It has been a long time since I posted anything of substance here. No excuses, so let's begin...
A long time ago I built a 1/75 (odd scale, right?) Ki-43-I Hayabusa, a vintage kit made by LS that I purchased for about a dollar or so at a model show.
The build took a turn for the worst when I used a Sharpie to pre-shade the panel lines. The problem is that when I used a clear coat after painting the Oscar, the Sharpie bled through, making it look as though I had drawn permanent marker over the top of a perfectly good model. It was disappointing, and I didn't bother to correct it...until now.
I plan on putting it into a little in-flight display over a Pacific island somewhere. To do so, I have to make some palm trees, eh? So I used some of those fake terrarium leaves you can buy at a pet store, and sliced em up to look like palm fronds...
Then attached them to the trunks...
Then I wanted to create that kinda fibrous look around the top of the tree, and the roots of the palm fronds, so I sharpened my pencil and used the shavings...
Let me know what you think. Thanks for looking!