Tomcat's 1/72 Hasegawa Osprey

[Tomcat64]

Back on tack Neil

Very nicely done here Neil! She is going to really cool bird!

Saw this today and thought maybe Neil would enjoy it.

Colours are looking sharp mate. Is that a Navy or Marine scheme?

Thanks guys

That's a cracking photo @digger303

@Stokesy44 it's the Marine scheme mate - which will hopefully become more apparent in the following update

[Tomcat64]

With everything happening at the moment I've not had as much time at this as I would have liked, but it's still heading in the right direction despite a couple of set backs.

First up some decals... I don't know why but for some reason over the past couple of years decals have become a bit of a nemesis for me! I picked up an after market set for this build because I wanted something other than the Japanese scheme that came with the kit.

The decal set comprised two sheets, one for unit/national insignia and the other for the stencils.

The unit insignia behaved perfectly - albeit a little shiny but nothing that can't be tackled


The stencils though... well imagine trying to give a cat a bath... after a really frustrating session with crumpled & torn stencilling in highly visible positions I took the decision to remove them and go with the kit stencils instead. And in the process (and frustration) ended up putting a couple of dings in the paintwork underneath; this was not my finest hour...


After leaving it a day I went back in and patched it up a bit


And then went with the kit stencils and the unit insignia I'd original planned from the AM set... so it's a bit of a hybrid and not entirely accurate to the original but frankly bugger it! The vertical stabilisers have also been added and all the setting solution residue cleaned up


After giving it a satin coat (AK) and leaving it overnight it's been drenched in a black clay wash which I hope I'll get around to wiping back this afternoon.


I've also painted up the assorted antennae and wheels etc so it's nearly there...

Thanks for looking in

[Kevthemodeller]

Some very nice patching there Neil

[digger303]

Some very nice patching there Neil

good save

[Tomcat64]

Some very nice patching there Neil

good save

Thanks guys

[Tomcat64]

Can't believe it's been two weeks since I coated this in gunk!

Anyway I managed to get some serious bench time today I've wiped back all the black gloop, applied a coat of AK ultra matte and picked out some metallic parts with a brush... here are the nacelles...


One confession here was when I realised I'd forgotten to rescribe the missing panel lines from the tops... so not wishing to screw up the paint I used masking tape as a guide and drew them back in with a 0.05 marker... not perfect but they'll pass from a distance


The rotors with their decals in place, and the roots picked out in sky grey


And all connected up...


And attached to the fuselage. I've got a little tidying up to do but it's getting there


Just need to add the wheels and antennae and pick out a little more detail with panel liner and I think we'll be there hopefully later this weekend

Thanks as always for looking

[Kevthemodeller]

Great looking panel lining and toning, you'll almost there Neil

[Hawkmoon]

Looking good to me and nice work

[digger303]

WOW what a difference now with the engines on and all painted up....marvelous work

[jmurphy18]

Nice work! Looks so sweet

[Tomcat64]

Great looking panel lining and toning, you'll almost there Neil

Looking good to me and nice work

WOW what a difference now with the engines on and all painted up....marvelous work

Nice work! Looks so sweet

Thanks guys - appreciate you dropping in

[Tomcat64]

Well it's amazing what a couple of days at the bench with no distractions can achieve isn't it!

Wheels were added and given a quick wash with Vallejo black


Despite the best efforts of the tweezers and my ten left-handed thumbs all the antennae and other small fins etc were fitted as well with a dab of CA


And with a bit of touching up here and there that was the Osprey done...




The kit came with a decent flying base, so that was given a coat of Vallejo Sand Yellow, followed by textured sand and finished off with some static grass and random bushes & rocks all held in with white glue


So there we have it - to see how it all turned out head over to the reveal section here


Thanks as always to everyone that stopped by to take a look and especially those who took the time to drop a comment (or photo ) and offer encouragement

[jmurphy18]

Sweet looking! Nicely done on the final build here dude! Excellent work!!

[digger303]

Sweet looking! Nicely done on the final build here dude! Excellent work!!

[Tomcat64]

Sweet looking! Nicely done on the final build here dude! Excellent work!!

Sweet looking! Nicely done on the final build here dude! Excellent work!!

Cheers guys