STORMO! :: View topic - RIK's 1/72 Scale Italian Aircraft Model Collection

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 2:35 pm

- > Engines Fully Painted; Testors Bronze enamel sprayed over Engine Cowling Rings.

- > Propeller assemblies glued together, painted solid Testors Flat Black & White "special mix" enamels.

- > Float Pylons & Tailplane Bracework painted Testors Model Master 1726 Light Sea Gray + 36% Testors Flat White enamels replicating Grigio Azzurro Chiaro (GAC).

Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:53 pm

- > Testors Flat White Fuselage Band & Distintivo di Guerra rudder crosses painted on today October 3rd.

- > Painting the Fuselage Band necessitated having to very carefully mask around Beam Gun Ports and Machine Guns, Humbrol 125 U.S. Satin Dark Grey + 36% Testors Flat Whit enamels replicating Grigio Azzurro Scuro 3 spot touch-ups necessary.

- > Engine Exhaust pipes painted tomorrow well as commencing decal applications.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 6:34 pm

- > Engine "Power Eggs" & Propellers fully painted & assembled.

- > Applied Italeri 1260 Z.506B kit Alfa Romeo logo, Engine Synchronization Stripe decals on propeller blades.

- > Applied Tauro Decal Sheet 72-554 "grey" Fascio decals on Center Engine Cowling port-starboard sides.

- > Applied Italeri kit Tri-Fasci decals on Mainwings.

- > Applied Italeri kit Z.506B Weight Data & MM Serial decals underneath Fuselage Tailplane Roots port & starboard sides.

- > Applied Italeri kit 171 Squadriglia unit, CANT Z.506B maker's logo decals on Fuselage port & starboard sides.

- > Weathering experimentation work commences tomorrow, still pondering going about doing so.

Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:55 pm

How are you planning to weather the plane? I think your kit has raised panel lines, its very hard to make any kind of weathering technique work on raised panel lines.

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:52 am

Editor wrote:

How are you planning to weather the plane? I think your kit has raised panel lines, its very hard to make any kind of weathering technique work on raised panel lines.

Don't know yet, whatever I do will be minimal.

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 7:09 am

You could rescribe the panels if its not too late.

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:28 am

BillShu wrote:

You could rescribe the panels if its not too late.

Way too late alas, assembled major components weeks ago. May experiment on weathering Tailplanes first, will get to them later this A.M.

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 3:57 pm

The purpose of raised panel lines was to highlight them by shadow, they were eventually replaced by recessed panel lines which were easier to mold btw. I'm sure Richard has more to add here. I handled raised panels in my SMER C.200 build by re-scribing the raised panel lines without removing them. I then pre-shaded the fuselage lines (and other areas) and then post-shaded them using solid pastels and an acrylic wash using a fine edge paint brush:

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:09 pm

- > Profile photos of near-complete Fuselage posted below.

- > Sprayed on out-of-bottle Humbrol 125 U.S. Dark Gray Satin in vertical streaks & mottles along bulkhead station et. al. locations simulating paint discoloration from weathering.

- > No semi-gloss clear coat spray on necessary, Humbrol satin paint brightness more than sufficient.

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:18 pm

wow it looks awesome! Here's the Z.506 at Vigna di Valle AF Museum:

Here are the links:

http://www.stormomagazine.com/ReferencePics/CANTZ506/GGobbiZ06VignadiVale.html

http://www.stormomagazine.com/ReferencePics/CANTZ506/GGobbiZ06VignadiValePartII.html

Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 6:37 pm

Editor wrote:

The purpose of raised panel lines was to highlight them by shadow, they were eventually replaced by recessed panel lines which were easier to mold btw. I'm sure Richard has more to add here...

Raised lines well as other mold detail carved directly on steel molds - the cheapest mold manufacturing method - was characteristic of injected plastic kits from the 1936-vintage FROG Penguins on. The Japanese in the late 1960s were amongst the first to manufacture "relief" molds allowing for recessed panel lines well as other recessed details though were more expensive to produce; computerized mold manufacture has reduced costs, 3-D Printing promising yet more reduction.

Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:03 pm

- > Fuselage exterior complete with Engine "Power Egg" & Dorsal Turret, Venturi Tube & Wind Generator parts in place today October 7th.

- > Dorsal Turret-Fuselage seams required some puttying, sanding & spot painting.

- > Engine blow-by grime painted around Fuselage nose prior to gluing on the "Power Egg".

- > Clear Cockpit Canopy Access Hatch parts painted & glued in place, plastic shim glued on one after inadvertently slicing an edge off whilst separating it from sprue.

- > Two large Bombs fully painted & weathered ready for gluing in the Fuselage Bombay tomorrow October 8th.

- > Bombay Doors & fabricated Door Actuators glued on Fuselage tomorrow also.

- > Approximate locations of Mainwing Top Longerons & Spars line-painted out-of-bottle Humbrol 125 U.S. Satin Dark Grey replicating Grigio Azzurro Scuro 3 simulating weathering, got satisfactory results.

- > Engine blow-by grime painted on Mainwings as well.

- > Mainwings hopefully will be glued on the Fuselage tomorrow after gluing on their "Power Eggs".

Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:57 pm

- > Two large Bombs glued in Fuselage Bombay

- > Bombay Doors & fabricated Door Actuators glued in.

- > Mainwing undersides line-weathered out of bottle Testors 1726 Light Sea Gray enamel replicating Giorgio Azzurro Chiaro 1, satisfactory results.

- > Fuselage & Bombay Doors line-weathered Testors 1726, satisfactory results also.

- > Mainwings glued on Fuselage, slight gaps at collar joins, won't chance filling them in fearing damaging paint or plastic.

- > Float weathering resumes tomorrow, still contemplating going about the task.

- > Model completion Wednesday, October 10th barring unforeseen construction problems and/or an assembly disaster Shocked

Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:03 pm

- > Float weathering done, satisfactory results.

- > Mainwing Float Pylons glued on then the Floats.

- > SUPERMODEL display stand used to properly position Floats prior to pylons being glued on.

- > Fuselage-Float Sway Braces will be glued on after above assemblies dries.

- > Model completion tomorrow Wednesday, October 10th.

Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:32 pm