smoother in real life. The darn camera picks up all the little mistakes!

Well, there is some cleaning and polishing to be done!



Best,
Nikola

And a few more close-ups... As I said, it needs a little cleanup


Best,
Nikola

Hi guys,

A little update on the VERY SLOW progress with the Stuka (work, family, etc... you know how it is )

Next: Canopy to be painted and installed, engine and bombs to be assembled and painted, small details like pitot tube and the rest to be installed and painted, rear wheel to be painted, etc...

Anyway, thanks for looking!


Best,
Nikola

I'm looking ...and it's worth looking at a very high standard of work and the outcome is showing it in spades..

digger303 wrote: Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:38 am I'm looking ...and it's worth looking at a very high standard of work and the outcome is showing it in spades..

Thank you very much Digger! Appreciated!
I hope that I will finish it soon, as it's been taking so long my mojo is losing it's patience.

Best,
Nikola

Hi gents,

Almost there!

Engine and prop... Check!

Things left to do - assemble, paint and install the bombs, attach the canopy permanently after painting and fitting the rear gun, install the antenna, paint the exhaust stains, some small things I probably forgot...

Thanks for looking!


Best,

Nikola

The. Weathering!

That’s awesome.

Parker wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:07 am The. Weathering!

That’s awesome.

Thank you Parker! Much appreciated! Glad you like it so far.

Best,
Nikola

Marvelous work

digger303 wrote: Wed Jul 22, 2020 11:28 am Marvelous work

Thanks Digger! Much appreciated!

I hope to see the end of it soon!!!

Best,
Nikola

Hi gents,

She is finally RFI:

viewtopic.php?p=356822#p356822

Thanks for looking!

Best,
Nikola

Now this is really coming alive, lovely work

Kevthemodeller wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:44 pm Now this is really coming alive, lovely work

Thanks Kev! I'm very glad that you like it!

Finally finished it before I lost my mojo. The build really took long due to lack of free time.

I posted the finished model in another thread (link in my previous post).

Thanks for looking!

Best,
Nikola