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World War II: Germany
Aircraft of Germany in WWII.
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1/48 Hasegawa Arado Ar234 B-2
jam2727
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 01:20 AM UTC
Hey Daniel

Great looking model so far, I am very Impressed with the cockpit!

Q: what is the yellow mask you have used on the camopy with the ne mask sol?

dcandal
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 02:44 AM UTC
Hi James, thanks for your comments.

The yellow mask is the Tamiya masking tape
dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 02:32 AM UTC
Well, once I maskes the cockpit glass I began with the panels pre-shade,

dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 02:34 AM UTC
After painted the back with RLM 76 I masked it,

dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 02:36 AM UTC
I´m going to paint the camu with RLM 82 and 83. First I painted the part with 83 that it´s the lighter one. When it was dry I masked it,

dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 02:38 AM UTC
When all the paint was dry I took out the mask and perpared it to give a bright paint,

guitarlute101
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Posted: Saturday, June 21, 2008 - 12:10 AM UTC
Daniel,

Looking great. The Ar-234 is one of my favorite aircraft. I can't wait to see this one finished. Keep posting pictures please.

Mark
dcandal
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Posted: Saturday, June 21, 2008 - 05:44 AM UTC
Thanks Mark for you comments
dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 01:06 PM UTC
After this I painted it with gloss clear, so I prepared it for the decals,



dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 01:07 PM UTC
Two days after this, so the gloss were completely dry I began putting the decals,



dcandal
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Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 01:10 PM UTC
The next step was to repaint the panels. For this I used acrylic black paint,

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