Junkers F13 Miniart

Let's start this journey by assembling the basis of the cockpit and the cabin.
Everything in this project will be brush painted using mostly Vallejo and AK interactive acrylic paints.
I will follow and try to emulate the great work of Plasmo as displayed here Youtube Video 

 

Trying to paint realistic used leather. First layer is AK Vampiric Flesh as I don't have tan, then a highly diluted wash of Vallejo Leather Brown. I will later add AK Ivory Black oil paint to make a proper texture and shading. 

Trying to fit all the parts of the cockpit before commiting to gluing 

 

 

 

 

This time I will assemble the engine first before painting. 

Adding some decals and Tamiya black panel liner to the instruments panel 

 

 

 

Final leather seats look, after adding the oil paint shading 

 

 

Final engine look after adding some touches of Vallejo Dark Rust and a light wash of AK Ivory Black oil paint over the light grey parts 

 

 

 

 

Final cockpit and cabin look 

 

 

Assembly done, with PE elements. The engine hood has been hollowed to be able to open and close the hood in order to keep the ability to show the engine later if want to 

First try at painting a wooden propeller. The base is AK Sand Yellow, then after a coat of clear varnish, I used AK Burnt Umber oil paint  

Priming in white with Mr Hobby Finishing Surfacer 1500 

After three coats of Vallejo Flat Yellow 

Adding the red stripes with Vallejo Red (70.926) 

The masking is tricky and I did pull quite a few hair putting it properly and as symmetrical as I could.
I used AK Rubber Black (AK11027) for all the black parts. 

I overdid it a bit with the black and got some leaks which I'll cover up later. 

 

Some leaks under as well, and some area that managed to get neither red nor black  

Covered the leaks as best as I could and painted the sides of the windows black 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting ready for a coat of gloss clear varnish 

Started putting decals after a few coats of gloss varnish 

All decals set  

After another coat of clear gloss, started some weathering with AK oil paints. First time doing this, trying not to overdo it. 

I took advantage of a nice bright sunlight to grab a few pics of the finalized version. The light is a bit harsh but that will do for now.
Overall very pleased with this kit, that was my fifth kit ever and I learned at lot with that one.
I'm not too happy with how the black sections look now, it was much better before the varnish. It was a nice bluish matte black, but the Vallejo acrylic gloss varnish kinda killed it, even though I sprayed a last coat of Tamyia flat clear at the end, it is still somewhat glossy.