DocRob

You are a brave man Peter and your P-39 will look great, given what is to see right now. It's good to hear, that you build and paint the P-39 to such quality, where you said, some month ago, that would have been impossible. Modelling is always about decisions and it's always a good idea to adopt to the obstacles of a kit and the KH P-39 seems to be no easy breed. I'm eagerly peeping in, as I have a Special Hobby one and learn a lot about the type here. Cheers Rob

Ohh, cool, Rob made a white on white pic . Not quite, I used tan and light blue gray shades of oil color to work on the lower fuselage. Like the rest of the fuselage, these colors were dabbed on nearly unthinned, but in very small quantities and than dabbed multiple times till the effect was satisfactory. This enabled me to emphasize panels, cast some slight shadows and reduced the effect of overspray. I had some fingerprints on the cowlings, thanks to slow drying oils and a slightly rough surface of the 3D printed cowls and went a bit further with my oil paneling. The front got white teeth and when everything has dried, I will gloss coat the Hellcat for decaling. Cheers Rob

I had mixed results with AK's older Acrylics (Not the Real Colors and not the 3rd Gen) and thinner. Some mix with Mr. Levelling Thinner, some went goo. When I use the AK's, I try first, mixing them on a small sheet of plastic. Cheers Rob

Nice and subtle like Peter mentioned, your Alb is getting better and better, I love the busy side shots of the fuselage, where all the details and different materials show. The skull integrates itself more organic now and only just distracts a little from the nice wooden prop . Cheers Rob

Amigos, I lave oil colors. As longer I use them, the more I like them. I applied a deep blue, a medium blue and some light bluish grey in dots, emphasizing panels, light and shadow vaguely. Then I spread the oils with thousands of little dabs, to get a slightly uneven coverage. The synthetic saw brush was very carefully dampened wit fast drying thinner from time to time. Dabbing wise, I built up some fine layers of paint, with the base color still shining through, but got what I wanted an accentuated and more vibrant color rendition. Cheers Rob Ughhhhh The final result looks better

The 'Plane of Pain' club inaugurates Cheers Rob

I'm not much of a car bum and don't care a bit about more modern Ferraris, but this is a true beauty with all the curves in the right place. I will buckle in and follow your build. Cheers Rob

That's a gorgeous build and paintjob and like Ernie said, quite unique. The girl looks great while doing a feet first slide and reaches the base safely . Cheers Rob

Your Brewster seems to be more than worthy to be finished Ernie. Seeing the seams inside the cowling, I would tend to option one, finish the build and lay on a beautiful paintjob to hinder the eyes of the beholder to wander to deep into the innards . Cheers Rob

That is some impressive stuff, you are showing here. The depth of detail is breathtaking and your paint- and decalwork is perfect. Not the least your work, inspired me to think about building a 1/12 car and I ordered a Tamiya Porsche 935 last week. Cheers Rob

It really does, the tracks will be fiddly and the chosen scheme is a bit boring, but that aside the plastic on the sprues looks great and the additional goodies are perfect for a little vignette with those nice figures. Cheers Rob

What kind of pics do you desire Harv? There is a review video on Youtube: Sprue Review Meng 1/35 M4A3 Sherman 'Victory Kiss' Limited Edition - YouTube Tell me if you need more info. Cheers Rob

Today the kit of Mengs M4A3 arrived in the 'Victory Kiss' limited edition. It includes the Meng model with workable tracks, metal track pins, metal coils and a metal barrel. Additional there is the shown PE set by ET and last but not least, the two fine casted resin figures of the commander and the Mademoiselle. I got the kit for less than half the regular price, including shipping, so it would have been a crime to resist. Have I mentioned the great boxart Cheers Rob

Do you mean this particular version, Ron. The Wessex is available in 32 scale from Fly in two variants and there is a third variant announced. Cheers Rob

This guy looks a little wired, but as he seems to be in DAK livery you could sculped a scarf around the head as a protection from a sandstorm. I have the Spanish PZ. I variant with Breda gun in my stash, so I'm naturally interested in how yours went together. Cheers Rob

That nozzle looks great and appears to be metal made after painting. I switched completely to Xtreme metals from AK, which are pure gold to me, but there are two Alclad's which I can't substitute, exhaust manifold and jet exhaust. The Alclad titanium looks also better than the Xtreme metal one, but it's so fragile, that I don't use it anymore. Cheers Rob

I liked it the way it was, but it's hard to tell from the pics, with the lightning being completely different. Cheers Rob

I'm with the guys here Gus, your resin work is awesome and will make the Cheetah look great and different from the 'normal' Mirage. Cheers Rob

Bummer, but you can't blame the dog for it this time, at least not the decal. I hope you find a solution. Isn't there a second canopy for an opened display? Cheers Rob

Carl you need help, If my bench would look like yours (and mine is not very tidy) I would start a fire and call the insurance afterwards. BTW, do you now, where you left your decal tweezers? Cheers Rob

Do what's best for you and your family Phil, there is nothing won with feeling guilty, because of what... ? These are weird times and we should look and care for the people which are important to us and when there is time left, have some FUN. Cheers Rob

Progress is slow on the Hellcat, due to drying times and lots of 1/1 scale modelling on the house . The basic paintjob is done so far, this time with Gunze colors, a first for me. They sprayed well onto the 3D enhancing black and white base coat, which still shows a little. After applying the three camo colors, I used heavy thinned variants of them for panel accentuation and a little shading and lighting. Then I added the wings and tail, because it was way easier to apply the camo freehand, without the wings. Next will be an oil treatment as a pre weathering and to get the blues a bit more vibrant and then it's decaling / wet transfer time. Cheers Rob

I like your shadowing Gaz, the green hue is part of the palette of colors used, so that's fine by me. I experimented a lot with oil colors and pigments year the last year and found, it's best to stay in the array of colors used for shading or use vibrant often contrary colors, which involved pink orange and violet tones in some cases. You can learn a lot about color techniques and shading from good figure painters, some of them seem to have found the holy grail of color rendition. Another important thought is always 'go with the imagined lighting', nothing looks worse than false shadows. Cheers Rob

Congrats Kai, the detailing payed off, the landing gears look like the real thing. Wish you fun with the painting. Cheers Rob

Awesome progress Peter, the pit looks beautiful with all the added detail. Cheers Rob