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Crown, your Buffalo is stunning. I think you've single handedly got me hooked on that yellow wings thing again.
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
Nick, the Buffalo is superb! Fantastic finish, great metallics, and just taking the gloss off the yellow gives it the used look.
The Defiant looks extremely used, but the decals are all on now so they need to be bashed up a bit as well. This will either look good or....
many thanks lostagain your build looks like one of those museum planes that where just found . I was looking at some Finnish buffalos and they look just like your build very realistic! Keep going!
Nick.
LA, that finish does look ratty doesn't it.
I think I've read somewhere, Britmodeller likely, that the black used wasn't very robust and constantly had to be retouched. Apparently there was also a grey primer applied beforehand (either dark or light grey).
Here it is, info was quoted from a Ducimus publication:
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234975050-paint-it-black/&page=2
regards,
Jack
Very effectiv, la. Hard useage!
My Tamiya thinner came today, so hopefully I can start airbrushing the Prinz Eugen. I started using Tamiya acrylicson the last couple of builds and kept getting a chalky finish. I learned it was better use use their thinner.
Hope it works for you, Scott. It'll be interesting to hear how things go.
I hope it does as well, but I haven't had a chance to get back to the bench for the last two weeks. I will be out of the country on vacation all next week, so I guess no updates from me until mid May.
Scott
Enjoy your vacation, Scott!
Hope it was a good break Scott!
Ok, the Defiant has lost a paintball battle...
After the oils were wiped back, I have sealed it off again, heading to the last weathing stages:
So I would like to think it won't be long now...
Nice progress, lost. It's certainly seen a lot of missions!
Thanks lost, it was a great vacation. The Defiant is looking good. Oils can be a lot of fun.
No progress from me. Its Spring and I'm working on a number of landscaping projects. I do hope to get some time in the next few evenings to work on the Prinz. Its ready to paint.
Good to hear your vacation went so well, Scott. I'm sure spring-time duties are going to bite into modeling time.
I raked up leaves out of the flower beds Saturday; acquired blisters on both thumbs--something that doesn't happen when working on the plastic.
Its now June and I still have not made it back to the model bench. Will try to get to soon. I really want to get this project done.
Whatever it takes, Scott. Plenty of time left--a lot of summer, too!
Okau all the dangly bits are hanging off the Defiant now, all that remains is getting a few finishing touches and then the good photos.
That Defiant is looking good.
Since the day was another 90 degree day with about the same % humidity, I spent time in the nice, cool basement and did the airbrushing that I procrastinated for the last month.
And a little fitting up. I decided I might stick with the full hull.
Excellent Defiant, lost. Plus, it's always good to see a crew manning the aircraft. Good work!
Admirable progress, Scott!
You've got a nifty method of gathering the parts together for painting; and the full hull does look impressive.
Thaks Check, everything I am doing I pretty much picked up here on the forums.
These sub-assemblies are small, but with the ultra fine needle in my airbrush at low pressure, they were easy to paint. I may get the courage to try a dazzle cammo some day.
Nice work on the Defiant Lost, it's looking like a real warrior !
Scott, I like the lines of the Eugen, you're doing a nice job with it. I'll follow your lead with painting when I get to my next ship.
That would be fine, psycho. What's the scale and the manufacturer, and I'll add you to the build roster.
Welcome to the GB!
Turning out really nicely, Scott.
I'm sure you'll do an excellent job with a dazzle scheme. I did USS North Carolina in a dazzle measure a few years ago, and thought maybe I'd try it again on USS Missouri when the 1944 GB comes around.
Tamiya (Italeri tooling) 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.I
Thanks for that information, psycho. I've updated the build roster. Hurricanes are among my favorites, so I'll look forward to seeing yours come together.
Thanks for joining the GB.
Thank you Tony and Check for the encourgement.
Few pics from last night. It looks like a lot is done, but with of all the parts I have left, the ship is still about 40% complete. A lot a parts for such a small ship.
I am in the process to measure the main deck railings, then to cut and paint them, and attach them pretty much at the end of the build, otherwise I will fat finger them into squashed little deformities.
I also forgot to paint the darker gray cammo on the bow and stern of the hull, so either this ship moves to 1940, or I mask and paint it. I'm tying to the latter
That's a very attractive ship, Scott. Nice work!
scottrc I also forgot to paint the darker gray cammo on the bow and stern of the hull, so either this ship moves to 1940, or I mask and paint it. I'm tying to the latter
I've done that before !
I'd like to add a quick build into this GB please CMK. I'm going to re-live my childhood by doing the Revell 1/72 Panzer II kit, which is originally a Matchbox kit complete with diorama base. The two decal options are for a tank of the Leichte Division, DAK, North Africa 1941 and and the other is for Pz Rgt 8, 15, Pz. Div. DAK, North Africa 1941-42. I think either is ok for this GB.
I built many of these Matchbox 1/76 armor kits as a kid, and I think I'll do a few just for fun from time to time. I thought they were easier to build than the Airfix kits, and I couldn't really get hold of any other brand at the time.
Hopefully it'll be a quick, fun little build. I actually made a start on it last night, basically the kit construction is out of the box, with the base I've filled in the walls of the ruined building as they are one sided and I'd prefer them to be solid.
Here's what I've got.
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