ISM Group Build - Revell 1:72 Su-27 SM Flanker

[JudgeDredd]

Base colour down. I'm not entirely sure of the colour - but sod it. I'm out of time!

[Asid]

Base colour down. I'm not entirely sure of the colour - but sod it. I'm out of time!

Looking good JD. I am sure you will be happy once the final coat and decals are on.

[JudgeDredd]

Thanks and true.

Once I put the camo blue on (and maybe grey if I am going to) and silver up the engines, give a coat of clear followed by the decals and another coat of clear and then (if I have time) some weathering and - well, you never know...it might be a gem in the rough.

[JudgeDredd]

I'll be doing camo nef. I'm not sure what yet, but whatever I have time for. I love the digital camo out there...but I'm not sure I have time for that, so it'll probably be something simple.

Masked the canopy


Painted the canopy


I also decided to change the colour of the top of the pit...so I had to mask that up


Then I painted it with a mix of Tamiya X-11 Chrome Silver, X-1 Black and FX-20 Medium Grey


However, I thought it was a bit too "shiny", so I put some pure X-1 Black on it to take some zing out of it and this is how it's ended up


Next step will be the camo and Klear (tomorrow) followed by metallic painting of the engine nozzles and more Klear on Friday followed by decals on Saturday and fitting all the wee pieces...and done...hopefully just in time. I presume I have until midnight on the 30th April (Saturday).......if not, oops.

If I ever do another one of these, I'll be starting considerably earlier.

[JudgeDredd]

Took the Tamiya tape off


Oh dear...slight issue





Luckily, I had a tiny drop of my mixed paint from yesterday...so a patch up was in order and seemed to work.


That's the first time I've had an issue with Tamiya tape taking paint off...especially as I had primer down as well

[Lumituisku]

Everyday when I look here, I get stunned of your model making skills.    Great stuff.

Incredible patience you have!

[JudgeDredd]

Well, thank you very much. Too kind. 

[Asid]

Good save with the patch up JD. You could "weather" that part also.

It's getting there

[JudgeDredd]

Cheers Asid.

I've got all day Saturday - so it should be finished.

And the weathering is still on my mind....if I have time, I will put some wash over it.

[JudgeDredd]

After my paint scare yesterday, I have a sneaking suspicion I'm going to regret this.

I'm going to try and go for a splinter look...nothing too elaborate.




I so hope the tape doesn't pull off the paint. Any ideas on how best to remove the tape? Would putting the model in a cool place before peeling off help? Or a hot place?

[JudgeDredd]

First part down

[Asid]

Looking good JD.

Removing the tape at the right time is important. If left to long then you could leave lines. Too early and it could smudge/bleed. I think when the paint is a little "tacky" may be best. It's your choice. I look forward to the result.

Have confidence

[JudgeDredd]

Thanks Asid

Well, that wasn't 100% successful.







So I have some bleed and also some overspray

I'm still relatively upbeat. I have some grey to add which, if placed tactically, can deal with the overspray and bleed....as long as I don't get more bleed.

I think the bleed occurred from me not wanting to press the tape on too hard in case I pulled the base paint off. The overspray was me thinking I could be more controlled about my spraying than I actually can be.

That part was actually the easy part because you just stick random bits of tape on. The next bit I will have to be very accurate with the tape where it meets the white (which will be quite a bit because of the bleed!!).

[Asid]

I think the bleed occurred from me not wanting to press the tape on too hard in case I pulled the base paint off.

I think so.

It's only paint. You can fix it

[JudgeDredd]

This is a nightmare 

I've now got to cover the white "random shapes" with tape and I'm realising being so random has a very HUGE time cost to it!!

 

I'm at work today and out to Captain America:Civil War tonight, so I'll be working late into tonight and tomorrow to try and get this finished