Wow..... that's so harsh having to take it right back again!
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Wow..... that's so harsh having to take it right back again!
Well i only went and spilt a whole jar of glue over EVERYTHING! and i mean EVERYTHING!. Paint brushes i had laid out for the build and tools and even the whole fuselage of the plane. I am such an ass at times. I hope that i can clean things up. I forgot to tighten the cap of the glue. :s
Oh no! Hope it's salvageable!
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psif1fwdhl.jpg
Re painted and fixed control panel. I think it looks a lot better than before.
Before.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psxq6gmths.jpg
I spent the best part of the evening painting the side controls and i think they look much better.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswvrfipn3.jpg
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psbak4mx04.jpg
Before.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psiwqbwbmk.jpg
Looking better lovely!
After scrubbing, sanding, re scribing, swearing, sanding and a bit more swearing i finally got to where i stopped and i am now ready for a total respray.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psvl8jdjyp.jpg
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Going to paint her in late Luftwaffe colors dark green and black green and underneath it is going to be light blue and white wing tips.
Looking good lovely!
Spent the morning masking her. Went a wee bit overboard, still, better safe and all that.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psm2dfox14.jpg
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This is the yellow i am going to use.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psp0ktpul0.jpg
I think i finally managed to acheive the effect i was after. The idea of panel lines is to pre shade the lines with black paint before you use the main color. This will have the effect of giving the wing a bit of depth and shadow.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psahamyde9.jpg
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You can see a bit of over spill of Black paint on the tail rudder, that is all you need to give it a bit of depth. Think i did okay. Now i have to wash it.
Looks good!
So the next step was to tone the yellow down a bit as it is too bright so you use a thing called a wash. It is just turps with a bit of artist black paint and you slap it on and leave it to dry, then you rub it off with a cotton bud and when your finished all it leaves it with a used look and not so bright.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psmox6us0r.jpg
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...pshlodxifv.jpg
The wash is finished you get a sort of dirty, used, military look. Very effective.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psdmtvzips.jpg
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Looks good!
Finally, started to work on my painting. I used a H&S Ultra airbrush with a 0.3 mm needle at 15p.s.i.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psiyehbwy2.jpg
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psfgljdycm.jpg
Still not happy with how the engine bays turned out. They really should be flat as an ice rink.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps111opfca.jpg
Looking good Purple.
I am trying to work out how to highlight the panel lines on the wings without them being too plane. I have been practicing on an old piece of plastic and suddenly realized, i have the wrong size air brush needle. Niied a 0.2 for fine work. Anyway going to do a bit more today. I really want to get this kit finished as it is taking a while to do.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psivcdnjik.jpg
Finished the weathering and now it is just the decals.
Looks good!
Looks amazing. Well done
Its getting there. I am making some headway at last. I fitted in all the glass windows and i lost one, it slipped down the fuselage. Bugger! Will have to get the clear fix out. Today i am hoping to do the first coat of the camouflage. Waiting on some paints and stuff i got from ebay.
Painted the main color and masked her off for the black green.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...pscm4swabn.jpg
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psvssdklgy.jpg
Looking good!
The camoflague did not work out. Does this
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psydts9jjy.jpg look like ? http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...pslzla1zhu.jpg
Yes! I saw the photo before the words and I was going to tell you that I thought it looked brilliant!
put the machine guns in the nests and finished off the clear parts.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...psd6rrkfhx.jpg
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I think i might have done a wee bit too much weathering. Still, she is a war plane.
This is the camera i use to take photographs. I am trying to get a more professional set up i also need lights and a screen for shading. It is a sony a500.
It look pretty realistic to me.
Looking amazing! I didn't know you had your modelling stuff in your bedroom - could that be part of the reason you weren't sleeping? Or could you be breathing in fumes?
No i don't sleep there suzi. It is my old box bed that i used for storage and sitting on.
(rofl) I was thinking how comfortable it looked!
Taking longer than i thought, but nearly there. First set of marking are on.
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...pseoamefyh.jpg
It's getting there!
FINISHED(party)
After nearly three month, yes three months i have finished. I cant do any more. Some of the purists out there would say i could polish the windows, but she is meant to be back from a raid so she will look dirty.
This was thee most difficult and frustration build i have done but i think i did a above average job.
What do you think?
http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps8qwlicrz.jpg
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