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I'm tackling something new - luftwaffe camouflage on a Tamiya FW-190D. It looks really bloody hard to get right, what with the splotches around the tail and around the fuselage.
I've two choices - either use very well thinned paint at very low pressure in my airbrush, with the risk that it'll go pears quickly, or I could try making splotch shaped doughnuts out of blu-tack and making a mask of sorts. The worry here is that the demarcation between the RLM-75 and RLM 81/82 will be too sharp and look crap.
Any tips?
I "splotched" it with an airbrush.
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I’m tackling something new – luftwaffe camouflage on a Tamiya FW-190D. It looks really bloody hard to get right, what with the splotches around the tail and around the fuselage
What scale?
I did my 1/72 one (see page 18 I think of this thread) using a cotton bud. Looks OK. I think it'd be a bit too splattery with my airbrush skills. Or make a paper mask with rough edges and sit it a mm or 2 off the plastic on blutack and spray?
Looking forward to seeing some pictures of the Su-34s, I have a soft spot for their weird proportions and huge payloads. 🙂
I'm doing one as when it debuted at the Paris Air Show with blue camouflage and no weapons. The other will be an operational "Black Duck" and will look as mean as Hell.
Thanks all - it's 1/48.
I've a pot of Tamiya XF-61 which is as close to RLM-83 that I can get, the plan is to mask the demarcation with blue tac, paint and then do the same for the RLM-75. The idea of paper masks is a winner, given that there's a 1:1 scale painting guide in the box (minus mottling obviously). This evening's plan involves scanning, copying, drawing in the areas to be cut out with a scalpel and masking the model accordingly.
My shelf of doom is littered with awful attempts at Luftwaffe camouflage. At last count there's two Hobby Boss Me262s and three Bf109s.
Well, I haven't made a start on the Paul Bolton Defiant that I bought last month, but I have bought a helping hand magnifier thing, some detail brushes & a mixing palette, which have turned up today.
I have also bought some emery boards for removing sprue burrs and I meant to buy some tweezers but forgot. I might have some ferreted away in the garage if I have a dig.
Not likely to get the chance to make a start this weekend, as I've got my Sister & nephews visiting but perhaps next weekend...
I fancied a change from airplanes so I had a go at the Airfix early war Tiger 1. I thought something was wrong as I started building it - turns out it’s a reboxing of an ancient Academy kit and it shows, especially with regards to the instructions which are dire for such a complicated kit and resulted in some fit issues which don't show up till right at the end when it’s too late to correct!
Re the cammo pattern, tanks were delivered to theatre in overall yellow and the crews applied their own camouflage using standard brown and dark green colours They’d often spray over tools and towing cables as well.
Looks good though. The whole "reboxing" thing confuses me. How/why do they do it?
I got the new Airfix Mitchell for my birthday and there is the Italeri rebox of the Fujimi RAF Phantom on the way.
Cheaper & easier to buy existing moulds than to create from new , especially if it fills a hole in your product range.
From Hobbycraft 50% Revell sale I bought the PT boat, 1/32 P51-D, 1/144 Boeing 777 (or is it 787?)
Joining a Hasegawa 1/48 A7D/E, a Miniart 1/35 T55 complete with interior (I’m terrified of that, there are over 1000 parts!), an Italeri 1/24 Alfa Giulietta Spider, Revell tiny scale Boeing 747, and others still in the stash
On the workbench an Italeri Renault 5 - just waiting for its door mirrors; a Revell 1/144 F14D and a Revell Type VIIC u-boat
Update
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After some dark washes over the lightened base colour I applied several light grey washes of varying shades, RAF Dark Sea Grey seemed to work really well to lighten it even further. This was then followed up by more darkening of shadowed areas with washes of Lifecolor 207 Dunkelgrau, then even more washes of the lighter greys to the centre of panels and anywhere that would get faded first. I then applied some of the Lifecolor Dunkelgrau with some sponge as if I were applying chipping to show the original colour through the fading.
Where I am now is that I've just used some Phthalo blue oil paint dots to filter the panels and add back in the blue tone of the Dunkelgrau, followed by some selective filtering with black and a very small amount of burnt umber oil dots. I found this blue to be a very strong colour and used it very sparingly.
I'm finding it difficult to take pics of the Stug that show the true colour of it, every pic I take is different from the last one. Next up will be some pastels to dust it up a bit.
Cheers
Dave (spursn17)
Now this might just tempt me to reinstate the modelling bench
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That Alfa is very nice, price is a bit eye watering though!
Built this for the old man this Christmas. It's been in his attic for ten years, promising himself he'd get around to it.
I've been out of modelling since I was a kid. Had a few months off work earlier this year and started a kit to keep my mind busy.
