PanzerWomble

Several paint jobs later, have settled on a mix of Paynes Grey and Prussian Blue , loosely mixed to give natural variation , ie some more blue / some more grey and then painted the entire surface. Last few seascapes were all predominantly lighter grey and wanted to get away from that esp as the scale is larger, and a darker sea scape works with the scenario of a dying boat . Yeah I know...... artsy twonk I am . Here I am using a torch obliquely to look for any regular texture pattern or brush strokes, which will scream manmade, especially when all the gloss medium is covering it . I've had to adjust several areas using medium and paint to block out the tissue pattern ( top right) . When this is all good, then it's 10+ layers of gloss medium to build up the sea ...and of course I can mix in colour to these layers to really mess with the sea scape . Also thinking a small oil slick might be nice but not idea how to do that now ....oil paints .....Tamiya's Smoke paint ....??

I forget how big these things are , and made from resin I'n guessing a fair few lbs too ? Burner can looks great BTW 👍

She's gonna be one large impressive Tonka when done . 😀 Could I offer a thought?, I found a while ago that putting subjects at an angle to the base often focused the attention more on them than the background and made for more a dynamic scenario , rather than having them square to it . Again just a thought .

Just catching up, this is superlative work Rob. Almost a shame to bury that gorgeous cockpit in the fuse.

Great and natural looking ageing on the petrol tanks , one of those parts you know got battered everytime someone went near them with a jerry can .

A good save before the paint started going on there Scott .

Paint or pencil ? I found prismatic pencils and / or thin sharpies were handy for walkway lines and a lot less bovver than masking , but then maybe I'm just lazy . Neat how they go under the ducting .

What scale is he in ? 1/32 or 1/35 ?

tough growing up in the 40's.......

When Comrade Stalin farts, no one objects .....

Found this interesting archival pic, tough hombres !

I would suspect it's your settings as I haven't changed how I host or post the pix .

Try this maybe ? [url=https://postimg.cc/v4d5k1BX][img]https://i.postimg.cc/v4d5k1BX/temp-Imagee5-IWYn.avif[/img][/url] https://postimg.cc/v4d5k1BX

Clutching at straws thinking I can teach anything lol , that's kind though 😀 There are not pictures in every post. ......the most recent post had this pic - can you see this one?

Mrs Womble ...

Fanks It's titled "Courtney's Love " U Boat optional .........

Has she been forgotten ?

That is a pretty awesome build !

Or the twins GB ?

Ok squirrelling sideways .... Foam is cut with a hot wire cutter, sanded smoother by a DA sander to get some swells into it . Then the fun starts. For this you need Liquitex gloss medium And also for some micro texture , use it to glue some kitchen roll over the surface, this sounds nutz but trust me , oh and you can obviously mix paint into the medium , I'm just covering with colour at this point See that mostly flat but rippled ? Thats where we are headed And so we reach here - all the white is hidden under a layer of unfeasably blue . Now I need to paint the surface colours appropriately , and fix correct waves ...then about 10 layers of medium to build up the sea gloss. If you get brush marks ....sponge them out , as any straight line is clearly a no no . Zats all for now folks ......

Flogger .....built the Airfix 1/72 back when it came out (1980) this looks 40 years in advance. Sadly one engine means I can't 'twin build' it unlike the ol' Tomcat or MRCA FUN FACT - Back in the 70's MRCA ( Tornado) was jokingly referred to as Must Replace Canberra Again ...following the TSR2 cancellation and the F111 purchase failure . Odd how two English Electric products seem to have lasted far beyond their expected lifespans 🙄

A black flory wash often makes NMF pop in my opinion , gives it a real grimy look . Just a thought