SPA Modeler

Thanks again all!

Painting is finished.
Decals shmeecals!!! (not a fan of Hasegawa decals...or Tamiya and Academy for that matter!)

I used an Olfa circle cutter for the markings. I find it much easier to place the Hino, then place the mask around it, then remove the Hino.



With everything masked, I "primed" with flat white...makes a world of difference for bright colors(red/orange/yellow)



Masked out the white border, then sprayed the blue tail band.



Masked over tail band and sprayed Hino's



Finished off with the yellow tail markings.



Unmasked!

Wow...I love it when u can paint the markings on rather than use decals...looks that much more real!!! Nice scheme...

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Finished up the torpedo...not sure what that black thingy is...but I saw it in some refs and just copied it!



Made wing supports with brass rod...



Tiny gun! PE and brass rod. Also scratched the antenna.



As she sits now...

Not bad for 48th scale...

Manny1943 wrote:Not bad for 48th scale...

You are kidding, that is 1/32. It must be!

This MOFO ain't finished yet???

Tremendous work! Your painting is outstanding! Nice job!

I love the torpedo too. I believe the black thing wrapped around it is the arming cable. Not sure though.

All finished!!!

I'll post in "completed" section tomorrow....bed time.

Until then....

Fermis wrote:All finished!!!

I'll post in "completed" section tomorrow....bed time.

Until then....

I want to mate with your Kate...