HK A-20G

[Clunkmeister]

Been picking away at this little lovely.

Obviously, I’ve obviously I’ve stuck my dauber in it, and made a right mess of it.

But, onward and upward with this PTO kite 

[Peterpools]

Ernie

WOW, looking mighty good and you surely have made a lot of progress on the Havoc. I've been following Nigel's progress on his (Nigel's Modelling Bench) and he spent a huge amount of time on the cockpit - building it three times: stock, with Eduards upgrade PE set and then with Airscale' detail set.  What's your take on the front office for detailing out of the box?

 

[Clunkmeister]

35 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

Ernie

WOW, looking mighty good and you surely have made a lot of progress on the Havoc. I've been following Nigel's progress on his (Nigel's Modelling Bench) and he spent a huge amount of time on the cockpit - building it three times: stock, with Eduards upgrade PE set and then with Airscale' detail set.  What's your take on the front office for detailing out of the box?

 

I spent a ton of time on it as well.  I started with 3D decals, stopped, and then redid it with individual Airscale instrument decals. Before Airscale brought their kit out. I didn’t go as far as Nigel, simply because I didn’t want to.  But it looks good enough to me  

I used an ASK 3D seat, although I could have easily salvaged and doctored up the kit seat.  My biggest change was to toss the kit engines and graft on the Resin2Detail engine faces. The kit parts a the same R2600s as in the B-25, and I’m no fan.

My biggest goal here was to get a good sun faded blotchy brown hued exterior, and go from there. 

[Peterpools]

Ernie

Thanks for the info and some good decisions.  never even thought about the engines. 

 

[KevinM]

59 minutes ago, Clunkmeister said:

The kit parts a the same R2600s as in the B-25, and I’m no fan.

Looking good Ernie and am I spying some modulation in that OD scheme?As to the engines I thought they worked out Nice once doctored up a bit but could see weras some 3D print could add a Nice accent.

[Clunkmeister]

5 hours ago, KevinM said:

Looking good Ernie and am I spying some modulation in that OD scheme?As to the engines I thought they worked out Nice once doctored up a bit but could see weras some 3D print could add a Nice accent.

We played with various lightening tones to break up the monotony without going att patchwork. 
I think it’s starting to look the part 

[Clunkmeister]

Lots of progress here. Plenty of different shades of OD going on, which all disappears under a gloss coat.  
of course, we painted most of the markings, so why I cleared the entire thing is beyond me. 
after this we get dullcoat, then oils and powders.

the stares and bars almost look too vivid, but they’re actually a very light grey. 

[Clunkmeister]

Tonight, I did some messing around with oils on the top of the closest wing 

 

[JeroenPeters]

Lovely!

[BlrwestSiR]

Great weathering and overall paint work. 

[Clunkmeister]

Thanks folks!  We’re just having fun, trying a few pastels on the center section to see what we have happening here.  
obviously I haven’t yet messed with the cowls or anything but the center section.  That seems to have often taken a beating in service.

I think it’s a fair bit heavy handed and too broadly based, but the nice thing about pastels is that you can take them off, plus they tend to disappear under a clear seal coat. 

 

 

[Martinnfb]

the surface detail is really coming alive, great work ! 

[Clunkmeister]

This is getting really ugly!  

[Clunkmeister]

Tomorrow we do some more pastels

[KevinM]

That's an ugly most of us appreciate!

[Spitfire]

Impressive, certainly breaks up the monotone Olive Drab nicely.

Cheers

Dennis

[smitty44]

Smoke and mirrors

[Clunkmeister]

3 hours ago, smitty44 said:

Smoke and mirrors

Yes, smoke and mirrors.  

[ScottsGT]

That’s a might fine makeup job! 
Having the vision to see this before doing it is a real sign of a true artist.  

[Irishman1]

Looks great! Again, a learning example for guys like me!!

[Martinnfb]

meticulous layering work, joy to follow.

[Clunkmeister]

Is it light at the end of the tunnel, or simply an approaching locomotive? 

[Clunkmeister]

Oh wow, my bench is a disaster zone!

[Clunkmeister]

I really wasn’t happy with the upper finish on the elevators. They were fabric covered, so I respected the base in a much more faded OD, and then got after it with the powers. 
i really like how they turned out. 

[BlrwestSiR]

17 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

Oh wow, my bench is a disaster zone!

Still better than mine!