Jos Jansen Mark, this is definitely a great modeling report for all Blues enthusiasts. I also have this Kinetic kit in my stash and when I am ready I will definitely apply your recommendations and tips & tricks. Currently, I'm building an A-4F Skyhawk from the Blues and I'm also going to try the 50:50 ratio with the Gunze C5, which looks exactly like the Tamiya X-4 that I have in stash. I just don't know how these two paints, the Gunze C328 and Tamiya relate to each other and whether they will split? I'm going to give this a try, I got this two-color mix through an acquaintance at FB.
Still, I find that if you spray the Gunze C328 on a light primer in thin layers, this blue color is not that dark at all and certainly approaches the Blues blue. Over the years they have had many different colors of (commercial) blue colors, and I have a suspicion that the blue color has become lighter and brighter on the Hornets ...!
I also have many photos from 2006 of the Blues at Leeuwarden Air Base, on all photos the blue color seems very bright, but that can also be very distorted by the digital color processors in the modern digital cameras.
11 April 2021, 09:58
Mark D Thanks Jos, I will try to get as much info as possible in my album about the Kinetic kit.
About the color C328: I think it will do for 1:32 scale (there is a great website of the naritafamily.com with a blue angel hornet on 1:32) but will be a little dark for 1:48 scale I guess; you're absolutely right that over the years there were different kind of blues. Maybe it works better on a white primer indeed.
There are pictures with a brighter blue and also with darker blue, also the yellow on top is sometimes brighter looking in the sun than the CAM decals are.
I think I'm brighten up the yellow a bit, except under the wing-line and on the outside of the tails where the big yellow aircraft number is painted which parts of the plane are a bit in the shadow.
About mixing: I've tested once Tamiya Acrylic with Mr Color, but it didnt mix well, there were air bubbles on the painted surface, but I must say that was with a brush. I would stick with Mixing the 2 Mr Color in this case. (However, thinning Tamiya Acrylics with mr Color leveling thinner works really good...)
11 April 2021, 13:32
Nathan Dempsey Great work. Looks like a challenging kit.
11 April 2021, 14:11
Mark D Thanks Nathan, I thought that this kit would be a fast build but definitely not for me with my basic skills, keep learning this way, just attacked the kit and going for it 🙂
11 April 2021, 15:42
Konrad - Awesome work so far. Looking forward to it.
11 April 2021, 16:03
Jos Jansen How is the process of this project Mark?
4 September 2021, 08:25
Mark D Well, i've been busy with projects around the house, but since yesterday busy with this one, making my own masks for the yellow on top, CAM decals are useless for this..( also I made a start with the MiG-21R, because I was curious how the kit was.) But i got the hint 😀
4 September 2021, 10:33
Jos Jansen Whaaha...😉 it's because I started again with my Blues Scooter...🙂👍
Jos Jansen Thanks for the link Daniel...that's indeed an extraordinary great Blues build from this guy!
16 September 2021, 20:36
Mark D Great 1:32 build, that guy is spot on with the colors (sorry to say it, but the intakes are not completely white inside till front).
I myself am a bit afraid how the yellow stripes towards the nose will come out after pulling off the tape....
In the end I mixed mr color C5 and C328 in a 75-25 mix, referring to some pictures maybe a 90-10 mix looks right and other pictures would give more towards a 65-35 percent mix, I've decided, just like Jos did with tamiya, to go in between..
17 September 2021, 10:31
Mark D Unmasked, need touch ups, not happy with some overspray here and there, but doable...
19 September 2021, 15:08
Mark D Well thanks CAM for the oversized decals… I put aside the Bu No. and name, the rest is only good for the trash bin…Now searching for some right sized decals…may also be a little bit brighter yellow.
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