Hello all thanks for the nice comment's. yes everything is paint except for the letters,
numbers,and emblems.lots of masking tape and about a gallon of decal set.
@Bruce nice to have you back glad to see your recovering and will continue with us.

@JIm thanks for your kind words its nice to have your hard work noticed.

@Tigerbait,thanks for replying to question low tac might actually be good as i have a problem with the tamiya mask lifting my paint sometimes.I have to detac it on my pants leg most of the time.


Build On,
Justin

P.S.....The kit comes with all the leading edge stripes in the decal set I decided not use them and paint my own. didn't like the way they looked.paint always looks better to me anyways.

JIm i just noticed i didnt know people in Canada used DUDE thats awesome.I live in Florida you can come surf anytime!






Build On,
Justin

LOL,,,Id probably break my damn-fool neck!...theres 2 places Id like to visit in the US ....Louisiana bayous and the Florida keys ...I prefer my waves nice and small..lol

Justin those decals and paint job are SICK! You're either a helluva fast learner or you've been at this a good long while. As for the painters tape, I use it all the time. I only use the Tamiya tape for fine detail stuff.

Jim, did you Future your canopy before masking with BMF? Sometimes I end up with a little residue but a Q-tip and a bit of thinner usually takes it off. Follow that up with a dab more Future and it's all good.

Bruce, been there....done that too my friend. Hey, we bought a new saw last month for the school system that has a 42" bar and chain. I'll take a pic and show it to ya. It's a monster.

Tod, thanks for the kudos. The gap actually turned out better than I thought it would.

Hermon

Hermon, yes I did future my canopies first...was that my mistake?..I am a wee bit concerned for my poor Sally as I have alot ...alot ..of masking to remove ...all BMF..I applied the first part of her camo today! looking good.....so far..

About 15 years just recently started doing planes when i joined this site.Again thanks alot for the kind comments guys.But im still not done painting update soon.




Build On,
Justin

Here is my update...........

You can see in the back ground fusalage with Promodler wash applied love that stuff!
and my masking job for the black stripe on wing leading edge......

Here is the fusalage with the Promodler wash removed....It turned out better than
I expected......will spray with flat coat later.....



Mask removed just had a few touch ups where the mask lifted my paint
Will apply Promodler tomorrow must let Klear dry over night...


I would also just like to say ive learned most of what i know from this site and you
guys .So the the site is working and teaching people alot......


Build On,
Justin

Looking good there Justin!..tell us, what is your take on the Promodeller wash?..can you give us a wee product review?..

Promodeler wash is the bomb! Of course it could be said that Promodeler wash is contributing to the "dumbing down" of America since it takes all the headache and hassel out of weathering.

Looks awsome Justin. I smell a model of the month contestant.



Hermon

yeah justin that is lookin spectacular.
Started work on the sundy tonight. Hurrah. Test fitting the canopy revealed the instrument panel was too high so rather than sand it back I broke it off and carved out a notch at the bottom this way it saves the great work done to get it looking so good.
This is a good thing to inherit a build from a great modeller it lets me see how they have done things in an up close way.

Also started scribing the main panel lines. I've done the fore port section and it looks ok but i'll need to study the refs to get the rear section planned out right. This 40 year old plastic carves really well. much better than the brittle stuff you get nowadays. Mind you modern plastic usually comes already scribed

Keep it up folks this is already looking like the campaign of the year.

Thanks Hermon.Have a F4U-D in the MOM this month hoping for my first win
Alright I've been using Promodeler wash for probably the last 6 builds ive done its great stuff
and it goes a LONG way.I still have 3 quarters of a bottle left although that may change
after this build.But check it out for your self http://www.promodeller.com/
And if you want to see it action check it out here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNF-cXEn0zk

@JP Thank you Sir its coming along and im liking the way it is turning out.

Build On,
Justin

The F1M2 Pete is finished. This kit really does represent Hasegawa at their best i think. When they do kits like this one they are every bit the equal in quality as Tamiya, even the decals performed perfectly...something that has always been the weakness of the two big Japanese firms.

Even though Japanese aircraft are notorious for their paint wear, most of the pics on the 2 pages here: http://www.ijnafphotos.com/jbwf1m1.htm show that Pete's seemed to fair much better than most Japanese aircraft for paint wear. I suppose operating from water probably didn't throw up as much coral and sand as land based aircraft.








Andrew

Wow good job on the pete i like the paint chipping very nice job




Build On,
Justin

That is a very inspirational piece youve done Andrew!..the toning is spot-on..nice subtle chipping also.

Andrew, the Pete looks great. The F1M2 has been on my to-do-list for a while now

Yes the paint and weathering is awsome, but the rigging is also top notch. As for the paint chipping, it's nice to see a Japanese plane from time to time that doesn't look beat all to he**. Sometimes less is more.

Beautiful job Andrew.
Hermon

Andrew,is youre Pete out-of box?

Yes 100% OOB. And without the Hasegawa detail-up set...actually the brass rigging from the detail-set would improve the model for sure. Otherwise i don't see an aftermarket set really adding much to this kit.

Thanks for the comments everyone. Much appreciated.

Andrew

Hello All,
I have seen some great work from some Great Plane Master Builders along with some great tips.
@ Justin,
Great Job so far. Thanks for the link for the weathering products. I need to get some for my Many, Many Builds.
@ Andrew,
Great Job on your build. I do hope you will enter it in a contest, I think you have a winner there.
@ To everyone else,
Great Job you are doing, I am a little late in showing my thanks to all of you for being in this campaign. Jim has been keeping me updated on all of your great work.

If you are done with your build, Please remember to get a photo in the gallery for your ribbon,
Keep up the good work,
Cheers,
Bruce

^ I second that, great builds coming up here.

Here's my entry at the moment, primer's on:

looking good Eetu...
My update is tardy..I still have to rivet...I have finished doing panel lines on the fuselage..

Hi all.

I started mine this evening as the kids were kind enough to go to sleep early.

I'm disappointed with the interior of this kit (MPM Arado Ar 95). They provide a nice PE and film dashboard and a resin control yoke but that's really it. Weird. Not even a seat for the rear gunner. So I'll definitely be doing closed canopy and concentrating on the exterior.
They give decals and painting diagrams (that look like they were faxed and then scanned into a pdf) for three versions. I'm choosing Spanish Civil War Condor Legion.

A bit of advice from biplane builders, please ... what's a good material to use for 1:72 rigging?

Pics will come...

smoke coloured invisible sewing thread - inexpensive monofilament at any sewing or Craft shop.

another possibility would be stretched sprue perhaps? The guys on the early Aviation forum turned me on to that recently and i like it because you can tighten it with a heated pin...but I admit Iv never used it for 1:72 so i dont know how that would go...Stephen would know better than I for sure..

Jim, the monofilament can also be tightened with a heated pin. It's the only reason an idiot like me can even attempt rigging and aerial wires.


Hermon