Tony O Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 chris your're a fast worker! I'll skim through and see what I can find tonight, plus my own pics of the BBMF MKII. post em up tomorrow, I'm of home now to catch the chimney sweep, its the time of year when the fire needs lit of an evening. cheers for now T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony O Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 oh nearly forgot, logged out an in again..doh.. the 3M stuff has a 'fabric' surface to it, I get it from my local art shop as its low tack for illustration board, but Tamiya tape should do just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony O Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 Chris, here's a couple of scanned images of weathering and generally abused Hurricanes! followed by some pics of the BBMF flight HTH Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony O Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 and the undersides with a leaky merlin20! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony O Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 heres some BBMF references Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony O Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 and the rest , they're in sepia, I was trying to get arty farty! but it does contrast better for detail film was ilfordXP400 processed in C41 colour lab chemistry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted November 17, 2003 Author Share Posted November 17, 2003 More progress... 1st coat of Future Floor Wax on. Man I love this stuff. It deepens the hues and brings some visual weight to the paint job, especially over camo acrylic jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted November 17, 2003 Author Share Posted November 17, 2003 And some leading edge detail: 1) Tamiya low tack tape painted red for gun tape. I cut the tape into slender strips after I painted it. Then cut them to correct width and applied them over the gun ports while trying to think like an armorer during the BoB Then poked through the gun ports with the trusty #11. I'll "burn" the tape and ports with some pastels once I get to the weathering pass. 2) Kit landing light with metalizer paint on the back-side, and the light bay painted black for some depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony O Posted November 18, 2003 Share Posted November 18, 2003 Chris superb!, so much so that I went on e-bay and snagged one for half the going price plus postage. Its one of the original boxed ones so no third or fourth generation mould / fit probs! I hope. have you decided on a scheme yet? I'm fired by your handy work to investigate Willie McKnight's a/c from 242 sqn, some nice nose art in the shape of 242's hitler/boot and a large skeleton and sickle on either side of the cockpit. McKnight was a trainee doctor at wars start and a Canadian, hence the bones/grim reaper art... plus his a/c has the blackport wing which was back in vogue around nov1940... It either that or E M 'Imshi' Mason's desert scheme. I look forward to the finish. cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted November 18, 2003 Author Share Posted November 18, 2003 Tony, I'm doing this for an office mate from Canada. He's been in a "virtual" 401 (RCAF Rams) sqd for years. So I'll be doing a ficticious ship from the 401 as it might have looked in the BoB coded "YO o R." No squadron or kill markings, and no personalizations. Well, maybe I'll toss a few kills on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 More progress. Airbrushed the Nat insigs and fin flash today using Aeropoxy "Cool Masks." I still need to do the call letters then I'll post a review of the masks. They are fairly easy to use and require only a little planning and some common sense to get good results with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 Another angle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 Fuselage mask detail...needs a little cleanup, but done in paint, the insigs look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 ...fin flash detail....LOTS of cleanup here. I sorta rushed pulling the masks off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Wadman Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Excellent job on the Hurri Chris. Just a thought, but instead of ficticious markings you could always code it as McNab's YO-Q P3069, the aircraft he was flying on 26 August 1940 or, how about Molson's YO-B from the same date? Regards Dave W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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