Arado Ar-234 P5 Swept Winged Turbo-Prop Nightfighter - Completed

[dumaniac]

Yes - looks tops

where did you get the props, or did I miss that bit of text

Dumaniac

[NARSES2]

That is looking good 

[Captain Canada]

Wow. This keeps getting better and better. I think the blotches look great and really add to the look. Love the engines too ! Nice to see the 'family' shot as well....excellent work you're doing right now !

[DogfighterZen]

Wow. This keeps getting better and better. I think the blotches look great and really add to the look. Love the engines too ! Nice to see the 'family' shot as well....excellent work you're doing right now !

Totally agree, i like what you're doing! BTW, how's that Skyraider coming along?

[trickyrich]

BTW, how's that Skyraider coming along?

thanks, I'm pretty much ready to start painting her. Just have to find some time as work has started up for me after nearly two months lazying about! May get some done this weekend or next for sure. Should be pretty quick to paint, using acrylics again...except no Vallejo this time!

[su27rules]

   Nice work!!

[trickyrich]

Ok I have spent most of my limited time this week on this beasty. The paining is complete, again I like the Vallejo paint but boy is it fragile!! Even though it is nice I don't think I will uses it again of a project like this.

The major markings are not transfers but were painted on with masks! The black crosses underneath look especially good. The process was quite easy though the masks I bought were quite old and were starting to loose their stickiness.



It was then given a coat of clear matt all over, then a coat of gloss where the decals were to go. I was very lucky to find the squadron badge for JG7 in my box of spares....don't know how old they were though! Then they were coated in clear matt.



Now the weathering could start. I have been using Testors Master Model Acrylic Flat for the clear coats, it goes on nice but does have a weird reaction when I am removing the dried black wash. Other matt clear Acrylics and even Enamel clear matt don't seem to be affected, so I may swap back to those.






The props were painted RLM 70 (Black Green) and the exhaust outlets were painted as well.

I do though have a severe dust bunny issue in both cockpits, which I am not too sure how to fix!



She does look really nice but because she is quite dark she doesn't quite have the visual impact she would have had if I had painted her in a nightfighter scheme!

And sorry about the photo's looking very washed out, my camera started to play up while I was taking these photos!

There is not an awful lot left to do which is nice, as work has found a new project for me, not quite so many days away for home, but will slow down the model building. It's been a big project, but one I have really enjoyed.

[Gondor]

This looks fantastic. Really different.

Gondor

[zenrat]

Very good.  IME dust bunnies can be dealt with by carefull selection of which pics you post...

[Captain Canada]

Awesome. Love the shape, the engine/ prop comb, the colours, the bomb mounts...this is an excellent whif !

[NARSES2]

She really is a tremendous build 

[Rick Lowe]

Yep, nice job. 

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Magnificent & different - a great build!

[DogfighterZen]

Yes sir, excellent work on that beast!!

[su27rules]

Excellent work , different but great!!