Best statement I can read all day.
@Mead93 @JPTRR Thanks guys - thereās still a chance that Hayate wonāt be a victim of a blue monday mood
This is all about it - Sorry canāt explain it precisely in English, but yes, itās about where pigment loosened and shifted/drifted away from where it was supposed to be, both on white area as well as on main colour - especially visible in areas I retouched with post shading. All post-shaded darker colour moved away from areas and itās now looking a little bit unnatural to me and definitely thereās a big difference between left & white wing.
As for hull the loss / shift of white paint left a big dark bark which doesnāt look natural.
I will explore your references and maybe I will indeed make some āaluminum chippingsā as @Mead93 suggets here and there with sponge and precise brush. Japanese aircraft were famous of their ānon-stickingā paint after all .
Just a question - if I want to go into chipping, I think itās best to apply decals first, then continue with bare metal stuff to create more natural effects, but I think that Hinomaru roundels were rather kept in good shape, am I right here?
Great work Panzerman. Now I have an idea of what mine may look like when I start building it. Will you put this in a small diorama for this campaign?
Original color photos Iāve found new show that the hinomaru tended to not flake or strip away like the camouflage colors. I donāt have an explanation for that. But hereās a lineup of Frankās after the war, I think an airfield in korea. Nick Millman has a blog about it.
Another glorious example are these J2Ms:
Thanks Fred. This stickness of Japanese white & red colours are quite legendary apparently - I wish hobby paints of same shades were so stubborn to hold to surface (eg. after masking)
Now I need to find a way to make the chipping convincing (as Iām going to make chipping āoverā existing paint rather than using bare metal surface covered with camo paint and chipped with some fluid/water), especially that pics of original plane donāt show extensive paint flaking, but ā¦ Iām not a rivet counter afterall
Fabulous finish to the Kyofu! I will say that the weathering is very well done, and a nice presentation. Congratulations!
Hi Radek,
Took a good look at your pictures. While a bummer, one thing you might want to do is give the bird a bath! Iād suggest a light wet sanding using 3000 -6000 grit sanding cloths. This will knock the paint down and give you a better idea on what to repaint. Iād definately give the white a redo, and then use a combination of touch up on the camo greenish color and some aluminum on a sponge (lightly), and another control option is a Prisma silver colored pencil. Using just the sharpened point you can ādotā the silver into places to give the worn paint effect. Hope that helps, best of luck.
Alright, vote time! Once I get my archer and KV-1 weathered, and paint in my Elefant itās Japanese aircraft!
Having a hard time choosing! Which should I build?
Go big or go home:
Nakajima B6N Tenzan
Was leaning that way or the Hayate
Thanks John, situation is now a little bit complicated - I put decals on existing stuff in meanwhile, I will attempt to make some retouches, but it will require a little bit more attention. Iāll keep you all posted about successes ā¦ or failures
Would the I-0 150 ton tank be acceptable for this group build?
Mead, Iād go with the Tenzan. Just cuz itās a rare thing in any collection.
The Tenzan it is! Should get cracking on it next weekend
Since itās japanese, Iād say go for it.
All good choices. But I have a biased towards the Frank or Raiden. I like the Tony but for some reason I donāt like Tony is for the air defense of japan. I like the camouflage of Hien deployed to the South pacific. If I had one to pick up Iād go with Frank.
The campaign description I laid out said āmust be used by Japanā but, I am pretty laid back when it comes to campaign definitions. It is Japanese and itās a really cool machine so I say, absolutely go for it!! Excited to see what you do with it
Hell yeah Iām going to begin it this week!
Fantastic. Would also love your impressions of the kit. Itās one I am interested in