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Another great kit to build, easy and quick, comes with PE harnesses for the seat as well.Painted with Tamiya (Neutral Grey) and Mr. Hobby (Olive Drab), Flory dark dirt wash, touch of oil (smoke), Tamiya black panel line wash in gear bays and inside of flaps.
Nicely done! I may have to buy that kit, although what I could do with it wouldn't come close to your finished model.
In 1949, my family was moving from New York State to New Mexico in our Chevy coupe, pulling a one-wheeled trailer. Somewhere in the Midwest, probably in Kansas, we were driving along a highway when a jet fighter dove on us from behind, passed over the car at very low altitude, and pulled up into a steep, thunderous climb. My father, who was nuts about planes -- he had worked for a barnstormer in his late teens -- identified the plane as an F-80 (P-80?). I was only 6 years old, but my memory about that "air show" is crystal clear.
Bob Ingraham
Vancouver
On the bench: A diorama to illustrate the crash of a Beech T-34B Mentor which I survived in 1962 (I'm using Minicraft's 1/48 model of the Mentor), and a Pegasus model of the submarine Nautilus of 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas fame.
Nice memory Bob,
Like your painting and shading Grant interesting model of a plane I'm not familiar with.
Joe
Thanks guys, Bob, if you want an easy build I recommend it, had no problems with the build, and experimented with fading the paint, trying things I have never before, had some fun basically. Hobby Boss and Trumpeter are my go to for quick easy builds
Grant Dalzell Thanks guys, Bob, if you want an easy build I recommend it, had no problems with the build, and experimented with fading the paint, trying things I have never before, had some fun basically.
Grant, can you please explain more about how you faded the paint? Just this morning I was considering the same thing for the Italeri 1/72-scale Marine Corps Sea Horse helicopter I'm building. I'd like it to look a bit scruffy and sun-faded, like the choppers were in Vietnam.
Grant, can you please explain how you faded the paint? Just this morning I was considering the same thing for the Italeri 1/72-scale Marine Corps Sea Horse helicopter I'm building. I'd like it to look a bit scruffy and sun-faded, like the choppers were in Vietnam.
Please ignore this. I accidentally posted my previous post a second time.
Bob
Very, very well done.
I just might have to get me one of these.
Nice job. Interesting markings too.
Thanks,
John
Bob, start with your base colour, once you lay it down, lighten it, in my case using olive drab, I added yellow, the more you add, the more you change the hue. If you were doing grey, add white
Grant, you must have been using an airbrush. I've been using rattle cans and brushes -- it would be very inconvenient to use airbrush in my small apartment. Any other thoughts on how I could achieve a faded look on my Sea Horse helicopter?
Bobstamp Grant, you must have been using an airbrush. I've been using rattle cans and brushes -- it would be very inconvenient to use airbrush in my small apartment. Any other thoughts on how I could achieve a faded look on my Sea Horse helicopter? Bob
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