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赤城 Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi
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Having completed this part, all the tape was removed and I masked some parts for painting the Linoleum Deck Color, as shown in figures 34 to 38. And finally after removing all the tape I applied the effects in gray, mixed with black and also very diluted. And to make the effects a little more dramatic I made another mixture of gray with white, shown in figures 39 to 50. After all the painting was done I applied a wash made with oil paint by mixing black, white and a little brown. Figures 51 to 60. With the hull and all painted up and with the wash applied, it's time to start detailing the sides and place all the weapons and other platforms. The final finish, i.e. the application of a matt varnish throughout the model, I´ll leave until the end after all the sets, including the photoetched ones, are glued in place. It's time to detail some parts, giving them texture, using photoetched or copper wires and the famous sprue (heated and stretched plastic sprues). In figure 61, notice the original part of the kit at the top and in the bottom caption the same part with the effect applied, using modeling paste (Acrilex) applied with a brush to simulate the texture of canvas. In figures 62, we see the photoetch in its original gold color and in figure 63, another photoetch already painted gray. I thought it was better to paint the entire photoetch plate and then mount and glue in the model than the other way around as several of these pieces must be folded, making it difficult to paint after assembled. In the end I had to this process for all 6 sets, front and back, but in the end it was worth all the painful work.
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赤城 Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi
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Having completed this part, all the tape was removed and I masked some parts for painting the Linoleum Deck Color, as shown in figures 34 to 38. And finally after removing all the tape I applied the effects in gray, mixed with black and also very diluted. And to make the effects a little more dramatic I made another mixture of gray with white, shown in figures 39 to 50. After all the painting was done I applied a wash made with oil paint by mixing black, white and a little brown. Figures 51 to 60. With the hull and all painted up and with the wash applied, it's time to start detailing the sides and place all the weapons and other platforms. The final finish, i.e. the application of a matt varnish throughout the model, I´ll leave until the end after all the sets, including the photoetched ones, are glued in place. It's time to detail some parts, giving them texture, using photoetched or copper wires and the famous sprue (heated and stretched plastic sprues). In figure 61, notice the original part of the kit at the top and in the bottom caption the same part with the effect applied, using modeling paste (Acrilex) applied with a brush to simulate the texture of canvas. In figures 62, we see the photoetch in its original gold color and in figure 63, another photoetch already painted gray. I thought it was better to paint the entire photoetch plate and then mount and glue in the model than the other way around as several of these pieces must be folded, making it difficult to paint after assembled. In the end I had to this process for all 6 sets, front and back, but in the end it was worth all the painful work.
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