Diabolical Dornier ... a 1/48 Odyssey

[GazzaS]

Up on her feet with the escape hatch installed.

Still a fair way to go...  gotta dirty up the underside.

I did some very small chipping, and I'm trying to illustrate skin oils on the access hatches for fuel and oil cells.  Will have to see how it looks under a matte coat.

 

Thanks fer lookin'

[Bomber_County]

Looks very realistic, congrats 

[GazzaS]

8 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

Looks very realistic, congrats 

Thank you!  Though I'm trying for realism, I don't know how she'll fare for visual interest.

[GazzaS]

Hi everyone....   There are a few mistakes that I only noticed on photo...  like I must have hit the port wingroot with the paintbrush while I was weathering the tires.  Anyway...  here she is in sunshine and shadow for your perusal.  Comments about the weathering will be appreciated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your thoughts.   Another thing I noticed in the photos is the line down the starboard horizontal stab....  I'll have to clean that up. 

 

Thank you for your thoughts!

 

Gaz

[Old Dog]

Looks good to me, I'd be happy with that result !

[GazzaS]

4 hours ago, Old Dog said:

Looks good to me, I'd be happy with that result !

Thanks mate!  Hopefully I can finish it this weekend. 

[DocRob]

A great result all around, the blackness is modulated nicely with the oils and make the plane look interesting. I don't like the weathering on the wheels though, too mud caked for my liking, with no mud residues on the struts and mudguard. A little dust on the wheels could maybe blend the mud effect a bit better .

Cheers Rob

[GazzaS]

6 hours ago, DocRob said:

A great result all around, the blackness is modulated nicely with the oils and make the plane look interesting. I don't like the weathering on the wheels though, too mud caked for my liking, with no mud residues on the struts and mudguard. A little dust on the wheels could maybe blend the mud effect a bit better .

Cheers Rob

Thank you, Rob!  I appreciate the timely and useful information.  Sometimes, it gets easy to get into one effect and forget another necessary, complimenting effect. 

 

Sometimes, late in the build, when you're searching for something else an inspirational photo comes up.  One that you hadn't previously found when using only the nomenclature of the aircraft.  For instance, I wanted to see what the revetments might look like at Gilze-Rijen, Woensdrecht, and other airfields used by NJG 1 in the early days of night fighting. Surprisingly, this photo appeared before me:

The tires of this early illuminator inspired me to go further in wheel weathering than I usually ever do, as it seems that all of these early night fighters were parked in grassy fields adjacent to the runways on these Dutch airstrips. 

Truly...  I wish I had this photo when I started the build, and not now, so late in the build.  There is some detail there on the nose cap that I could have used, even though I would have had to scribe it myself.

 

....and shit...  this photo reminds me that I need to make some chocks...  somehow....

 

Gaz

 

 

[GazzaS]

Despite my lazy Saturday routine I managed to complete this one,  I want to get better pictures in real light.  I've decided that the current camera setup likes to be a little further away than I can in my house where I can have adequate lighting.

 

Anyway...  it felt like I had to do a million little things to do today to get it finished.  Here is the furst run of photos:

 

I decided to worry about the chocks on a later build.

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Gaz

[DocRob]

Nice, the colour of grass enriches the whole palette and make the black look even more interesting.

Cheers Rob

[harv]

Very well done sir !!......harv 

[GazzaS]

6 hours ago, DocRob said:

Nice, the colour of grass enriches the whole palette and make the black look even more interesting.

Cheers Rob

Thank you, Rob!  I bought this mat pre-made, but am not really happy how it laid out on the base.  Future bases I'll cover with static grass.

 

4 hours ago, harv said:

Very well done sir !!......harv 

Thank you, my friend!