Trumpeter 1/72 Hawker Sea Fury FB.11

[NorthernModeller]

Love it, your doing a sterling job mate

[TommyKillander]

Love it, your doing a sterling job mate

Thanks a lot, Ivan
Glad you like it!


Tommy

[Joesdad]

Fantastic job Tommy, l, like Ivan am loving it

[TommyKillander]

Fantastic job Tommy, l, like Ivan am loving it

Thanks buddy!


Tommy

[Twokidsnosleep]

Awesome job and I love how much testing you are doing with your spray colours....that is impressive

[TommyKillander]

Awesome job and I love how much testing you are doing with your spray colours....that is impressive

Thanks Scott!

The truth is that I have no idea what I'm doing, so I have to do a lot of testing


Ok... I finally got some time to sit down at the bench today. Yay!

The call sign numbers on the fuselage has a Sky background, so I removed the middle strip of tape and masked a square on each side big enough for the numbers. I hope to be able to salvage the "114" from the decals
IMG_20170511_185718 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

The exhaust plate (heat shield?) should be metal, so I mixed a couple of drops of Crome and a drop of Duraluminium.
IMG_20170511_191458 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

...and masked it
IMG_20170511_193606 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I mixed 150 drops of XF-21 Sky with 50 drops of XF-2 White and I got more or less the exact same result as the tip of the spoon. I added a couple of more drops of white to postshade some faded areas. The amount of paint I got was just enough for the aircraft - pure luck and coincidence
IMG_20170511_203448 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Next up is tons of masking before I can put on the Dark Sea Grey...

But we are back in the game again and I'm happy with the progress today


Tommy

[demarcation]

Looks fantastic so far Tommy, keep up the good work!

[jdart58]

Beautiful!

[TommyKillander]

Looks fantastic so far Tommy, keep up the good work!

Thanks Anders!

Beautiful!

Many thanks, jdart58


I've been dodging the masking work for a day or so, but yesterday I finally pulled my stuff together and started masking for the Dark Sea Gray...

I used a strip of Tamiya curve tape for the spinner.
IMG_20170514_103734 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Rest of the masking took nearly 2.5 hours(!) It was a tad fiddly to line up the engine cowling, but there is no other way to do it I guess
IMG_20170514_105920 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Painted the DSG with H331. Did some panel fading with a couple drops of XF-2 White added to the H331.
IMG_20170514_113028 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Unmasking is the moment of truth...
IMG_20170514_114846 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

There are some overspray and paint leaking under the tape in some places, but its better than I expected - specially the black/white UN ident marking came out much better than would have hoped for.
IMG_20170514_114322 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170514_121522 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I removed the tape covering the wheel bays by accident I must admit that I was a bit curious how it looked - but I will have to mask it up again before I continue with glosscoats and decals.
IMG_20170514_122022 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Most of the paintjob done, I'm happy with that!
IMG_20170514_122120 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I bought a Korean War special while travelling a couple a weeks ago. Great inspiration and background info.
IMG_20170514_131403 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

There where only 3-4 pages about FAA in total, though and most of the picture are available on the web already.
IMG_20170514_131537 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Stay tuned!

Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Not much done today. But a little something is better than a big nothing

I had to put some masking tape back on the main wheel wells
IMG_20170515_120828 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

And I detail painted some small stuff and gloss-coated everything
IMG_20170515_140625 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Next up is the decals - I have a bad feeling about them, so I'm preparing myself for the worst....

Luckily it's not so many of them


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

It's time for applying the decals.

The decaling got a bad start... The first one wrinkled and folded into a pile of crap and I almost decided to bin the whole decal-sheet and order an aftermarket one instead....
But the carrier-film didn't break and I was able to "unwrap" the decal using lots of water and a soft brush.

IMG_20170516_115337 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Some scissor-work to clear the call-number from the stripes
IMG_20170516_115709 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Looking good I'm happy with that.
IMG_20170516_121534 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

UN-stripes seems to be painted over the markings, so lets cut them!
IMG_20170516_133514 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Decals done, only 16 of them in total
They quality wasn't so bad after all once I got used to the thin carrier-film. They sinked in really nice into the panel-lines after a couple of coats of Micro Sol.
IMG_20170516_142834 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr


So... next I started to look for the navigation lights on the wing-tips.
- not on the clear sprue...
- not in the small storage containers that I normally put all small parts for my WIPs...
- not on the bench
- not on the floor

Can't find it anywhere... Apparently I have taken it from the sprue on a piece of the stem, so I have probably put it in some clever location, I thought.

