Global Scale Modeller

hi all long time no post. but i've been watching just waiting for a group build. out of all the subjects it had to be the 2nd world war. my last two builds were a tamiya stuart, and a magic factory f4u.


not a lot left in the stash but i did find this hiding in the back. a 1\48 eduard p-400, has some interesting paint choices. the one that i picked is from guadalcanal, the lack of parts led to some interesting rebuilding. the plane was confiscated from a order that was headed for england, which explains the british camo. this plane was rebuilt with a wing from another wrecked plane. which is why one wing has different colors.






well thank's for looking
krusty

That is interesting.

hey guys making some good progress, cockpit and most small parts have been primed and painted. i picked up a couple of bottles of ammo of mig atom paint and this is my first time using it. so far i'm pretty impressed, nice finish, seems tolerant of thinner ratios. i'm going to pick up a few more bottles and keep testing it.



thanks for looking
krusty

Off to a good start. Nice choice of kit too

thank's guys
wrapped up the cockpit today, and i'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. have a little bit of seam work and she will be ready for paint.



thanks guys
krusty

I'd be pretty stoked if it was mine.

Nice work, its really coming together

Cool!
You are flying along

that's a great job done on the cockpit! the pe really brings the detail out

Paul

thank's guys
ready for primer, and preshading.





got some of these ak paint markers. i've got to say they are pretty easy to use. i foresee alot of masking in my near future.
thanks guys

Paint markers hmmm... they do a good job.

Nice work. Looking forward to seeing the paint going on over the pre-shade effects.

Those markers look interesting. Cockpit looks great.

thank's guys
ok paint is done, off to the gloss coat





thank's for looking
krusty

I like the free hand camo.

Very nice work.

What's the story behind the wing being a different color? I can see it in the instructions, I just wondered why?

Stokesy44 wrote: Wed Oct 22, 2025 7:15 am Very nice work.

What's the story behind the wing being a different color? I can see it in the instructions, I just wondered why?

hey stokesy the story i'm getting is early on guadalcanel there was no spare parts or replacement aircraft, that the ground crews had to get very creative keeping aircraft in the air.allright i've got decaling to do, and i just turned on iron sky, space nazis from the dark side of the moon, what a story line

krusty69 wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2025 1:49 am

Stokesy44 wrote: Wed Oct 22, 2025 7:15 am Very nice work.

What's the story behind the wing being a different color? I can see it in the instructions, I just wondered why?

hey stokesy the story i'm getting is early on guadalcanel there was no spare parts or replacement aircraft, that the ground crews had to get very creative keeping aircraft in the air.allright i've got decaling to do, and i just turned on iron sky, space nazis from the dark side of the moon, what a story line

Thanks mate, great background

Looking great.

thank's guys
decals went on ok, except i've been noticing gunze mark setter and softer seem to be a little hot and burning through the clear coat.i used future on this but i've also seen it happen with aqua gloss, so back to the microscale.



well thanks or looking
krusty

Does it help if you put a few more coats on with regards to the decal solutions burning through ?
Chipping is working well, looks great without being over done.

hey fella's
cleared the decals, which fixed the clear coat and gunze decal problem. did a pinwash of abteilung starship filth, and white spirit. sponge chipping ak aluminium. and then a flat coat of testers dullcote and mlt. will start the oil weathering tomorrow






thank's for looking
krusty

Looking good so far. Cant wait to see what you do with the oils.

coming on a treat! its not a subject you see very often and I think you've done it full justice, looking forward to the finish line.

I agree with using the markers, I use them often particularly if its just a small area as you can still use a fine brush to take paint off the point, so much easier than hunting for a tin, mixing etc!

Paul