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Black? But, I see green spots also?!?

Black as a base for the grey, dark green as a base for the green, I guess, Thomas (I may be wrong).

HELLUVABUILD so far. Dont you dare to say "Im still learning".

Thomas_M wrote:Black? But, I see green spots also?!?

ah...yes... thats just excess Flat Green for the wheel hub that I was just spraying over..just to empty my cup

tigrazor wrote:Black as a base for the grey, dark green as a base for the green, I guess, Thomas (I may be wrong).

HELLUVABUILD so far. Dont you dare to say "Im still learning".

Tigrazor--- both of you got it almost right... LoL

Anyway, been busy after the first layer of black. got some basic greys with Tamiya XF-80 Royal Light Grey acrylics. The mix is rather thin of 1:4 ration with the thinner.



Then I moved on to give it another pass. this time with Tamiya XF-25 Light Sea Grey acrylics, this time with a lighter mix of 1:6 and spraying it freely onto the surface.



Here is what the lower fuselage looks like. this aircraft is huge and man... what a boring job spraying and painting greys!!

One almost can feel you suffer, Monty. All these grey tones over such a huge surface! I am not jealous, this time!

Amazing work Monty!

So good that you leave those Tamiya jars visible in the pictures, really shows the size of the beast.

- Kari

Brilliant paint work Monty! Now you know why I stick with 1/72 scale aircraft! With the exception of large, four-engined aircraft, my painting is quick and painless. Far too short to ever get boring!

Looking forward to seeing more!

Duke Maddog wrote:Brilliant paint work Monty! Now you know why I stick with 1/72 scale aircraft! With the exception of large, four-engined aircraft, my painting is quick and painless. Far too short to ever get boring!

Looking forward to seeing more!

Definitely i am going to take a break from 1/32 and return to finish up my 1/72 builds! oh, I miss the time when you can finish painting an aircraft with only half-a-cup of paint!

KSaarni wrote:Amazing work Monty!

So good that you leave those Tamiya jars visible in the pictures, really shows the size of the beast.

- Kari

I think iam not going to miss anything if I don't build a 1/32 scale F-15E Strike Eagle in Gunship Grey. The prospect of having to paint something that is BiGGER than this in just one tone...is defeating haahaa

Thomas_M wrote:One almost can feel you suffer, Monty. All these grey tones over such a huge surface! I am not jealous, this time!

I still have an Academy 1/32 F-18C Hornet that I want to do for next year. I think its a good idea if I distance my self from that kit for a while... LoL