After spending 30 minutes checking every possible place I finally digged into the garbage bin. Guess what!
IMG_20170516_165040 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Stooopid me


So after calming down a bit I started working on the nav lights, checking references on the Internets. Clear glass and a tinted bulb...
Let's drill it with a 0.3 mm drillbit
IMG_20170516_171827 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I diluted the Tamiya clear colous with some thinner to get them easier to work with
IMG_20170516_172148 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

And there you go!
IMG_20170516_173601 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

A bit of a roller-coaster build today....
Next step will be to start the weathering.


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

Next step will be the weathering. I'm using a mix of raw umber and black oils (1:1 ratio) diluted with odourless turpentine for this.
IMG_20170517_154056 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

...at this point I still feel a little bit worried
IMG_20170517_154119 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

But it turned out ok. Thinking of it, I can't remember having issues with oilswashes
IMG_20170517_170510 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170517_172247 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I did the washes yesterday and today I have glossed everything. Tomorrow I will continue with the weathering with pigments and some oilstreaks.

Besides there are only two things left to do before I make the final assembly, mask and paint the canopy and scratchbuild 4 small barrels for the 20 mm cannons.


Tommy

[jnbattleship]

Pretty cool! End in sight and it looks wonderful.

[TommyKillander]

Pretty cool! End in sight and it looks wonderful.

Thanks jnbattleship !

I have fully enjoyed the research and building this kit. Awesome aircraft!


Tommy

[Twokidsnosleep]

Looking great
Invasion Stripes look perfect, loving the weathering and great save from the garbage can
Almost every part seems to need to find its way onto my floor...I swear, and yes I do swear, they all need to be flavoured by floor dust before assembly. Drives me bonkers
Hang in ther bud, it is looking awesome

[TommyKillander]

Looking great
Invasion Stripes look perfect, loving the weathering and great save from the garbage can
Almost every part seems to need to find its way onto my floor...I swear, and yes I do swear, they all need to be flavoured by floor dust before assembly. Drives me bonkers
Hang in ther bud, it is looking awesome

Thanks Scott

Yeah, it seems that every small part in the kits I build wants to play "hide-and-seek" or "catch me if you can"



So I have proceeded with the weathering using AK enamel washes and Abt502 oilpaints. I used the AK products to tint the natual metal plate and to build up some grime on the fuselage. After that I painted some oil and exhaust streaks with the oilpaint on top of that.
IMG_20170520_144929 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170520_145114 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr


The canopy had a real ugly ridge on the outside that needed some treatment
IMG_20170520_154633 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

There are different methods to get rid of ridge using a scalpel or a sanding stick. I prefer to use a flat hard sanding stick that I try to keep "perpendicular" with the canopy so I touch as little as possible of the curved surface. After that I use an Ultimate buffing stick, green side first and then buff it with the white side until it's transparent again.
IMG_20170520_155309 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Polished to a sheen using Tamiya polishing compound.
IMG_20170520_155938 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Masking of the canopy using the masking kit and some masking fluid. Inside is masked with a lump of white-tac.
IMG_20170520_161714 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Painted with H331. Ready for flatcoat.
IMG_20170520_165810 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Scratchbuilding the gunbarrels, I will paint them with X-10 Gun Metal.
IMG_20170520_174341 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr


Noooo..... Disaster struck during flatcoating of the wingtips
IMG_20170520_184958 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I use Microscale Flat varnish thinned with Isopropylalcohol (IPA). What I think happened here is that I emptied the airbrush and there where some unthinned flatcoat "sludge" at the bottom of the cup that hit the wingtips. Maybe I didn't mix it good enough, though I always premix the flacoat in a separate paintjar to avoid issues like this.

Anyway, this was fixed by misting a *very* thin layer of pure IPA over the wingsection.

An advice of warning if you do that - Do Not Flood the surface with IPA. That will make the underlying coats of paint and varnish crack !!!!

So I was able to fix this to an acceptable level
IMG_20170520_190124 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Cheers

Tommy

[Avgas]

Some good recovery work going on there Tommy.

[TommyKillander]

Some good recovery work going on there Tommy.

Yeah, I was lucky to not go into "full panic-mode"

Instead I kept my cool and I remembered posts that I have seen where people where using self-leveling thinners to make varnish spread evenly over a surface. I thought that IPA might work in the same way and obviously it did this time.


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

It's been a good day at the bench

Started unmasking and assembling the aircraft today
IMG_20170521_104332 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_115436 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_121032 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_121800 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_130416 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

These brackets are needed to get stability of the wingtips when in folded position...
IMG_20170521_131211 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

And we have completed the final assembly !

IMG_20170521_140328 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_140339 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_140354 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_140407 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_140450 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Instead of drilling holes in the gun barrels I used an ink-pen to paint the muzzle.
IMG_20170521_140620 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170521_140718 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

The are some weathering with left to do, but I do that last thing....

