Bob Perovich’s C-57D Paint Scheme part 3

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#21,22,23 Stasis Screens

  • Dark Gray Acryl

#24 Galley Table

  • Dark Tan Acryl

#25 Crew Stations (4)

  • Flat Neutral Gray Acryl

 

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#26 Chart Monitor

  • Round Screen-Light Gray Acryl
  • Circular Rim, Arrows, Crosshairs-Flat Gunship Gray
  • Square background-Dark Tan Acryl
  • Poles-Leather Acryl

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#27 Bulkhead

  • Radome Tan
  • Door Panel-Sand1
  • Concave Panels (4)-Duck Egg Blue
  • Lights (3)-Chrome Silver 2734

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#28 Instrument Panel

  • Panels-Silver Acryl
  • Red Trim-Rot + Clear Flat
  • Poles-Dark Gray Acryl
  • Small Round Screen-Fluorescent Red
  • Oscilloscope CRT (3)-Flat Black + Hellgrun RLM 25 (Green)

#29 Log Station

  • Dark Tan Acryl
  • Top box front panel-Flat Neutral Gray, with Flat Gunship Gray inset
  • Horizontal Instrument consoles-Flat Gunship Gray
  • buttons-red

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#30 Chart Table

  • Table-Dark Tan Acryl
  • Charts-Flat White
  • Instruments-Flat Neutral Gray

#31 Arm Chairs

  • Silver Acryl-finish with Clear Flat Acry

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#32 View Screen Station

  • Left Panel-Silver Acryl
  • Red Trim-Rot + Clear Flat
  • View Screen-Flat White
  • Inside Border-Flat Gunship Gray
  • Outer Shade-Flat Neutral Gray
  • Lights & Buttons-Black, White, Hellgrun RLM 25

#33 Power Station

  • Camouflage Gray
  • Hatch-Light Sea Gray

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#34 Astrogator

  • Table top-Rot + Clear Flat Acryl
  • Top Center under bubble-Flat White
  • Charts-Flat White, with outer trim Flat Gunship Gray
  • Consoles-Flat Gunship Gray
  • Lower Surface-Camouflage Gray
  • Inside Bubble “small ship” – Use a 7/32 inch diameter washer for the ship-Fluorescent Red (white primer)
  • Bolt-70/1000 inch X 9/16 inch-Flat
  • Black shaft + Flat Neutral Gray head

#35 Viewer

  • Flat Neutral Gray

#36 Navigation Plotter

  • Flat Gunship Gray, with Silver Acryl on middle extension

#39 Lift Poles (4)

  • Dark Tan Acryl

#40, 41 42 Robby

  • Graphite Metallic 2712
  • Hands-Rubber 1183

#43, 44 Ship Hull Sections

Hull sections need to be glued together before being painted.

To glue sections, use small office binder clamps [quarter inch] on the inside seams. After all six sections have been joined, place the half-hull on a flat surface.

Check the joints. If the joints bow upwards, place the hull on top of a refrigerator, with the joint sticking outward about 4 or 5 inches. Place a weight [a boxed cake mix will do] on the seam, which will cause it to flex downward slightly. Also place weights on adjacent seams, to keep the hull flat. After about a week, the plastic should straighten out.

Mate the upper hull with the lower hull, and place quarter inch binder clamps on all joints [12]. Leave together a week or so before applying primer and paint.

Important: These hull halves will NOT be glued together, to allow the interior cabin to be removed for display

  • Outer Hull-Primer + Testors 1246 Metallic Silver

♦It is recommended to use primer on the outer hull, as the Metallic Silver paint is thin, and top dome is at 90 degrees.
♦If you choose to use V2182 primer for the outside hull, use light spray coats [see below], and sand the primed finish before spray painting.
♦When spraying Metallic Silver paint, use very light spray coats (5 or 6). This will leave pigment spots, but smooth paint. When dry, buff with a small rag with a few drops of thinner. No sealer is required for this enamel paint

  • Interior Hull-Flat Gull Gray

Due to the large size of model, the interior hull can be primed with Rustoleum V2182 gray primer. Use light spray coats. Let the primer cure about 10 days before applying model paints.  According to the manufacturer:

“The V2182 is intended for use under spray enamels. It may not work well under some auto paints or over some spray enamels.  Plastics come in so many varieties I can’t give a definitive answer to
that. Usually it’s OK, but the only way to tell for sure would be to do a small test application. The two most common problems it can have:

1) It might melt the surface a little.
2) It might dissolve some chemicals out of the plastic and take a lot
longer to dry.

Problem 1 would be obvious immediately; 2 would take overnight to determine. If the primer is still tacky the next morning, you may not want to apply it unless you can leave the piece alone for a week or so to let the primer dry.”

Outside Hull Trim

  • Outer Rim-1.25 inches (32 mm)-Steel 1780

Landing Gear Wells

  • Open Landing Gear Wells (3)-Radome Tan
  • Closed Landing Gear Wells(3)-Flat Gull Gray

#45 Landing Gear Assembly (6)

  • Open Landing Gear (3)
  • Exterior & Interior-Metallic Silver 1246
  • Closed Landing Gear Panels (3)
  • Exterior-Metallic Silver 1246
  • Interior-Flat Gull Gray (to match interior hull)

#46 Landing Gear Assembly (2)

  • Metallic Silver 1246

#47 Stairs

  • Metallic Silver 1246

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#48 Hand Rails

  • Rails-Marker Red
  • Base-Metallic Silver 1246

#49 Landing Support Column

  • Primer + Testors 1246 Metallic Silver [see info on this paint above]

#50 Bottom Dome

  • Optional-Transparent Silver
  • Mix Future Acrylic Floor Finish with a few drops of Silver Acrylic, and Airbrush on

#51 Top Dome

  • Outside-Metallic Silver 1246 [see info on this paint above]
  • Inside-Camouflage Gray
  • Optional-Transparent Silver
  • Mix Future Acrylic Floor Finish with a few drops of Silver Acrylic, and Airbrush on

Paint List

Acrylic Paints

  • Clear Flat Acryl 12015
  • Radome Tan Acryl FS33613
  • Tan Acryl
  • Dark Tan Acryl FS30219
  • Leather Acryl 4674 (Brown)
  • Light Gray Acryl 36495
  • Camouflage Gray Acryl 36622
  • Flat Gull Gray Acryl 36440
  • Light Sea Gray Acryl 36307
  • Dark Gull Gray Acryl 36231
  • Flat Neutral Gray Acryl 921571004
  • Dark Gray Acryl 36176
  • Flat Gunship Gray Acryl 921576004
  • Rot RLM 23 Acryl (German Luftwaffe Red)
  • Fluorescent Red Acryl 28915
  • Silver Acryl 4678
  • Gold Acryl 4671
  • Hellgrun RLM 25 (German Luftwaffe Green)

Primer

  • Tamiya Light Gray primer
  • Rustoleum V2182 gray primer

Enamel Paints

  • Sand-33531 (17060)
  • Duck Egg Blue 35622
  • Marker Red 2127 (Russian)
  • Silver Chrome Trim 2734

Spray Paints

  • Testors 1246 Metallic Silver
  • Flat Gull Gray 1930

Glues

  • Model Master Precision Cement #8872
  • Testors Clear Parts Cement #3515

Note: These glues are highly recommended.

  • Model Master Precision Cement #8872

Remove paint from one surface, and apply glue to one surface only. Do not wipe spilled glue! It dries clear, thin, and shiny, and will not warp paint

Seal visible glue with Clear Flat Acryl

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