Casper that filter technique is awesome,I've not been brave enough to try it yet but you're inspiring me to ! You're build is looking sweeeeeeeeeeet!!!

I added a last bit of variation to the paint work with some dot filtering in oils.

It can be a bit of a tense moment when you cover you lovely airbrushing with ugly little dots.

I then work them into the paint work with a dry brush and then wipe off the excess with some paper towel.

It adds some nice hues and variation to the monotone colours and gives it a more 3D look.

Next I am detailing up the Martin Baker MK.4 seats with al the harness work then the under-carriage and then we're done.

Cheers

Khalee, welcome aboard.  Is that the Special Hobby/MPM kit?  Or did Eduard make one?  MAM had a series on the air war over Malta, that had a little bit about the Fulmar.  One of those unsung hero aircraft for sure.

Caspar, the Venom is looking great.  In the right hands(yours), the old Matchbox kits are gems.

Owl, I agree with John, I really like the camo on your 262.

John, the B-57 is coming along nicely. 

Cheers,

Greg

So, does mine qualify?

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WOW , Awesome work on both the Sea Venom and the 262 , I really like the camouflage work on the 262 , I was thinking of doing something similar with a T-6 Texan for the Korean War GB .

As for me it has been a bit of a slow week getting things done on my aircraft builds .

I finally have the Testors 1/72 B-57G Canberra masked and ready for the spraybooth first thing tomorrow morning ...

I'll start with a few light coats of flat white first seeing that the kit plastic is green , the white may assist being a bit of a base coat to help the Tan (FS30219) get better coverage over the green plastic .

Great work everyone .

                                 John .

Please put me down for a mpm 1/48 Fairey Fulmar mk2 if it's not too late.

TREYZX10R

Owl looks great ,wish they would put the full decal set in the kits and let the builders decide what they want to leave off

The problem is that Germany has a law about displaying the swastika.  Or rather it is not to be displayed at all except in rare historical instances.  Not sure about the exactness of that but it is because of that law.

Many kits these days have the "S" greyed out or omitted all together.  Others have the "S" split up in the decal set but there so you can "manage" to put one on if you desire.  Other manufacturers have a decal sheet where the "S" is located on a corner or a part that is easily trimmed off.

Sad that in cases where a modeler is building something for historical accuracy they are forced to deal with damned political correctness, or the "we are so afraid to hurt someone's feelings" mentality.

Geez (soapbox rant here) No body has the right to never be offended. So many people these days are so afraid to say some little thing that "MIGHT" offend a person.

Anyway that is the reason.

Owl looks great ,wish they would put the full decal set in the kits and let the builders decide what they want to leave off

the decals are in progress, but here is a partly decaled 262, to give a baseline to compare with the weathering I'll apply. The decal sheet did not come with a swastika, and I don't have one in the spares, so the 262 will be inaccurate in that respect.

OWL

Well I will enter this with MPM 1/48 fairey fulmar night fighter mk2 I'm almost done with it with all the mistakes it has.

Looking great Casper

Decals are done. They behaved very well despite a couple of spots where Microsol ate through a paint layer. I'll fix those bits up or weather with silver.

Cheers

Scorpiomikey

Gamera:

Casper and Owl: Wow you two are rocking!!! Great looking work and wish I could move half that fast! It's so hot and humid I've been coming home from work, turning on the A/C and taking a nap

 

Thats whats usually referred to as a nana nap around here lol.

Good to know there are other lazy bums like me. Thanks Scorpy, I think I'm going to start using that term myself!

p38jl

Owl. .love your pink masking materials !

haha, thanks! The pink stuff are heart-shaped post-it notes. I needed something not so sticky to cover the wings with, and making tape would have peeled the paint up.

Owl. .love your pink masking materials !

Caspar,, looking good to !

Ok, beautiful black nose applied!

Wait for this to dry and then glossy coat in prep for decals.

Cheers

Gamera

Casper and Owl: Wow you two are rocking!!! Great looking work and wish I could move half that fast! It's so hot and humid I've been coming home from work, turning on the A/C and taking a nap

Thats whats usually referred to as a nana nap around here lol.

Casper and Owl: Wow you two are rocking!!! Great looking work and wish I could move half that fast! It's so hot and humid I've been coming home from work, turning on the A/C and taking a nap

Scorpiomikey

I know theyre kiwi birds, but look at the greys, very close.

Thanks Mikey, that's such a great photo! Yeah the grays are almost identical aren't they. Certainly helps feedback wise. I'm going to paint the nose black today, gloss coat and then decals.

Cheers

thanks gregbbear. The kit is very nice, not über detailed, but I'd recommend it for a quick de-stressor kit.

the final colors are down. As you can see, the squiggles were masked with silly putty. Getting closer to the finish!

OWL

I know theyre kiwi birds, but look at the greys, very close.

Caspar, you are cruising on the Venom.  It is looking great.

Owl, your 262 is looking great too.  That seems like a nice little kit.

Cheers,

Greg

i have photos of a vampire (the real thing) in the same scheme and the greys are very close on that bird. ill see if i can track them down.

Got most of the painting done over the last couple of days. First the bottom coat of gray;

Masking of and then the top gray coat;

Then the green camo pattern;

The grays turned out a little closer than I had thought. I used the recommended shades. Hopefully I may get a little more variation with the gloss coat before decalling. In this pic you can see the top gray is only slightly darker than the underneath;

Cheers

after letting the paint cure for a day, I masked and painted the lighter color on the wings. But even after being careful, a bit of paint did peel up (dark spots on wings), but nothing too major.

OWL

Casper  nice job on the office, canopy looks like a good fit as well

Owl you're right goes together quick ,  the preshade and paint coming along nicely

OWL - Thats a cool ME-262 

pre-shading and first couple of colors airbrushed!

OWL

I added some greeblies just behind the office under the canopy. There was just one kit piece and it looked a bit sad by itself. I was also very careful to make sure anything I used fit around the canopy hydraulics and also let the canopy settle onto the fuselage correctly.

Some black matt and dry brushing and I think this worked quite well;

...and to do a visual test it looks quite good under the canopy.

Cheers

Yeah, not a lot to this kit, a lot of cleaning of parts much flashing. It went together pretty quickly but a lot of work will be required to smooth out and fill the nasty gaps.

There is also a fit issue with the rear exhaust cover so I have decided to display both the top of the engine and the exhaust together. Seemed a shame to cover it up as well.

Cheers