mustang1989 Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 On 6/30/2019 at 4:09 AM, Dragline said: On YouTube I subscribe to Scale-A-Ton and Plasmo because they are outstanding military modelers. I think I just found another. Really excellent work on the resin cockpit. Overall fit and finish is also quite fine. Watching you watching me. Thanks for that Bob. I watch YouTube videos too and learn a ton from them as well as following along on the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 A post just to show that I'm still working on this bad boy.... This morning saw the finish of the aerial antenna and I'm currently working on those painting those 2000 rivets on the cockpit framing. I'm just glad the hard part of this build is now behind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Really looking the part! This has been a fun follow-along. Do more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 On 7/4/2019 at 6:44 PM, bisc63 said: Really looking the part! This has been a fun follow-along. Do more! Thanks Rusty! I came from aviation modeling and do intend to do more. Thanks for following along bud. Well.....I finished the screw head application as of this morning but still need to weather the framing somewhat to tone the brightness of the screw detail down. They pop just a little too loudly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 Ok folks....the main body of the build is now completed after dulling the screw head shine down. I'll be starting on the engine assembly and painting next. I've been doing my research so as to build as accurate of a 004 as possible. Stay tuned: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 I started up on the engine paint up this morning. I have really come to like these macro shots as I use them as a tool to go back and fix certain things that either I miss or made a mistake on. Found a couple of areas that need some attention in the shot below. Anyways....after a base coat, a very light wash just to bring the details out and a little bit of detail painting this is the latest progress: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gilkeson Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 great job on this build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/11/2019 at 11:30 PM, Ken Gilkeson said: great job on this build Thanks Ken. Still working away on this one and should have an update by this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gilkeson Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 it's a real beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 On 7/16/2019 at 4:13 PM, Ken Gilkeson said: it's a real beauty Thanks Ken!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 (edited) Well fellas....It's finally come to an end. I started this kit over three years ago and ran into a lot of problematic areas with this kit. To say that this kit has now moved into #1 on my most difficult/ frustrating and sometimes angering build would simply be an understatement. It was so bad that I stepped away from aircraft building altogether for those 3 years. Some of it I brought on myself by making things more difficult than they needed to be and other areas were just plain ridiculous the way Hasegawa put this thing together. This kit is touted to be one of the best scale model representations of this iconic plane and on that point I'll agree once it's built. Getting there was the difficult part for me. Enough of that banter though. Thanks go out to all who followed, commented and helped out since its beginning. After 3 long years my Arado is finally completed: Finished cockpit photo In progress cockpit photo: aaaaaaaaand engine shots: Edited July 27, 2019 by mustang1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Wow that looks great lots of detail. nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 Thanks Andre for the good comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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