Also I have s sprue of rockets to decide what to do with them.... I think it looks a bit wierd with folded wings and rockets

IMG_20170521_141518 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

But I have decided to make a base for the aircraft

IMG_20170521_141544 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Stay tuned!

Tommy

[jnbattleship]

Very well executed build! You right, RPs would look ... strange on folded wings but I think that was quite a normal occurrence, wasn't it.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Top notch job, a great way to finish
She looks awesome all weathered and folded up

[TommyKillander]

Very well executed build! You right, RPs would look ... strange on folded wings but I think that was quite a normal occurrence, wasn't it.

Thank you very much, sir!

I guess that there might be occasions where aircrafts returned to homeplate with unreleased weapons.
I might put the rails on, but leave the rockets on the deck or something like that.

Top notch job, a great way to finish
She looks awesome all weathered and folded up

Thanks a lot, Scott!

I will make a base as well, but sofar I haven't had much luck with my research on RN WWII carrier deck details and colour schemes.. But as soon as I have something to work with I will get started on that.


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

I have tried to find some reliable information on the colour used on the flight deck of late WWII RN carriers, but I haven't been successful in that quest...

Anyway, the best information I got was from the magazine Scale Aircraft Modelling, March 2017 (Vol 39 Issue 01) is that at Dark Amirality Grey, Home Fleet Grey or possible Deck Blue 20-B where used. The article suggest the following Vallejo paints:

71.022 RLM 02 Grey
71.020 German Green (but slightly darker)
71.056 Black Grey (but slightly greyer)
71.053 Dark Seagreen

I don't have any of those paints at hand, so I might try to do something with Tamiya paints... I like the idea of having a green tint to the deck

Here's a picture of HMS Glory (Japanese capitulation, Rabaul)

This might be a colourised BW photo so I'm not sure about the colours.

I have found a site with colour chips http://www.steelnavy.com/rnchips.htm
I'm not sure that is much helpful. I'm not totally convinced that I should use those colours...

But let's get started anyway... I don't want this to be a blocker for the build.

This is a snapshot of a scene from the Sea Fury documentary
FAA deck by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I will use an IKEA photoframe and a piece of 10mm plywood.
IMG_20170521_143158 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

The plywood will be dressed with plasticard.
IMG_20170521_152849 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Sides ready
IMG_20170521_201242 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Approximated some measurements for the tiedowns from the screenshot above
IMG_20170523_204422 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Drilling with a 2.0 mm drillbit
IMG_20170523_205035 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Holes in the deck are enlarged and coated with black Ultimate primer so no details are shown
IMG_20170523_211103 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170523_213648 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Deck is glued on
IMG_20170523_214609 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Stay tuned!

Tommy

[Muzrik]

Really nice looking so for can't wait to see it when it's finished.

[TommyKillander]

Really nice looking so for can't wait to see it when it's finished.

Thanks Muzrik! It's almost completed now - basically just the paint on the carrier deck left


Okay... I back from a fantastic weekend with my IPMS buddies, where we spent 3 days building models, BBQing, discussing scalemodelling and military assets and just random chit chat... We meet once a year to do a "styrene-bootcamp" like this and it's one of the hightlights of the year

So, I haven't painted the deck yet, I need to do some more research before I can do that and maybe get some more paints.

Started by removing the warhead from the parts. I will reconstruct the rocket tube/body with a styrene rod.
IMG_20170526_162502 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Sanded the rocket tube away from the rails, drilled a hole in the warhead ( ) and fitted the rockettubes.
IMG_20170526_201435 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I built a small rig to attach the tailfins at the correct height.
IMG_20170526_215830 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Scratchbuild an ammorack.
IMG_20170526_224800 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr


Tommy

[Muzrik]

Great idea, I like the sound of the Ammo rack.

[TommyKillander]

Great idea, I like the sound of the Ammo rack.

Thanks Muzrik

I have painted up the RP-3s and the rack today. I have no idea what colour it should be so I used two shades of Olive Green, just to get some contrast. The rails have been painted using my "Sky"-mix, so they get the same colour tone as the rest of the aircraft.

IMG_20170526_233740 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I have continued with the base aswell; to be honest I couldn't make any sense in the directions of the deck colour that I found on the Internet and the magazine that I had. So I just went with what I could see in on B/W-photos and the documentary. It seems that depending on the lighting conditions the deck has basically the same colour as Dark Sea Grey with some faded areas that was lighter.

I decided to preshade a "marble"-pattern to get some randomness to the surface using plain XF-83. .
IMG_20170530_211435 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Then I sprayed highly diluted XF-83 with a couple of drops of XF-1 Black mixed.
Based on a tip I got from a fellow modeller I stopped coating when I thought that "one more pass and it will look perfect". The reason for this is that the gloss varnish will have the same effect, so that final pass is not needed.
IMG_20170530_212727 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Next I will paint the markings on the deck. They should be white I think.


