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[dr_gn]

Yep, it was pre shaded, nope, no pictures. All it is, is very thin lines of Tamiya NATO Black airbrushed along the panel lines (over the base colour), followed by thin overcoats of the base colour until the black is very nearly obscured. Easy to obscure it totally (which is better than not enough!). For me it's an easy and safe method of adding some contrast to flat colours, which can look a bit cartoon on small models.

[Yertis]

How did you mask in his instance?

[dr_gn]

Yertis said:

How did you mask in his instance?

Tamiya Masking tape, direct to the surface (hard-edge, no feathering).

[dr_gn]

Going to call mine finished as of this evening! I'll post some pictures when I get chance to take them in daylight.

6 weeks, 3 days. Call it 1.5 hours per evening on average: 67.5 hours. I saw some excellent 1:72 model aircraft built up, on a display base, for £10 at the Crewe model show on Saturady. Very sad considering what must have gone in to building them; £10 wouldn't even cover materials. I'll post some pics of some of the show models on a new thread if I get chance.

[dr_gn]

This is it finished:























ETA some cockpit pics:

Edited by dr_gn on Saturday 5th March 15:24

[Cerberus90]

Awesome!!!

[Red Firecracker]

Fantastic

[pacman1]

Very well done! Best get the lid off my box soon!

[perdu]

very nicely done

and exactly as good as I expected

I wish my offering could have been as well done, it won't be

It has been fun working it all out with you too

I enjoyed the process immensely



bill

[dr_gn]

perdu said:

very nicely done

and exactly as good as I expected

I wish my offering could have been as well done, it won't be

It has been fun working it all out with you too

I enjoyed the process immensely



bill

Thanks guys - it turned out OK in the end (and I learned something about resin detail kits!).

Perdu - when did you last build a model? It'll take some getting back into, but you're doing a great job. I'm looking forward to learning how do make acetate canopies...

RF - Thanks again for the decals. I've put the model on Britmodeller, with a link to your custom decals website.

[perdu]

Too kind doc

but this tells me which bit to do next

"Watch that space"

[Red Firecracker]

dr_gn said:

RF - Thanks again for the decals. I've put the model on Britmodeller, with a link to your custom decals website.

Ah, very kind of you, was happy to be able to help.

[RichB]

Excellent work, I particularly like the detailing work to the underside and the subtle weathering.

[72twink]

Fantastic dr, another thread that's been great to follow!!

[IroningMan]

Fine job. I'd be chuffed to achieve that sense of depth with 1:48, never mind 1:72.

[Eric Mc]

What else can I say - brilliant.

[dr_gn]

Much appreciated guys - I enjoyed building it a lot.

Next one is the SE5a - in a few months.

[Eric Mc]

I'll try and finish mine over the weekend.

[dr_gn]

Looking forward to seeing everyone elses models. Eric is right - building a model is a great way of learning about a particular aircraft. Before this I would not even have been able to tell the difference between a Tempest V and a Typhoon.

I posted the same pics on Britmodeller, along with a very brief build summary here:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showt...

Cheers

[SlipStream77]

Very impressive, I'd be really happy with that result at 1/48.

What colour did you use for the spinner?