Hello!

I´m starting this saga wich will include riveting and a small base...

until now... the cockpit is done...!







My best regards!

Hi, josepedro !
Your cockpit looks great ! Who lets this set?

Hello!
It´s the Tamiya Kit, with only the eduard PE belts added.

Here are some pics showing some more steps...









My best regards!

Great start. I'll be watching this one.

Olá JP,

It must be pure madness to punch all those rivets...great job on the cockpit. Very fond of your technique in shading & weathering

Cheers
Pedro

Obrigado.

Here is some more progress...

one of the most "pain-in-the-a*s" places of the kit is also wing and fuselage joint seem.

Yes it is!!!

Some more progress...

Ahhh... Those plastic parts start to get those butcher bird shapes. Love the riveting and the later style canopy.

I'm definitely looking forward to see more!

Hello!!
- Ladies and gentlemen... start your engines...

Why the low surface isn`f blue but grey?!

Hello!

Maybe it´s from the lighting on my workbench.

Here goes another update!

it doesn't look grey to me - ordinary RLM76 with pre and post-shading revealing darker areas of panel lines. I really like that subtle look of different panel and colour weathering. Which airbrush are you using, Jose?

Thanks for the feedback!

I´m using an HS Infinity, with the 0.15 nozzle.

José

José! The build is good but the paintwork is magnificent! I like it a lot!

What do you use for thinning the paints? I have never really become a friend of the LifeColor paints, I much prefer Gunze for airbrush painting.



Magnus

Hej Magnus!

I´ve been using Lifecolor´s own thinner, with a hint of a amonia based solution ...
for example Windex or in Portugal, Ajax Cristal. I supose that a glass cleaning solution with amonia does the trick.

I too have some paints from the Gunze range, but after i got it right with the lifecolor, they´re gorgeous to work with.

José Pedro

I'll try it then! Thanks for your advice!



Magnus

Hello!

Here goes some more progress...







My best regards!!!

Looks great, Jose. The painting is really nice looking.

Looking forward to see more.

here is some more progress











José Pedro

looks really good. and that subtle riveting. hope to see this Butcher Bird on its legs

Hello!

Thanks a lot for the comments guys!

I am heading for a beaten up scheme, trying to portray the feeling of the last days of the Luftwaffe...

Here are some more pics:




















José Pedro

Jose, awesome pics as always! Could you please specify what exactly you've done with Tamiya Smoke? How did you simulate wing root scratches? thanx!

I shaded the panel lines, acreated some shadows.

The wing roots were made with a silver pencil as well as a regular HB pencil.

Thanks for commenting!