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Ohai fellas!

I have continued with the base today.

After studying a couple of magazines for details I found some decent pictures and a text about the size of the carrier deck centerline stripes that seems reasonable; the broken centerline was approx 10 feet in length with a 10 feet spacing and the width was 18 inches. In scale 1/72 this gives something like 42 mm in length and 6.5 mm width. So I decided to go for that.

IMG_20170531_201033 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Added the lines using plain XF-2 White.
IMG_20170531_203140 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Drybrushed some scratch and abrasion marks in different colours.
IMG_20170531_203916 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Finally I sealed everything with Aqua Gloss and next I will start to apply washes.


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

Got some more work done yesterday while watching the ISM Friday show.

I continued with weathering the base. I found out when I did the Easy Eight for the "I Heart Tamiya" that Ultimate washes had a nice range of colours when they where diluted with water, so I decided to try that again. This time, however, I soaked the baseplate with water and added drops of washes in different places, spreading them around a bit. It's almost like aquarelle painting
IMG_20170601_210247 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

After that I left the baseplate over night for the water to evaporate and when it where completely dry I sealed everything with Aqua Gloss.
IMG_20170603_084503 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Maybe it's a little bit over the top, but hey it looks cool I think

I couldn't find any good pictures of the trolley/ammo rack for the RP-3 rockets, so I had to do some improvising.
IMG_20170602_221650 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170602_222613 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170602_225151 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I might add a handle-bar as well


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

I continued with the base today and the RP-3 rocket trolley/cart (I'm not sure what to call it)

I added a handle bar to make it more "convincing" as a rocket trolley.
IMG_20170603_194738 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Painted the business end of the RP-3 to with white - according to reference pictures there should be red/white stripes and also a blue or green depending on the type. But it's too difficult for me to paint in 1/72
IMG_20170603_184217 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Ready!
IMG_20170603_210557 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Added the rails for PR-3 rockets and also weathered the rails and wings with some black soot pigments
IMG_20170603_194828 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

A couple of fuelstains. I'm not sure if the Bristol Centaurus was prone to leak oil, but it's an English design so I guess that it has to
IMG_20170603_212730 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

The last piece of PE I use is the nameplate
IMG_20170603_212852 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

Sometimes it can be difficult to get CA-glue to grip onto the surface of PE, using a glass-fibre pen (made for cleaning printed circuit boards) to make the surface more rugged is a good trick. Only drawback is that it will set instantly and it's no way that you can pry the part loose without using a CA-debonder.
IMG_20170603_214114 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

....aaaand it's finished - I'm calling this done !
IMG_20170603_214618 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170603_214722 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

IMG_20170603_215326 by Tommy Killander, on Flickr

I'll setup the photo-booth tomorrow and take better photos for the reveal!


Tommy

[sheppsea]

Excellent work, it looks fantastic

[TommyKillander]

Excellent work, it looks fantastic

Thank you very much sheppsea !


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Hey Guys!

I managed to take some photos today that are now posted in the Reveal section: viewtopic.php?f=592&t=22521

I have really enjoyed this build; doing the research and reading about this awesome aircraft as well as building it. The Trumpeter kit is not bad, but there are some minor fitting issues and wierd design solutions here and there There are also a couple of inaccuracies and I have to admit that I messed up myself in a couple of places - but I'm happy with the result anyway.

Thanks for watching and throwing in some cheers now and then to keep me going It's much appreciated


Tommy

[Technophobe]

A couple of fuelstains. I'm not sure if the Bristol Centaurus was prone to leak oil, but it's an English design so I guess that it has to

How dare you we don't leak, we just mark our territory

[TommyKillander]

A couple of fuelstains. I'm not sure if the Bristol Centaurus was prone to leak oil, but it's an English design so I guess that it has to

How dare you we don't leak, we just mark our territory

Haha, that's a good one - I'll remember that
Leaking a oil is not neccecarily a bad thing - I remember a friend who had an old Triumph motorcycle, he always said that as long as it's leaking oil I know that the engine is healty.


Tommy

[TommyKillander]

Photobucket have decided to hold my pictures hostage until I have paid $400/year for their release.

I have switched over to Flickr as a hosting service for my future work and Facebook for my reveal photos, but I can't be asked to backtrack the whole buildthread and update the pictures without actually see what I'm replacing.


*EDIT*
After I have calmed down a little bit over this PB drama I decided to recover the images, it will take some time and effort to do it, so please bare with me...




Tommy

[TommyKillander]

The buildthread have now been updated and pictures now link to Flickr instead.


Tommy