F-14D SUPER TOMCAT EPISODE.7 With the spraying stage all underway now, bill gets started with preparing his model for spraying and begins with pre-shading, but with more detail and colours than the norm, he uses at least 4 colours to bring out different hues in the paint which gives more weathering eye candy. Special Tools: Airbrush…
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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.1 We start a new build with the Kinetic model kits Harrier GR.1/GR.3, I’m going to be building the GR.3 variant, we also have lots of after market parts with this, lots of photo-etch and for the first time 3d decals, so lets get start with the photo-etch madness. Special Tools: Trumpeter : Photo…
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A6M2 ZERO EPISODE.11 The final episode is here and she is all done, we finalize the build with how to line up your landing gear, taking advantage of thin and thick super glues, we also try out Mr.Hobby’s Flat varnish for the first time to she how that turns out, over all this has been…
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A6M2 ZERO EPISODE.10 Into the weathering part of this build now, I start of with showing you how to make your own weathering wash, with some of the best pigments I’ve personally used, Tamiya weathering masters is also a good effect you can make nice easy and fun, and we do some streaking effects with…
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F-14D SUPER TOMCAT EPISODE.6 Bill’s getting really fired up now as he enters into the spray stage of the F-14, we see him begin by spraying up the exhaust area to get a nice natural metal finish, by using some simple pre-shading techniques, we also have a bunch more painting of the outside cockpit area…
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A6M2 ZERO EPISODE.9 We finish of the decaling in this video showing you a hard one that wraps around the fuselage, Mr mark setter and softer are a good one for this decals too, finally we work on masking and spraying our wheels as well as some brush painting. Special Tools: Tamiya : Masking Tape :…
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A6M2 ZERO EPISODE.8 We finish of from the last episode with getting Intermediate gauzy agent sprayed on for a good gloss coat ready for decaling, but before we start the decaling with use Mr.metal color paints for our engine, and finally we begin the decaling stage using the Mr mark setter and softer decaling solutions.…
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A6M2 ZERO EPISODE.7 Now that we are in the spraying stage, we start off with priming the model with some tips like sanding out any blemishes, but with out damaging the primer, this is followed by a nice guide of pre-shading and making sure we don’t kill of the pre-shading work we have done. Special…
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F-14D SUPER TOMCAT EPISODE.5 In this episode bill shows use mixing putty, this will allow you to get the putty just right to fill in them seem lines, this is followed by sanding and wet sanding the seem line, he then moves in to some scribing, and begins the process of get your model ready…
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A6M2 ZERO EPISODE.6 Its time to get the canopy on now using good old Micro Kristal Klear, after which we will go over some fundamentals of preparing your model for airbrushing, like cleaning, how to mount your little pieces and getting the right color down over your canopy first. Special Tools: Airbrush Consumables: Micro Kristal Klear / XF-71…
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