Seeing the mention of the Shackleton earlier reminded me of seeing the one up at Bruntingthorpe - it’s in a very sad state indeed:
She’s in much better condition now, props on and all painted up nicely. Sadly Gatwick kept the engines so if anyone knows of four going spare then let them know!
One from some years ago that came out quite well.
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Just realised that the pics from my last post are AWOL so hopefully here they are...
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And remembered the exhaust stubs at the last minute....
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A rare Protar 1/24 250 GTO, loads of detail but it took a lot of work to get right.
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@rockhopper - I took those photos three years ago, so that’s quick work, and I’m glad to hear the plane hasn’t been allowed to deteriorate further. Any idea about the F104?
Bloke I was talking to who part-owned the little Czech jet trainer said that there were plans to stabilise her to stop further deterioration of the airframe, because it’s particularly prone to corrosion, and also source an engine, so it can do demo runs along with the Lightnings.
I have a particular fondness for the F104, just because it’s so extreme. It wasn’t until I was able to walk around the Bruntingthorpe plane that I realised just how thin the wings actually are, and how damned sharp they are! Got to be the only aircraft around that requires plastic protectors along the leading and trailing edges to prevent people slicing themselves open. 😳
@boggie64 - I like the 250 GTO, it would be fun to build one as a replica of Nick Mason’s car; that one carries the U.K. licence plate 250GTO, and is kept in its original race trim. Lovely car. 😍
Here’s some photos I took of Nick’s GTO a couple of years ago, if anyone fancies doing a model...
Gonna bump this one as I was enjoying seeing all the work. As someone who has started on the cheap Aldi kits I'm looking for inspiration.
Slow progress.
Nearly done.
Anyone going to the Bolton Model Show on Sunday?
Amazing!
Anyone going to the Bolton Model Show on Sunday?
Was thinking about it but full of cold, may do Halifax in a couple of weeks instead. The Sukhoi is looking good👍🏾
Revel SE5a. Possibly the trickiest kit I’ve built so far. Can’t mean for £5 from Hobbycraft though.
Moan not mean....
£5? Is that is a sale? Might pop down in the morning.
It was just before Christmas I think, all their Revell stock was going at silly prices.
Lovely SE5A.
I don't think that I'm mentally strong enough to attempt aircraft rigging.
Two blokes making kits.
SMER Hawker Tempest mk V.
Got sick of spending months on each build so rattled this one off quickly.
Cracking little kit that can be picked up for a not very much money.
The aircraft is Roland Beamont's who did some real "mad shit" during WWII.
How about this masterpiece?
My 6 year old daughter built it herself and refused any help painting it. It left me feeling a bit twitchy but she's immensely proud of it.
Looks good to me. I always struggle with yellow paint paint for some reason, it is worse than white.
Yellow is a pita to paint, even if using an airbrush. FWIW, I spray a base coat of white before painting yellow over the top.
I hadn't built a model kit for years, probably since I was a teenager, so was quite pleased when she expressed an interest in them in Hobbycraft. And a little bit surprised, coz all kids like nowadays is iPhones and Youtube (that's not true, we've made loads of stuff out of recycling bin bits, including a Batman car that looks like a mouse/gimp).
Any recommendations for cheap kits. suitable for a 6 year old? That one was a Revell Tornado including glue and paint, but she left quite a few bits off as they were too fiddly.
Get yourself to Aldi.
Airfix starter sets with paint and glue are a fiver. Quite a lot to choose from too. Spitfires, Hurricanes, BF109s, Gnats, etc...
Colonel wax it looks like it is painted for a Tiger Meet 🙂
Just finished (or at least stopped work on, it will never be finished) my Christmas non-Airfix from 2018. Look away now if rigging gives you nightmares...
It's a Wingnut Wings Post War Bristol F2.b fighter in 1:32, sitting on its inspiration which is the propeller hub from the real thing. My grandfather purloined this when he was in the Middle East after WW1, how he got it home is a mystery.
It's amazing what you see in photos that you don't notice on the actual model. The rigger needs to sort out that engine stay wire and the elevator control or the front will fall off and it'll be flying round in circles. Application of a bit of heat should fix that.
Here's my grandfather standing next to it (CSM 1:32 british pilot). Not sure what it's doing in Halton though, the real thing spent its life in a desert!
I made a few mistakes on the way with this so may now buy another kit to do it properly. Should be finished by 2022...
^ Nice.
I haven't got the patience for rigging.
Beautiful job, @Rio. It's not just the superb rigging, you've done a fantastic job making it look realistic and used, especially the wood effect on the prop and the vertical wing supports. I love the backstory re the real thing's prop hub too.
@rio that’s a stunning build.... I’ve tried to post mine but I can’t.... gah! Think I’ve worked it out....
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