Tamiya 1/32nd Mosquito FBIV - build!
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I made the bomb bay gun that comes in the kit - the Eduard one is in the model...
Canopy - multi-level this one - after masking, you spray the interior colour on the outside, so it shows through, then the outer colour over the top of that! Throw some PE inside as well, and it looks amazing - with an interior framework also built onto the model...
Tamiya supplies masks, but not die-cut which is a pain - Eduard do...
I used the tamiya ones to fill in the centers left by the Eduard ones - if that makes sense!
'Inner' color - cockpit green...
Followed by outer colour...
Some of the camo green goes over the cockpit...making sure it lines up!
Had to weather the visible strips!
Slight seeping removed with Windex on an cotton bud...
Now the frame...
Dipped into Future/Pledge to clean off the canopy - worked a treat...
Eduard extra PE set has a nice frame for inside the canopy...
Tiny PE parts within...
Dry decal on the top (with film on in this shot)
Just placed in to position, so not seated properly...
Right - bit of a break now - I'm relocating back to the UK, so all this has to be packed up for a few weeks - no idea how - then I can finish and photograph properly - so close to the finish as well!!
Back soon....!
cheers
Canopy - multi-level this one - after masking, you spray the interior colour on the outside, so it shows through, then the outer colour over the top of that! Throw some PE inside as well, and it looks amazing - with an interior framework also built onto the model...
Tamiya supplies masks, but not die-cut which is a pain - Eduard do...
I used the tamiya ones to fill in the centers left by the Eduard ones - if that makes sense!
'Inner' color - cockpit green...
Followed by outer colour...
Some of the camo green goes over the cockpit...making sure it lines up!
Had to weather the visible strips!
Slight seeping removed with Windex on an cotton bud...
Now the frame...
Dipped into Future/Pledge to clean off the canopy - worked a treat...
Eduard extra PE set has a nice frame for inside the canopy...
Tiny PE parts within...
Dry decal on the top (with film on in this shot)
Just placed in to position, so not seated properly...
Right - bit of a break now - I'm relocating back to the UK, so all this has to be packed up for a few weeks - no idea how - then I can finish and photograph properly - so close to the finish as well!!
Back soon....!
cheers
caterhamnut said:
Right - bit of a break now - I'm relocating back to the UK, so all this has to be packed up for a few weeks - no idea how - then I can finish and photograph properly - so close to the finish as well!!
Back soon....!
That's worse than the season ending of a good series! I want to see the progress on this! Strangely though, I don't want to see it finished, the progress shots and explanations are just too interesting!Back soon....!
On this note, is that a flare gun, or an last-ditch emergency gun for use if landing in enemy territory? I imagine the former.
Wow - almost a year since last post! Sorry about that - back in the UK, and unlike the MFH Brabham BT52 model, this lasted the trip back home - so really need to finish it now!
I've started painting the figures, as a way to ease back into it and while I was figuring out how to power all my USA-purchased equipment, such as the airbrush! I'll upload the images, and carry on....good to be back!
I've started painting the figures, as a way to ease back into it and while I was figuring out how to power all my USA-purchased equipment, such as the airbrush! I'll upload the images, and carry on....good to be back!
allegerita said:
Fantastic work. I am far behind the talent, skills and patience to be ever able build something similar. The canopy is very well executed and looks like a real one.
However, would you mind 1 point of criticism?
Absolutely no problem - 1st plane/military - I'm learning at every stage!However, would you mind 1 point of criticism?
caterhamnut said:
Wow - almost a year since last post! Sorry about that - back in the UK, and unlike the MFH Brabham BT52 model, this lasted the trip back home - so really need to finish it now!
I've started painting the figures, as a way to ease back into it and while I was figuring out how to power all my USA-purchased equipment, such as the airbrush! I'll upload the images, and carry on....good to be back!
Don’t forget it’s the big Telford model show this weekend...Money will be spent.I've started painting the figures, as a way to ease back into it and while I was figuring out how to power all my USA-purchased equipment, such as the airbrush! I'll upload the images, and carry on....good to be back!
caterhamnut said:
Absolutely no problem - 1st plane/military - I'm learning at every stage!
I wouldn’t want to make any comments on your astonishing work so I had to think hard about what I wanted to say in 2017. After reviewing the photos I think it had to do with weathering and washing. I am an advocate of the “less is more” philosophy and try to keep washing and weathering as subtle and realistic as possible. I saw some pronounced streaks on the fuselage around the canopy, which I probably wanted to question at that time.I have the 1:24 Mk1 Spitfire ready to start with, so I will follow your build with interest.
allegerita said:
I wouldn’t want to make any comments on your astonishing work so I had to think hard about what I wanted to say in 2017. After reviewing the photos I think it had to do with weathering and washing. I am an advocate of the “less is more” philosophy and try to keep washing and weathering as subtle and realistic as possible. I saw some pronounced streaks on the fuselage around the canopy, which I probably wanted to question at that time.
I have the 1:24 Mk1 Spitfire ready to start with, so I will follow your build with interest.
That is quite alright allegerita - part of the reason to post on here and other forums is to learn from other skilled modelmakers - I fully agree that one of the skills with weathering is 'when to stop' - this is the first kit I have ever attempted any sort of weathering, so very much learning as I go. Since I started this, I have seen many examples of different styles - one I particularly like is the 'faded' look I have seen a lot of recently.I have the 1:24 Mk1 Spitfire ready to start with, so I will follow your build with interest.
The finish on this model stems from using oil washes - the ver close up pictures probably exaggerate the actual effect....in reality the look is 'dirty' - and I have tried to replicate air flow - a bit like a grubby plane that has flown through rain...it isn't finished yet - got to add exhaust etc.
I have chosen the models I have started (since I re-visited the hobby from childhood) have been chosen to learn different skills - so I have a WWII bulldozer I have started in order to try chipping/rust etc...
On this kit, I re-visited the cockpit a little to make it less 'dirty' - some I can't change now, and skills I have read about/developed since I started this model will have to wait until the next one!
Alex@POD said:
On this note, is that a flare gun, or an last-ditch emergency gun for use if landing in enemy territory? I imagine the former.
They had flare guns that attached to holes in planes, here's a quick video explaining how they workhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y3mP1bcwJU
The video is for flare guns to fire out of a pressurised plane but it should give you an idea of what was used.
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