DocRob

Hola Senhores, I've been busy lately painting details and figures for my actual RSO build and ran into an old problem I have with Colours specially those of Scale 75. They tend do disintegrate and if you want to put a drop on your palette it is half oily binding liquid. Shaking the Colours, even with two or three ball bearings in it doesn't help a lot. What to do, throw away the bottles and use another brand? No, these Colours have the most appreciated tones and they dry fast and absolutely dead matte, a great thing while painting figures. I thought about a quick walkaround with my drilling machine and a hole driller of 80mm diameter and voila.... Colour before enhanced shaking. You can clearly see, that the Colour is disintegrated and even worse is the binding liquid on top The bottle fits into the 80mm hole drill perfectly and tight and after some heavy rotation... It looks like this and is well mixed and usable. The whole process takes only thirty seconds per Colour. No guarantee will be granted in case of flying bottles. I 'drilled' at least twenty bottles today thoroughly and none went flying. Cheers Rob

You went through a lot with that kit but your persistence pays. Your Tempest is looking great and there are so many things to mention. Love the gunsight, the wiring, the marbling technique and how everything of that not too easy build comes together as a new masterpiece. Cheers Rob

Nice looking bird of prey and the Colour fits great. I wonder how it would compete as a racer. Maybe they have to create a new class of high altitude races. Is the cockpit RLM 66 or shiny red? Cheers Rob

I'm buckled in, always interested how others tackle their 152. It seems like it is in the best of hands with you. Cheers Rob

Your engine is looking great and will be a nice eye catcher on your 152. Like you I'm hardly ever use a real black for modeling, but my attempts using MA with a brush where not very successful. Are you planning a WIP? Cheers Rob

Wow, what a nice Birdcage. I like your subtle weathering and I imagine, that this is the most of weathering you ever did on a kit . The kit itself is a true beauty, I built one myself years ago and because I left it in Berlin with a friend when I moved to Spain, I'm considering building another. If there is something like the best kit ever, these Tamiya F4's are pretty close and the earlier two or tri tone camos are a great canvas for weathering experiments on an airframe. BTW, the ZM 152 is not on my personal list of top to build kits . Cheers Rob

Nice, the engine is looking great. Will you show it? I tried to do my 152 with the cowlings removable and stalled with that after trying different variants. Be careful with the engine mounts assembly, when everything has to be glued into the wing/fuselage section. As per manual this is nearly impossible due to multi dimensional mounting points. Some more details about this are in my build log Cheers Rob

Metal on a heavy metal subject, what could fit better , seriously, your beefed up Tiger is looking good and I can understand how you enjoy adding the PE. Mostly I love working with PE too, but sometimes it can be a pain, when t gets really complicated specially with gluing points as big as a hairs diameter. For fenders and sheet parts like the exhaust covers there is no better material. Cheers Rob

Hopefully to be continued... Cheers Rob

Great redo and well worth it, nice. Cheers Rob

No problem here, I live on my tiny island and show my kits only to a very broad minded flock, namely YOU . No shows, no competitions except competing with myself sometimes. If a kit is finished I loose interest in them and many of them are given away. BTW: In Germany showing that guy wouldn't have been a problem I guess. Cheers Rob

Hehe, in the dio you will only see his backside , but it will be a loss, because his face expression is priceless he's whistling with that sheepish innocent look . Cheers Rob

Bravo 6 is just great this way, not hat boring stuff, companies like Alpine are producing mostly. The kneeing guy gives me the opportunity to hide some flaws in face painting, because he is shaving and has some foam in the face. The other guy will be a challenge, because his cast face expression is priceless and fits perfectly to what he is doing. Cheers Rob

Hola Wumm, it seems we are the last men standing in that GB, since everybody is occupied with the Nats or otherwise . I would call it a thing, it's to precise to be circumstantial and I like the way the engineers were thinking. The gun carriage is looking great and the brass barrel will stand out. Cheers Rob

I started with figure painting and wanted to try something new. Figure painting is a nightmare for me, but I have so many dio ideas for my builds, that I have to improve here. I started with the black uniform parts and following my theory, that there is no real black to be seen in the real world and decided to use an airbrush for the first time in figure painting. The black clothes where painted , yeah black, with a conventional brush, to be sure the Colour gets everywhere. Than I masked the face / upper body with tape and sprayed a lighter tone only from above, followed by a brownish black tone from the underside to simulate highlights and shadows. I enhanced the effect with a brush and a very light grey and black for emphasis. Red insignia where added using a very sharpened weathering pencil. It looks a little grainy and I will reduce that by adding soft brushstrokes with a dampened brush. It doesn't look too bad in reality, but harsh light and macroing at three times the real size is a showstopper. Next will be boots and belts, which are only precolored and then shirts and - I am afraid of this - faces and hair. Cheers Rob

I'm in the lucky position to have my own workshop, a big room with plenty of space and machines for woodwork and lots of tools. In there I have a huge desk for building and another for the spray booth and the photo booth. In winter time it is a little cold sometimes, but in summertime it is the coolest part of the house. We have lots of humidity in the air, which at least reduces dust problems while spraying. I had a similar booth like 1to1scale, but decided to enlarge it with a plastic container and add some lighting with LED strips which works fine. A 1/32 Mossie should go in without problems. Old Plan New Cheers Rob

Epic, good to see the boat in full bloom on your pics. This will be a stunner in Chattanooga. Bring her back in one piece, I'd love to see more pics here. Cheers Rob

Everything more or less fine by me, if there is no odor involved . Cheers Rob

The gun is coming together nicely. The Aber barrel will be a nice add on, given the visibility. If you burnish the barrel you don't loose detail to lots of primer and colour layers and get a nice matte black-brown finish. Cheers Rob

Ugh, new case of movie in my head, brrrrrr , I was better off without limericks. Cheers Rob

Best to try on some spares and detack the masking tape on the back of your hand helps a lot to prevent pulling Colour off. By the way, which metallics have you used here? Cheers Rob

Thanks Wumm, summer here is a little weak this year, spring was way better and that is pretty unusual. That I live on some Islands called the islands of eternal spring is a lie, but good for tourism. The early winter is mostly the best time of the year, with waves and bright and clear nights and definitely less thick clouds. So it's more like pick your action for the day depending the actual conditions, like surfing, if the wave is there hit it or other ways, if its cloudy and windy and humidity above 80% hit the bench with a nice cup of tea or whatever. Cheers Rob

Looking good with the metal coat. I never stripped a plane and I have to admit it scares me so much, that I do everything in preparation to not stumble into the need to do so . Stripping the Mossie with all the detail would give me nightmares. Nice save though for your Silver Star. Cheers Rob

Finally some little things done, but got distracted with the RSO by lots of surfing in mediocre waves (they rarely are good around here due to the wind), Mountainbiking and a little wooden side project in 1/1 scale, a present for my wife. I'm on my way to build two Adirondack relax chairs for the garden and it has been fun so far. Back to the RSO, I applied some decals and did some highlighting with the AK pencils. After further highlighting I will add some chips and wear and then it will be dust. Cheers Rob

Nice save, your Midnight Micky looks stunning. I never realized how many glass surfaces the P-61 has. Needs the OD finish to recognize it. Love the look you achieved with your home made decals. Isn't it satisfying to finish a SOD build. Time to lean back and proudfully sip the pictured Martini. Cheers Rob