Accurate Miniature Equivalents for Custom Painting your 1940 E&P

@allworkandnoclay:

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@allworkandnoclay:

By the way, next up is the US Navy. Those will take a while, as there are 48 total ships.

In the meantime, you guys can duke out what nation you want to see next: UK, Germany, or Russia.

Can you post pics of each type as you go? I put some up of my carriers tomorrow. Can you do a different ship?

As promised, pics of my carriers with their Hellcats. Also for a bonus, my B-17s at the end…

Fantastic!  Really like your touches to the aircraft carriers!  Huh - wouldn’t have thought I’d like that shade of blue on the cats… but I actually like 'em a lot.

@Viracocha:

Fantastic!  Really like your touches to the aircraft carriers!  Huh - wouldn’t have thought I’d like that shade of blue on the cats… but I actually like 'em a lot.

I tried the darker Navy blue first, but it was overpowering. I used it for the base of the roundels instead. If I ever get some Corsairs though, the dark blue will look great on them.

Got the number decals from your guy at I-94 Enterprises.

@cminke:

how do you paint it?  do you ues enamal, acrilic?  water or oil based?  do you paint it all at once or do you do half than the other half?  :? i want to re paint my old pieces. i will post some of my old panted pieces from when i was 9, tomarow :wink:

Let’s see if I can answer a few of your questions:

I use water-based acrylics. Mostly Ceramcoat brand. I hold the pieces by hand so, yes, basically paint half the base coat, then the the other half. Washes are done all at once since uniformity is key. Once that’s dry, I go back and paint the details. After everything is done, I coat them with a satin finishing spray by Krylon. I like the semi-gloss look.

Anything else I can help with?

Any new ideas on pricing yet?  In other words, how much for a full global (usable in every A&A game yet released) super-deluxe set like the one shown here?  $1000 or so?

I’d just like to know my options.  I prolly couldn’t afford one so I’d have to do it myself and I’d like to know how much money I’d be saving, lol.

BTW, the US carriers look superb.

@cminke:

ya, did you use an air brush or hand brush?

Hand brushes - 1/0 and 3/0 for the base coats, 10/0 and 18/0 for the detail work. Short handles, short to medium bristle length.

@allworkandnoclay:

Good stuff Variable! By the way, make sure you switch your paint jobs on the Guadalcanal Japanese and US cruisers… The molds were switched and the plastic colors are wrong. Compare them to other sets and you’ll see what I mean.

Thanks, I did know about this. The bone head maneuver I made though was I got the new pieces from WOTC ,but forgot I had the old ones too until after I painted the Japanese. So I painted the orange US cruisers, but also painted the orange Japanese cruisers instead of the green ones. Dang it.

@robbie358:

BTW, the US carriers look superb.

Thanks Robbie!

Nice paint job Variable.

BTW, on your initial list of accurate miniatures, the Japanese carriers should be “Shokaku” class, not “Shinano”.  The Shinano was only one ship and got sank a week after it was finished.  The Shokaku class served in almost every major Pacific battle until the Philippines campaign.

@allworkandnoclay:

I had to go out of town for Mother’s Day. You know how it goes.

Should have the Navy finished tomorrow or so.

Some people here still live with their mother.

Looking forward to seeing those naval units.

@Variable:

@Viracocha:

Fantastic!  Really like your touches to the aircraft carriers!  Huh - wouldn’t have thought I’d like that shade of blue on the cats… but I actually like 'em a lot.

I tried the darker Navy blue first, but it was overpowering. I used it for the base of the roundels instead. If I ever get some Corsairs though, the dark blue will look great on them.

Got the number decals from your guy at I-94 Enterprises.

Hey Variable, Can you tell me how many decals came on each sheet from I-94? I have my Pac40 pieces done for the Japanese and I am STILL trying to figure out what to order.

If you feel really ambitious it would be awesome if you could tell me what part numbers you ordered (Some countries (like Japan) have several different decal kits they recommended and I am wondering what ones are the flags and what are the red dots, etc…)

Thanks!

@trackmagic:

@Variable:

@Viracocha:

Fantastic!  Really like your touches to the aircraft carriers!  Huh - wouldn’t have thought I’d like that shade of blue on the cats… but I actually like 'em a lot.

I tried the darker Navy blue first, but it was overpowering. I used it for the base of the roundels instead. If I ever get some Corsairs though, the dark blue will look great on them.

Got the number decals from your guy at I-94 Enterprises.

Hey Variable, Can you tell me how many decals came on each sheet from I-94? I have my Pac40 pieces done for the Japanese and I am STILL trying to figure out what to order.

If you feel really ambitious it would be awesome if you could tell me what part numbers you ordered (Some countries (like Japan) have several different decal kits they recommended and I am wondering what ones are the flags and what are the red dots, etc…)

Thanks!

Sure. I bought LB-102 (Black letters) and LW-102 (White Letters). Each gives you about 4 sets of small letters/numbers and 4 sets of large letters/numbers. The numbers on the carriers are the “larger” size of the two that are included. “O” and “0” are the same if you need extra “0” decals.

Since it’s rude to hijack someone else’s thread, I’ve moved further discussion of my painting project to the following thread. It includes updated pics of the completed project, but I hope to take better pics with my wife’s camera next week. Thank you everyone for your kind comments.

Special thanks to AllWork - without his beautiful work here, I would have never known how to paint mine and never thought I could be capable of producing a product I’m happy with. Cheers mate!

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