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Anti-submarine SV-22 Osprey in retro PBJ-1H/J colors?

Started by seadude, September 24, 2023, 01:11:42 PM

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kerick

Good idea using the colored dots. Of course the right side dots should have been green.  :wacko:
Just kidding. I might have used silver dots from a handy paint pen.
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NARSES2

Quote from: kerick on December 13, 2024, 10:02:51 PMGood idea using the colored dots.

It is indeed. Using coloured pens is probably far easier than my usual approach, which is to use small bits of masking tape.
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seadude

Not much new on progress.
Currently working on painting the main canopy. Having trouble as the paint is bleeding underneath the masking tape and getting into places where I don't need it to go.  :banghead:  :banghead:  :banghead:
I am using the yellow TAMIYA masking tape, but still........:(
And before anybody asks, No, there is no canopy masks for this kit as the kit is old from late 1980's.
But I did buy some tiny TAMIYA cotton swabs with pointed tips and then dip those in some thinner to try and wipe away the excess paint from the areas where it wasn't supposed to go.
And then after the main canopy is done, there's two smaller cockpit window pieces to add.
Still need to detail the interior of the cockpit a little bit more.
I can't add the rotor engines to the ends of the wings nor add the rotor blades till after all decaling has been done for the aircraft. But decaling won't be done till maybe sometime in January I hope if I can get the decals I need from a member of my local model club.
And probably one of the last items on the "to do" list is add the hardpoint pylons for the torpedos on either side of the main fuselage.
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kerick

" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise