Ta-183 * * F I N I S H E D * *

[James]

This will look fantastic!

[Taiidantomcat]

Nice 

[Pablo1965]

Yes is different and cool.

[RussC]

Coming together nicely. Am very curious to see how you mark this beauty. A lot of Huckebiens' get gaudy additions, similar often to a close resemblance aircraft, the American F-86. Others have been built showing incomplete painted craft pushed into battle. The 183 is a unique little canvas.

[Allan]

Ian
Great modelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any tips on using Lifecolor to good effect? I'm all ears.
The Huckbein is a wonderful plane and I always have a peek when someone comes up with a completed model.
Allan in Canberra

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Ian, Any tips on using Lifecolor to good effect? I'm all ears.

Allan
Spraying Lifecolor's is a joy, it really is, but there's a trick to thinning:

Attendez 

Go buy a bottle of de-ionized water and a bottle of windscreen cleaner (I dont know what the Australian equivelent of Halfords is, but I'm certain there will be one). Mix these two 50/50. Then thin your Lifecolour roughly 70/30 with the 'mix'... This should give you the perfect consistency for spraying. Trust me 

Ian

[RussC]

Interesting...you just said the recipe for the Laser mirrors cleaning solution we used to use in the semiconductor labs at IBM. 

[pyro-manic]

Looking good so far!

Re. Lifecolour paints, I hand-painted my Fw190E with them, and they went on very nicely indeed. I used the Lifecolour thinner (that came in the set with the paints) and it worked just fine.

[Allan]

Ian,
Thanks for the intel...I'll give it a go using the car windscreen washer fluid I have and some soft Canberra rainwater instead of the demineralized water..I think the latter is distilled water??
Allan in Canberra

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

OK, I've been drinking, not much but quite fast, hence when I sprayed this around twenty mins ago I forgot to re-attach the diffuser to my airbrush  - I really can spray mottle much tighter than you see here... I'll go back and tidy-it-up on Monday !!
















AFN



Ian

[Pablo1965]

Rise in light colors, and realistic, if possible. COOL 

[Daryl J.]

Isn't the Ta-183 a gem of a kit?    I've never glued the wings in on mine, have removed them dozens of times, and they consistently replace tightly and perfectly.  Unbelievable.
Nice job!

[NARSES2]

No difuser ? Blame Dork 

[Allan]

gee whiz, that mottling is just so jaw-droppingly, stunningly, amazingly deft
really, Ian, you and Matrixone are truly the masters of the mottle
and all done with Lifecolor acrylic, which makes your wonderful result so much more amazing
can't want for more installments of this build
keep the piccies coming, Ian
Allan in Canberra

[dumaniac]

Progressing very nicely