monthebiff Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Nice work there John, theat i/p looks fantastic. looking foward to some progress when you are back from your travels. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimHepplestone Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Nice work. Those HGW belts look fantastic. As does the sear cushion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) Thanks guys! 3 days til my two week trip overseas so I've wound things down on the 262 build. One small detail that I've worked on is the wiring harness that spans from the circular tub to the wheel well sidewalls. Aires provides a little resin twig to bridge this gap but I thought it'd be more convincing to use some more wire. I picked up this guy from Ebay that was on sale for $8. This is a CMK 1/32 resin figure of Waldemar Wubke sitting in a folding chair. I thought I'd take my first stab at painting a figure. Figures are a whole different thing of which I know nothing about, so I'm just kind of winging it and seeing how it goes. The chair was a bit of a challenge to cobble together. Warped resin plus none-too-positive attachment points... I just had to glue one joint at a time and hoped that all of the cross members would straighten each other out. Which they did, for the most part. The glued the different body parts together with CA glue and smoothed out the joints with some putty. The figure was then primed it and I've just started painting by spraying the pants intermediate blue. Prior to that, I painted the chair frame tan and then brushed some dark brown and red oil paints on it to simulate wood grain. I'll let that dry before painting the canvas part. I thought it'd be easier to paint the head by itself so I've not attached it yet. The head was painted with Tamiya and Gunze acrylics. Dry-brushing doesn't work very well at this small size so to smooth out the shading transitions, I used a brush dabbed with some color and iso alcohol to perform the blending. After painting, the head as given a spritz of flat to knock down the shiny pink skin. Head on a stick... looks kinda zombie-ish. Hopefully, it'll look more human once I finish painting the body and I stick the head on. Edited April 14, 2018 by Thunnus Victor K2, LSP_Kevin, daHeld and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Nice! Wiring and figure look great! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Nice addition. If that's your first figure I couldn't tell. I like the chair too. Looks a bit like one my grandfather used to have. alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 Thanks for the comments! Figure painting is hard! I don't think Tamiya acrylics are the best choice for brush painting but that's what I have so I had to make do. The seat harnesses have been slightly repositioned and given a dark wash. LSP_Kevin, Victor K2 and Kahunaminor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Your figure painting is going better than mine! Good work! Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Thanks Gaz! Here's the completed chair. I used the Silhouette Portrait for the US Army stencil. And the completed figure in the chair. That's it for me for while. Leaving tomorrow on an overseas trip. Will resume the build when I get back! Edited April 14, 2018 by Thunnus daHeld, Dragon, D.B. Andrus and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Both chair and pilot are awesome! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Great job on the figure! 262 is also coming along very nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Wow, that pilot and chair look amazing!! Im sure its a stupid question, but why the Luftwaffe pilot setting on a "US ARMY" chair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted February 18, 2018 Author Share Posted February 18, 2018 Thanks guys! As for the chair... Artistic license, I would call it. I just thought it would be an interesting contrast. I got my inspiration from this... Out2gtcha, daHeld, Dragon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Thanks guys! As for the chair... Artistic license, I would call it. I just thought it would be an interesting contrast. I got my inspiration from this... Neat! Uncarina, Kahunaminor and alaninaustria 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimHepplestone Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Great job on that chair. And the figure. Bet there's a story behind that chair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 John WOW, amazing work; simply beautifully done. Just love the pilot relaxing in the "US Army" chair! Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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