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Tamiya 1/32 Mosquito, finished

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  • Member since
    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Sunday, March 18, 2018 9:58 PM

mississippivol
Sweet tea and cookies, that is nice!
 

Couldn't have said it better myself

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

  • Member since
    November 2013
Posted by bstarr3 on Sunday, March 18, 2018 8:30 PM

silentbob33
Awesome job! I'm going to refer back to this when I get around to building the Tamiya 1/48 Mossie. I love all the scratch building in the engines, they really look the part. And the mud on the wheels looks real!
 

The mud on the tires was made from Mig dark earth pigment mixed to the right consistency with enamel thinner. I added some brushed on gloss to the bottoms of the tires to keep them looking wet.

  • Member since
    November 2013
Posted by bstarr3 on Sunday, March 18, 2018 8:28 PM

1943Mike

Superb work!

Your attention to detail, painting, weathering, and modeling skills in general are to be envied.

 

 

Thank you. The kit did most of the work. It's beautiful to put together

  • Member since
    February 2014
  • From: Michigan
Posted by silentbob33 on Sunday, March 18, 2018 5:04 PM
Awesome job! I'm going to refer back to this when I get around to building the Tamiya 1/48 Mossie. I love all the scratch building in the engines, they really look the part. And the mud on the wheels looks real!

On my bench: Academy 1/35 UH-60L Black Hawk

  • Member since
    December 2010
  • From: Salem, Oregon
Posted by 1943Mike on Sunday, March 18, 2018 1:08 PM

Superb work!

Your attention to detail, painting, weathering, and modeling skills in general are to be envied.

Mike

"Le temps est un grand maître, mais malheureusement, il tue tous ses élèves."

Hector Berlioz

  • Member since
    November 2013
Posted by bstarr3 on Sunday, March 18, 2018 10:25 AM

Thanks. Check out my 20 page WIP thread over on LSP

http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=72476&page=1

 

The painting technique is called black basing. Popularized, though not invented, by Doog, who used to post here, now posts occasionally on LSP, and has a great modelling blog of his own.

https://doogsmodels.com/2014/07/03/technique-black-basing/

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Sunday, March 18, 2018 10:19 AM
Sweet tea and cookies, that is nice!
  • Member since
    January 2015
  • From: Katy, TX
Posted by Aggieman on Sunday, March 18, 2018 9:47 AM

Nice work.  Love the attention to detail and I love the weathering, especially on those tires.  Can you give a run-down on your painting techniques, where from the photos it appears you did some kind of mottling prior to putting down the underside color.

  • Member since
    November 2013
Tamiya 1/32 Mosquito, finished
Posted by bstarr3 on Sunday, March 18, 2018 2:12 AM

Just wanted to post a link to my photo gallery for this really long build. Started just after Christmas, and just finished today. Kit is a beauty and was great to build as all Tamiyas are. WIP thread is over on LSP. Thanks for looking!

 

https://postimg.org/gallery/2pzixh7b4/

 

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