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[BlrwestSiR]

Getting closer. 

[harv]

WOW....harv 

[Martinnfb]

Talking rivets. Trumpeter did apply some but half way. So I used available photos to finish it somehow. 

 

[nmayhew]

Trumpeter’s 109 G-2 (1/32 of course)… a reminder of just how good Tamiya (and Kotare now) are; definitely in the ‘looks like a…to me’ category but hey ho.

just starting oils topside; bottom is mostly complete apart from spatter marks.

[harv]

Excellent !!!...harv 

[Martinnfb]

Bloody amazing !

[Spitfire]

Not a Luftwaffe fan but that is top end modelling, fantastic.

Cheers

Dennis

[GazzaS]

3 hours ago, nmayhew said:

Trumpeter’s 109 G-2 (1/32 of course)… a reminder of just how good Tamiya (and Kotare now) are; definitely in the ‘looks like a…to me’ category but hey ho.

just starting oils topside; bottom is mostly complete apart from spatter marks.

That looks really great.  How do you keep your colors from either looking like they were applied by brush, or disappearing?

[ScottsGT]

4 hours ago, nmayhew said:

Trumpeter’s 109 G-2 (1/32 of course)… a reminder of just how good Tamiya (and Kotare now) are; definitely in the ‘looks like a…to me’ category but hey ho.

just starting oils topside; bottom is mostly complete apart from spatter marks.

Excellent weathering job on that keyboard too!  Both look outstanding!  (But I’d be tempted to strip down that keyboard and start over 😁)

[Bomber_County]

Excellent, I need to learn this technique, anyone willing to do a tutorial?

[BlrwestSiR]

FantAstic job on the finish. I wouldn't mind seeing a how-to on it too.

[Martinnfb]

The technique is well known, here we are talking about talent and skill .

Some tutorial video describing the use of the artistic oil paint and variations of its applications .

 

[PanzerWomble]

It's armour not aircraft but the skills and drills are the same for oil dot weathering.

Say hello to Evan , he's a great guy and was very young when he started knocking these out . Still knocking around youtube 

Nice work Nick . 

 

[ScottsGT]

Wrapped up the Tomcat Tuesday.  Pulled this one out of the stash yesterday.  Did a lot of reading about kit short comings and made a couple mods already.  
Carl has offered up a Fisher folded wing and I gratefully accepted!  That alone will be a big correction to the build.  

[BlrwestSiR]

48 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

Wrapped up the Tomcat Tuesday.  Pulled this one out of the stash yesterday.  Did a lot of reading about kit short comings and made a couple mods already.  
Carl has offered up a Fisher folded wing and I gratefully accepted!  That alone will be a big correction to the build.  

Great timing, I found a box that the wing parts fit in so I'll drop them off tomorrow at the post office. 

Carl

[Bill_S]

Underside of the Revell George. I fear I may have been a bit heavy handed on the salt. We'll see soon!

 

[ScottsGT]

Are you saying you assaulted George? 😱

[nmayhew]

Hey guys

thanks for the kind words 

I think I have done some how to’s on here in WIP for my P-40 (search ‘Neville Duke’ and I’m sure it will come up)

but very quickly …

firstly and most importantly there’s no voodoo - you just need to be willing to give stuff a go, and not let yourself be convinced “I prefer my models with that clean look” when really it’s because you are a bit scared - I know because I was that person for years lol

primed with MFS1500 Black; all paints are MRP; I use spatter templates where surfaces are flat enough and if fiddly compound curves will airbrush lots of little mottle randomly in various colours to build up depth; check Doogs Models YouTube for Blackbasing technique if you are not familiar 

oils should go on full or semi matt; if on gloss you’ll just be pushing them round and it will be a mess

i don’t use oil dot technique; afaik that’s just random dots of random colour; I try to think about what weathering will occur and where.

I don’t use pin wash - certainly not as slather it all over in every panel line etc and wipe off excess approach; that’s a bit clumsy and just makes things look even more like a model in my view; some do like the look, but it’s not for me.

Check out Mike Rinaldi on YouTube - his short technique vids, not the 3hr live streams - too much waffle on those - he is THE MASTER and originator of OPR afaik

for armour, check John Spud Murphy on Facebook - lots of great guys but he has lots of simple mini bits of how to and technique

anyway…

oils are on cardboard but I do dive straight in; I have Sansodor in a small palette by side; you can get away with just a few brushes - a couple of smallish ones (but can be a 2), just with a nice point, and maybe a bigger filbert type 

oils on cardboard are kept in a tin - fridge them ideally - and they will keep for a week plus; dab some Sansodor on them to revive if they start to get too dry 

work light to dark colours 

tiny amount of thinner and dab into oil paint (here I differ from MR - follow him not me, but since people asked…), take most of paint off on paper towel; apply to model; then with clean brush with a tiny TINY amount of thinner, work the oil to where you want and blend; then with bigger fry brush continue the blend; then if you want multiple colours over same area, USE HAIR DRIER  - just cheap sh*t travel one - quick blow and then good to go again

for a more industrial strength protection I spray MRP clear which dries in seconds and then can go at same area with any aggression necessary 

for spatter I will use Mac valve and maybe brush flick - have yet to get round to that

hope this is of use; happy Sunday

 

 

[nmayhew]

PS if you f8ck any bit up, just wipe with Sansodor and start again; MRP paints are impervious to it;

[Bomber_County]

Thanks, I’ll weather the hell out of armour but always reticent on aircraft, so time to have a go guess….

[ScottsGT]

While waiting on Carl’s wing to arrive from the great white north, I grabbed the old project off the SOD.  Putting down paint now and finding more sanding scratches I need to remove. 😡

[ScottsGT]

Well, that was easy.  Hope it doesn’t sit another 8 years before I finish it up. 

[Martinnfb]

[PanzerWomble]

[BlrwestSiR]

4 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

That's a lot of rivets.