leemitcheltree
Hey!
That looks great! What are your plans for weathering?
Tell me...how was the overall build? I've got the dual combo pack...and it will be the very first WWl bi-plane I've built. How was the fit?
Oh - and for the wheels...I'd spray the whole thing the color of the hub...and then mask the hub using Bare Metal Foil...then squirt the tires. Works every time.
Thanks for sharing, mate!!!
Hey lee,
My plans for weathering are very modest, since anything done on a white surface shows up a LOT. I mostly let various shades of white (with Tamiya Smoke pre-shading) give some subtle tones to the surface, so it didn't look like a simple flat boring white-white.. Laying down Eduard's decals (which I've always found to be excellent) was a breeze over some future and under the usual chemicals. (Solvaset, then Micro Sol)
The build itself for this kit was beautiful, and it deserves it reputation. Very few seams required even slight filling (I only ever used Tamiya surface primer with a toothpick for a couple of slight ones), and this facilitated the build. The plane itself has very little rigging to speak of, so its a great first attempt for a WWI aircraft, given the lack of risk involved.
As for the tires, I misplaced my circle stencil and couldn't make proper masks, so...heh...I decided to try my hand at brush-painting it. Needless to say, some correction will be necessary, and I'm going back to looking for my stencils.
What remains is getting the front grill area done *just right* (its got two tones of dry brushed metal right now) and painting/installation of the guns. Other than that, and the wheels, leather cockpit rim and maybe some touch-ups here and there, and she's ready for the final clear-coat. Oh, and the entire prop has to be hand painted in oils...oi. And yet it *feels* so close to the end. :P
Anyway, suggestions for what sort of clear coat to use at the very end? I'm wondering what level of gloss/flat to simulate on a 1/48 scale WWI aircraft of this type.