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cbaltrin wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 12:38 pm Continuing to be surprised by what you can do with only a Filament 3D printer and a .2 mil nozzle. Seatbelts anyone? I printed it flat and then press formed it to the seat contour. Thought the PLA plastic would snap, but it was so thin that I was able to bend it...

Wow... that looks really nice!

I'm surprised that worked but it looks great.

Yesterday I airbrushed on a gloss coat in preparation for decals using Tamiya Gloss Clear... I also dipped the vacuform canopy in Future.... everything was allowed to dry overnite





Then today I applied the decals





I still need to mask up and paint the canopy framing.... Now its just about ready for weathering, flat coat, and final assembly...

Getting there….

Looks great!

Thanks Tom! Just a few more days to go here…

Wow! That looks great Stik!

Thanks Mike!

Since my last update, I hit the un cooperative upper left wing Hinomaru that was pointed out to me earlier, with a couple doses of Micro Set and got it to snuggle down properly



Then this afternoon I made up a homemade sludge wash and applied it on the upper and lower surfaces





After giving the wash a few hours to completely dry, I went back and cleaned it up





I will say this about the homemade sludge wash... it takes a bit longer to mix up than mixing up a wash with oils, but it dries quicker and cleans up even more quickly... I am sold!

Black base paint on the Rufe....






German Grey base coat on propeller...

I'm going to need to work on that technique, Carlos. The result is nice on your Ki-43.

Good progress, Tom.

Stikpusher wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 7:09 pm

This is becoming a treúe master piece Carlos!

And can only agree, self made washes rule!

- Kari