DocRob

I start to get the same feeling with the Real Colors. I used them successfully on some tiny projects and just last week started my Corsair build, where I used RC and liked them a lot. I thinned them with Mr. Color Self Leveling Thinner too and was very thrilled with the results. Cheers Rob

I wonder, how this camo is supposed to work in the scrubs of Catalunya, but it disguises the contours of the Lancia for sure. I applied all the marker borders in black and now have to wait for it to dry thoroughly. Before matte coating, I will have to make some touch ups with a brush and a larger correction on the right side, where the marker was bleeding. painting the camo was a test for the eye , but I tried to distribute the pattern equally on all sides, concerning the flow of the border lining and the size and shape of the blobs. Cheers Rob

Thanks Peter, I'm not sure about the marker, because it has a nasty oilish shine, which I hope to get rid of with matte coats and a bit of filtering. After trying, brushing the lines was no more an option, so I have to take on with the marker. Cheers Rob

Nice paint job Peter. These Real Colors go down smooth as silk, like on your Whirlwind. Sky color will make a great contrast and then the finish line is in sight. Cheers Rob

Should have done a WIP about the Lancia, but thought, I would not have enough time, so I will continue here. I tried two options with the black bordering. The first, although it was my favorite got skipped. Brush painting was too delicate to get right with even lining width all around. I would have liked to use Nato black instead of pure black. The option shown on the pic was made with a marker, let dry and oversprayed with Tamiya LP flat clear, which luckily didn't alter the marker, but wasn't flat at all. I will use matted Future / Pledge for the rest of the vehicle, but found the general look of the camo promising. It has to be toned down a bit in the end. The drawing and the test fender part are not the same scale, so the pattern should be near to the real thing. Cheers Rob

Exactly Ernie, with all these issues, the resin kit seems to be the better and I guess cheaper Helldiver kit. Maybe HPH made a mistake boxing clear parts for a planned 1/24 version of the Helldiver , spoiler alert. Cheers Rob

I think it's the same stuff Phil. Lucky you, that it worked to your advantage, I had to redo the blobs from the day before, as they were tearing badly. Cheers Rob

A very nice and interesting video about a great build, thanks for posting. Having built the kit, I liked to re-see it been done. I started my build, because I liked the shape of the plane and I wanted to use it as a testbed for a brush painted oil color camo, but had so much fun with the build, that I enjoyed it a lot. The kit itself is near perfect, with great detailing and fit and great engineering, even in the tricky bits. Cheers Rob

Nice progress on the Valentine Paul. I like your cast texture. Under some paint it will blend perfectly. I was on and off for a Valentine build lots of times. It's a weird vehicle with that extremely space consuming drive parts. It's like the designer said 'make the hull as narrow as possible', strange. Cheers Rob

Nice work on the 104 Carl. Your template seems to have worked fine. Sometimes there are simple and effective solutions, but it's hard to find them, that's where LSM comes into play, idea stored . Cheers Rob

Phew, this tail fit looks downright ugly. It seems ZM has nearly always some areas, where a toy designer was at work (with exception of their Kai Phantom). I hope your surgery will succeed. Cheers Rob

Sorry for being late to the party, but your 262 looks terrific with the mottled camo. I have the same kit along with some goodies in stash and will give the mottling a try, when it comes to that. I normally use a H&S Infinity with a 0,2 nozzle, but will dig out my old and trusty Rotring airbrushes again, which have the advantage only being one and a half action, not double action. It's easier to control the color dispersion with these. Like some of the others, I'm eager to see the results of your slight sanding, which I never tried before. Cheers Rob

I like her a lot. There is no decent -B out there, but your transformation produced one, great. Like Hubert said, you nailed painting and decaling, what's not to like there. Ah, the canopy, wasn't it frosted over during the flight, slowly melting now ? Cheers Rob

Thank you Paul, I'm blushing. I don't know about Silly putty, but Panzer Putty tends to flow a lot with time and gravity. It helps to apply it thin and to work fast. Blue Tack might be better in that way, but it is also a bit harder to give it the right shape. Panzer Putty flows easily into small crevices and sharp angled parts, that's why I used it here. The work area shouldn't be too warm, which enhances the flow and you shouldn't squeeze the stuff for too long, which has a similar effect. If you use either stuff for masking, make sure that you airbrush from different directions with thin layers to avoid differently sharp contours around the blobs. Cheers Rob

Oh my, Hubert, why can't Porschistas not differentiate between a Lancia and a Beetle . Batman in a Beetle, cool thought. But you're absolutely right, there are some undeniable similarities between the Lancia and the Insect in your pic. The Italians were well known for their weird camos, but this seems even a little razzle dazzle. Cheers Rob

Muchas gracias amigos, but the Lancia got a desease . It's only Panzer Putty, which adheres well, but tends to flow over night and I had to redo the first dots, because of this. You have to work fast with that stuff. Then I applied a coat of field gray over the dark yellow, carefully from all sides, to keep the sharp contours. I removed the PP-blobs carefully with a ball of the stuff, which is sticky enough to lift them after only half an hour of drying time. Cheers Rob

Beautiful paintjob on that Canary Scott. In fact the Canaries on my island only have yellow bellies. The color can be a pain, but you mastered it perfectly it seems. Cheers Rob

Fantastic progress with the rigging. I never imagined, that there is so many of it, but you managed that beautifully. The cruiser is a looker for sure. Cheers Rob

Nice progress Gary. The cockpit looks nice and busy and the seat belts are eye catching. Good to hear about the good fitting and these small sink marks are no deal breaker. Is there the perfect kit out there, hmm, just started my new Tamiya Corsair... Cheers Rob

Lancia 2.0, this one is a shapeshifter. I gave it a coat of dark yellow, which will be the lighter camo color. Next, I will put on small blobs of Panzer Putty or Blue Tak, depends on which works better for the yellow dots. Then I will spray olive green and then paint the borderlines with a brush or marker in flat black. Cheers Rob

Great detail and detail painting on the interior and equipment clutter Phil. Can't wait to see the Halbkette 'closed'. What type of camo will you apply? Cheers Rob

Very nice Phil, she will be a beauty in your hands. The engine looks sharply detailed too. Cheers Rob

And then, what... ? Cheers Rob

A Ukrainian beauty Martin with a great 'blended in' appearance. The Mig looks very close to the first pic, what more can be said. BTW: Harsh sunlight and heavily cast shadows ruin every photo session Cheers Rob

Great progress with the office and engine Gary. It seems like ZM has some 'soft' spots in every kit for some reason only known to themselves. I hope the six point attachment of the engine struts is better designed than with their TA-152, where it couldn't work like described in the manual. Good choice to go for light gray as highlighting color, I do the same and never use silver shades for that purpose, just looks better scale wise. Cheers Rob