Bonehead Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 The Triplane is the Eduard kit in 1/48th scale. The figures of the brothers were sculpted by me many years ago for The Model Cellar. https://modelcellar.com The figures were among the very first I painted with acrylic paints. Still learning there! The dog "Moritz" came with the special edition Eduard kit "Der Rote Flieger" which also included he markings for Manfred's 425/18. The kit is mostly out of box with some detailing and additions. I rigged it with stainless steel wire which works pretty well (but I hate the bright finish which cannot easily be eliminated). I would prefer to us ceramic "magic rigging wire" but do not have a current source for it. Can anybody help? The final shot shows the prop "in process" using the Tom Morgan method: the darker layers were hand painted in a combo of oils and Humbrol painted over an acrylic base coat. This allows for "infinite corrections" to the edges of the color until a satisfactory edge has been achieved. This was then followed by a "woodgrain" application of oils over all and finally a couple of brushed coats of "future" floor polish for a gloss finish. I hope you like it! Cheers!! Mike 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullArmor Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Welcome. Nice first post.👍 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Walk to the club mate. Very very nice looking model. And the figures came out excellent my opinion well done sir....harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Very nice , raised the bar somewhat on most of our efforts this year . Figures capture the brothers look very well . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Impressive work Mike, welcome to the forum. Truly inspiring. Thank you for sharing. Cheers Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggtim Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Really nice work - especially impressed with the figures, and at 1:48? Holy cow! I can barely build anything at 1:32. Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 On 1/28/2024 at 12:18 PM, Bonehead said: The Triplane is the Eduard kit in 1/48th scale. The figures of the brothers were sculpted by me many years ago for The Model Cellar. https://modelcellar.com The figures were among the very first I painted with acrylic paints. Still learning there! The dog "Moritz" came with the special edition Eduard kit "Der Rote Flieger" which also included he markings for Manfred's 425/18. The kit is mostly out of box with some detailing and additions. I rigged it with stainless steel wire which works pretty well (but I hate the bright finish which cannot easily be eliminated). I would prefer to us ceramic "magic rigging wire" but do not have a current source for it. Can anybody help? The final shot shows the prop "in process" using the Tom Morgan method: the darker layers were hand painted in a combo of oils and Humbrol painted over an acrylic base coat. This allows for "infinite corrections" to the edges of the color until a satisfactory edge has been achieved. This was then followed by a "woodgrain" application of oils over all and finally a couple of brushed coats of "future" floor polish for a gloss finish. I hope you like it! Cheers!! Mike The plane and Figures are masterfully done. It's hard to believe they're in 48th scale the detail painting on the figures are so good! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehead Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Thanks for the warm welcome guys! I appreciate all the kind comments. I am more of a figure guy than a model builder. But I have a backlog of partially finished models (like this one) That I am hoping to complete in the near future. So. hopefully I will have more fun stuff to post soon.... Cheers!! 😁 Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Mike Welcome aboard ... some mighty beautiful work. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Mike, beautiful work, on the plane, figures and base. Multi-talented! Welcome and looking forward to seeing more of your work. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 1/31/2024 at 3:44 AM, Bonehead said: Thanks for the warm welcome guys! I appreciate all the kind comments. I am more of a figure guy than a model builder. But I have a backlog of partially finished models (like this one) That I am hoping to complete in the near future. So. hopefully I will have more fun stuff to post soon.... Cheers!! 😁 Mike Mike, this completely passed me by, amazing opener, the figures are amazing and the 48th Triplane , wow……welcome aboard and looking forward to seeing more…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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