The "Night Raver" – Comedy Tamiya F-51D 1/48
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:16 pm
Hey folks, this is my first real posting on here. I hope it goes OK...
What I'm doing is a complete flight of fantasy as a gift for a great friend of mine. I only took photos intermittently as work continued, but hopefully you'll get an idea. Had this kit for ages but only recently got back into actually building.
Cockpit:
So, what I'm hoping to achieve is a three colour disruptive pattern camo scheme with the name of the plane on the wings and yellow 'smiley' face markings on the fuse sides. There'll be some beating up going on later, so I wanted a metallic base for chippage (is that a word?)
Progress has been slow but steady...
Stage One: Vallejo grey primer (cause it's all I have, in fact I've used Vallejo Model Air throughout for the same reason)
Stage Two: Yellow patches on the sides then masked with frisk which was cut with a cheap circle cutter
Stage Three: Steel metallic on the upper wings, leading edges and front nose areas to form the base for the text on the wings and also to be chipped with a "hack away gently with a scalpel" method. I don't feel confident enough to use hairspray or any other techniques, so hopefully it'll work out
Stage Four: Fire up Adobe Illustrator and set some type for the wings (good old Helvetica Neue Heavy) and print it out on trusty inkjet
Then hand cut a mask, again using frisk film. I set the type really tight so I could lift it in one piece, saving me issues lining it up on the plane.
Stage Five: Black base for the camouflage
You can just see the frisk film there, doing it's masking thing like a good 'un
Stage Six: Lightest colour going down. Vallejo 109 PRU Blue
This patchiness was then covered with a thinned coat to blend
Stage Seven: Mask using Tamiya Tape and plain old masking tape for second and third colours, 111 USAF Blue and 005 Grey Blue (yes, yes, i've got the RAF set)
Stage Eight: De-masking to reveal my masterful handiwork! (ahem)
Stage Nine: Hand cut another mask for the black detail on the 'smiley" (You'll see it on the stage four pic) and admire the results! (ahem again)
Next up will be a few little touch-ups and then a gloss coat before a few kit decals and then some oil-dot filters, a Ultimate Dark Dirt wash and some other weathering
Many thanks for looking, hope you like it so far. Any comments and/or suggestions? Please fire away!
Cheers, Dan
What I'm doing is a complete flight of fantasy as a gift for a great friend of mine. I only took photos intermittently as work continued, but hopefully you'll get an idea. Had this kit for ages but only recently got back into actually building.
Cockpit:
So, what I'm hoping to achieve is a three colour disruptive pattern camo scheme with the name of the plane on the wings and yellow 'smiley' face markings on the fuse sides. There'll be some beating up going on later, so I wanted a metallic base for chippage (is that a word?)
Progress has been slow but steady...
Stage One: Vallejo grey primer (cause it's all I have, in fact I've used Vallejo Model Air throughout for the same reason)
Stage Two: Yellow patches on the sides then masked with frisk which was cut with a cheap circle cutter
Stage Three: Steel metallic on the upper wings, leading edges and front nose areas to form the base for the text on the wings and also to be chipped with a "hack away gently with a scalpel" method. I don't feel confident enough to use hairspray or any other techniques, so hopefully it'll work out
Stage Four: Fire up Adobe Illustrator and set some type for the wings (good old Helvetica Neue Heavy) and print it out on trusty inkjet
Then hand cut a mask, again using frisk film. I set the type really tight so I could lift it in one piece, saving me issues lining it up on the plane.
Stage Five: Black base for the camouflage
You can just see the frisk film there, doing it's masking thing like a good 'un
Stage Six: Lightest colour going down. Vallejo 109 PRU Blue
This patchiness was then covered with a thinned coat to blend
Stage Seven: Mask using Tamiya Tape and plain old masking tape for second and third colours, 111 USAF Blue and 005 Grey Blue (yes, yes, i've got the RAF set)
Stage Eight: De-masking to reveal my masterful handiwork! (ahem)
Stage Nine: Hand cut another mask for the black detail on the 'smiley" (You'll see it on the stage four pic) and admire the results! (ahem again)
Next up will be a few little touch-ups and then a gloss coat before a few kit decals and then some oil-dot filters, a Ultimate Dark Dirt wash and some other weathering
Many thanks for looking, hope you like it so far. Any comments and/or suggestions? Please fire away!
Cheers, Dan
Very well done buddy! I love that Camo, again great work! 
