Cheers Steve,

lots of test pieces with progressively less air and more thinner. Trouble is, you're a gnats cock away from a spidery mess if you go even slightly heavy...


cheers

Ju

Here's a question...

Where can I find some masking material to crisp up the radiator grills on my tourers. I like the mesh look, rather than louvres. Any suggestions?

cheers

Ju

RCS meshfx ,)

Lol,
I must have missed that. If you haven't sent that order out yet John, can you bung some in, I'm gonna need a repeat order of the large black and large iridescent red too. Ran out painting this jet...

cheers

Ju

Chewy's Speed 6...
 

Yet another shell for tonight. I'm knackered! No more painting for me this weekend!!!

This one's for one of the Louth fast boys, Alex Brocklebank. If you saw the size of this kid you'd understand the nickname... ;-)

Liking both these schemes, the zigzag spectrum fade is cool on the previous one and the above one is just so clean, very nice !

Cheers, didn't realise until I sat here looking at the pics that I've missed a chunk of yellow off the bonnet!!!!

Ah well, that's what you get for rushing I suppose....

Having the weekend off to do some RC slope soaring - my major passion, got a load more to finish next week...

Lookin good buddy.

Cheers fella,

Just about to order some mesh and some fresh paint....


cheers

Ju

1/7 scale Avonds F15 Eagle
 

Almost finished, painted for an old flying mucker. What a trial this has been, having got so used to painting shells, working back to front, going back to working the 'right way round' and the need to keep shit out of the paint has had me pulling my hair out!!!!

Ah well, a few coats of clear and nobody will be any the wiser... ;-)

Hope you like it.

Cheers

Ju

:thumbsup: looks well chap

Cheers,

just the 'turkey feathers' to bling up with some nice metallic shading, and finish the underside of the wings and then it's time for 2K clearcoat. Not my bag, leave that to the man down the car repair shop - value my lungs!

Awesome work Julian. Are we going to see you track side soon i think Rich Drury is missing you :thumbsup:.

Yeah,

I've been crazy busy with the day job and a few long overdue paintjobs like this one. Seeing light at the end of the tunnel now bud!

Might get to race the buggies soon i hope!

cheers

Ju

Wow - Jet looks amazing !

What kind of paint / airbrush did you use on such a large model ?

Larger areas were blocked in with a really cheap spraygun that came with an equally cheap compressor from Lidl. Everything else done with my Iwata SBS. Paint is a mixture of Auto Air (Coarse Silver base, Transparent Black (for skulls and shading), and Createx Opaque Black and Iridescent Red. I think I'll probably invest in a better quality gun for next time. The spray pattern was very uneven. I ended up misting the coats on for fear of getting thick wet paint.

I actually painted the red first, so only one lot of masking to create flames and shadows, then blocked in the silver. Richard Markham skull stencils and transparent black to create the detail, blended into a more opaque black.

Carbon areas done in the same way as the RC shells, but in reverse.

The biggest issues were an inadequate amount of room to work - painted in my garage, and keeping shit out of the paint - not entirely successful, so some careful flatting between coats!

Hopefully a good clearcoating and subsequent flatting and polishing will cover up a multitude of sins....

Looks great so far, I'm sure when the clears on it the colours and details you've put in will pop even more.

Ah well,

back to the shells after the Jet painting project!

Dug out a Speed 6 that's been lying around masked up but unloved for a while. Way back when, I used to stick the window masks in as well as using the masking fluid, don't bother anymore - avoids the annoying glue residue on the glazed areas! - a little 'sticky stuff remover' should sort it in a day or two when the paint isn't so green. Bit of a shame it shows up so much in the window frames, ah well, never mind...

Anyway, decided to experiment with some different colours than normal. Green not usually my thing but this Pearl Lime is to die for! Fluoro orange and yellow, a little carbon and chrome bling and she done.

Remembered why I stopped using Fasmask too...like trying to remove sunburnt skin if not applied thickly enough...

If anyone's interested she's in the for sale section.

Cheers

Ju

Nice green ! Very neat :thumbsup:

Greens not usually my thing either, but colours work good together, looks pretty smart:thumbsup: