Thunnus Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 The G-6/AS is looking even better now, Gaz! I love the scheme and the weathering is well done! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 Chris and John, Thank you very much! I have discovered a limitation in using the Silouette Portrait. I tried to make the WNr. stencil with the WN being about 1.5mm tall and the numbers being .7mm tall. Although the cutter cut everything, the Oramask 810 lifted off and became damaged around the 'weaker' area of the numbers. When I say weaker, I mean those parts were the shapes are very fine, like the corners of twos, fives, and sixes, as well as the insides of threes, zeroes, sixes, eights, and nines. Then there is the need to 'weed' out those fine numbers. I need better magnification. I have 3X reading glasses which are quite comfortable unlike the 3X visor I bought a couple years ago. But even with them it is difficult to see things that fine. Final pics in a bit. I did the detail painting last night, but the pictures I took seemed a bit washed out due to too much light. Gaz mustang1989 and CANicoll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Hi Guys, Finally crossing the finish line on this one. For a cheap, educational build it was fun. I had to overlook the kit faults and avoid looking at some of mine. But I tried some new stuff like the HGW transfers and using a cutting machine to make masks, as well as trying to put visual interest into a single color scheme without taking it too far. Some of my weathering isn't very visible to me. I preferred to be too faint instead of too strong. Subtle is the word I want, but in some cases, they just didn't come out as noticable as I wanted, but I wasn't going to try again and end up with them too dark. Like ppl keep telling me: "less is more". Anyway, some pictures: And finally a family show with aircraft and Pilot's names. The photo is a little washed out from light: Thank you for looking! Gaz mustang1989, Uncarina and RLWP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 That's a good lookin' crate Gaz. I think you've got the weathering just right and the single color camo looks great! You sure like your 109's buddy. Any more and you'll be up there with the likes of Jay.(Tucohoward). Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Thanks Joe! I've got at least nine more 109's in my stash. Two of them are even 1/32 scale. But, with Tamiya about to release a bf109G6, you can count on there being a few more. Gaz mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Looks great, Gaz! Kev Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Very cool Gaz. Always hard with a single colour but you nailed it. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Wow... that's a beautiful looking Gustav, Gaz! Great job on a unique scheme! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Guys, Thank you very much! I've learned a lot from recent build threads on this forum, and really enjoyed putting them to work. I want eventually to step up to an all-black aircraft and see what I can do with that. Gaz mustang1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Nice collection Gaz, Was that Major Adolf Fictitious or his lesser known brother, Karl? Regards, Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Hah! Wrong on both accounts. It was cousin Wolfgang. Thanks, Mate! Gaz Kahunaminor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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