Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket (Minicraft 1:48)

[JMac]

Primed!

Next up I have a few very small holes to fill then I'll pre-shade.

Jason

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[Chris S]

Thats a very nice clean Aircraft there Jason .The primer has went down really well .I blew the pic up as big as i could and it looks perfect

Chris.

 

[ShutterAce]

Gonna be a beauty!

 

[arsenalJ]

Looking good, and the engines look nice.

 

[JMac]

Thanks guys - Sorry for the delay in updating this thread. I've been really busy lately, so I have not worked at my bench in about three weeks. Hoping to get some paint down on this one over the May long weekend.

Jason

 

[JMac]

This morning I managed some small baby steps toward completing this build. I've been spending a bunch of my modelling time on my BSC build, so the Skyrocket has been neglected, and I'm finding the canopy masking to be a b****h.

I've managed to add some colour in the cockpit area, and finished up the zinc-chromate green in the landing gear bays.

Thanks for looking.

Jason

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[Chris S]

Sweet ...looks good ,wont be long till we see paint on this one too then ;D

Chris.

 

[ShutterAce]

A little more masking and your there! ;D

 

[JMac]

Thanks Chris and Jim. This is going to seem like a total non-update. You're going to have to trust me. I'm trying a different shading technique on this build. I'm mimicking something I saw over on Doog's Models blog. Basically, you start with your base coat colour, then do your panel line pre-shading, finally go over it again with a semi translucent top coat of your base colour.

So today I did the light grey underside surfaces base coat. Can't you tell...
Turns out that the Vallejo grey primer (73.601) and the Sky Grey (Vallejo MC 70989) are almost exactly the same colour and shade. I can only tell the difference under certain lights...

Any ways it's done. I'll let the coat sit, then a minor touch up and the panel line shading in the next couple days.
Still have to mask the canopy too.

Jason

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[JMac]

Bottom pre-shade done. Mix of burnt umber and RLM 79 browns.
Next up: another patchy coat of sky grey, then I'll follow that up with a thinned down / glaze medium blending coat.

Jason

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[ShutterAce]

And more paint!

 

[Glorfindel]

You know this bird is growing on me. I'm really liking those big heavy engines on the wings. I seriously see one of these on the queue in the future.

 

[JMac]

Thanks guys. I appreciate the kind words.

The Skyrocket under surfaces got the next coat of light grey today. Not sure if you can see the pre-shade in the pictures, but in a nice white light I think it looks good.

The intermediate blue upper surfaces are next...Note sure yet, the demarcation line between the blue and gray should be soft edged; I'm thinking paper mask, but I'm almost feeling daring enough to try it free hand we will have to see...

Jason

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[ShutterAce]

Go for it! Free handing isn't hard it just takes time.

 

[DXM]

8) 8) 8) 8) 8)....Niiiiiice.

 

[the Baron]

How did I miss this build?! Looking sweet, Jason! I have this kit in my stash, and I plan to build it as a what-if (not too inspired--what would the F5F look like if it had been accepted for production). Yours is coming along nicely.

 

[Chris S]

Ooops ...Sorry Jason ,I missed a bit ! She's looking great mate ...really like it . I reckon you'd have no trouble freehanding the soft edge ,just take yer time

Chris.

 

[JMac]

Thanks Guys.

Got the canopy masked. I hated masking this one. It's still not 100%, but I need to get over that hump...

How did I miss this build?! Looking sweet, Jason! I have this kit in my stash, and I plan to build it as a what-if (not too inspired--what would the F5F look like if it had been accepted for production). Yours is coming along nicely.

Baron - Cool. I have a second short nose version in my stash also. I'm planning to do it in a full comic book geekery scheme (DC comics Blackhawk aircraft). ;D NMA and high gloss red and black. I've even got decals...

Blue base coat tomorrow?

Jason

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[JMac]

Finished up the intermediate blue base coat this morning. I used super light coats, and a quick hit from a hair dryer and she's pretty much dry. I'm going to start the panel lines next. I'm pretty happy with the free hand so far, some spots got a bunch of overspray however. I'm sure I can clean that up easy after the blend coat. I've a free day so I might even finish up the paint today...fingers crossed.

Jason

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[JMac]

Upper surfaces have the pre-shading done.

Jason

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