WIP F6F-5K

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May 12, 2020
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May 12, 2020
The Eduard F6F-3/5K decal sheet has enough decals to build 3 to 4 complete planes depending which options are chosen. Wanting to build two versions and giving a decal option to a friend, I still had all the decals for this version left.
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May 12, 2020
So, let’s put them on a Hobby Boss East Assembly kit to test the new Tamiya Lacquer Paint line.
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May 12, 2020
The build went quite quick...
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May 12, 2020
... but AMS kicked in and I wanted to clean up the seam between upper fuselage and lower fuselage/wing. Wasn’t this a quick side project?
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May 12, 2020
Got this far eventually.
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May 12, 2020
And started spraying the cowling.
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May 12, 2020
After some Mr. Surfacer White, the Tamiya lacquer sprayed beautifully.
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May 12, 2020
Started painting the engine and gearbox. Any smudges from the acrylic paint can easily be wiped off the hard and glossy orange.
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Then let’s try the rest of the kit!
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May 12, 2020
Given the fact that I sanded some parts without repriming, left me with some marks the orange had trouble covering.
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May 12, 2020
Eventually, this is where I left it.
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May 12, 2020
Not bad, but there is a dark spot in front of the cockpit.
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Either way: decals!
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May 12, 2020
The Eduard decals are really thin and react wonderfully to Micro Set and Micro Sol!
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May 12, 2020
After an afternoon’s work.
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May 12, 2020
The decals really snuggled down nicely!
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Just for props....

Comments

2 12 May 2020, 05:13

Mark D
Nice, like those special colors/schemes. It's like this F-6F collided with a Bell X-1 🙂

2 July 2020, 20:14

Łukasz Gliński
What a cool livery 👍

2 July 2020, 20:43

Patrick Hagelstein
Thank you so much Mark and Łukasz! Being Dutch, orange always tickles my imagination. Although a difficult color to spray, it didn't come out that bad. This was just a practice build for an upcoming Eduard kit. Actually the one where the decals came from. More orange to follow! 😉

3 July 2020, 02:05

Mark D
Also Dutch, planning to do the Orange Lion F-16 1/48.

3 July 2020, 10:55

Alec K
Cool camo indeed. Thanks for the report on the Tamiya lacquer paint 👍

3 July 2020, 11:47

Patrick Hagelstein
Perfect choice Mark! 🙂

Ergens in mijn to-do stapeltje staat die er ook nog bij. 👍

3 July 2020, 13:52

Patrick Hagelstein
You're welcome Alec! The Tamiya lacquer paint range sprays beautiful, it's the bright colors that were acting up, but I guess that's independent of paint manufacturer or type of paint. A modelclub member advised me to spray a yellow or buff base coat before the orange. I'll try that on my next orange project.

3 July 2020, 13:54

Ben M
I love these drone F6F's. I recently airbrushed acrylic Tamiya orange over white primer and it came out very well as well.

3 July 2020, 14:07

Patrick Hagelstein
Hi Ben! I primed the kit in Mr. Surfacer White, but had to sand out some blemishes and the underlying grey plastic showed through. Idiot me decided to go ahead anyway and those grey patches kept on showing through all the way. Even so, the orange had a very hard time turning orange from the initial orange-pink. Maybe I over thinned the orange. Either way: my learning curved took a steep climb. 😄

3 July 2020, 15:06

Alec K
Thanks for the additional info Patrick 👍

3 July 2020, 16:01