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I'll watch you on this one! Nice start and a great looking pit, Peter! Nice photos too! Stay focus!

It's my impression also that OldTroll's remarks are tongue in cheek. OldTroll's way of giving more exposure to paper modeling? I know that's one of the reason I'm a member here (in addition to learning from you guys and there is plenty to learn from ).

You are fearless, Ron I hope one day I will build a large scale plastic model and I'll be allowed to join the ranks of LSAM! I promise to post my struggles with the different medium on the forums when time comes! Somehow I feel like a freak of nature . That's OK

I haven't check on your build for a while It's coming along very nicely, Taffy! Question, what did you use for the mud texture as seen on the underside of the front mudguards? Looks very nice.

Very cool Willi! I'm looking forward the final gallery and good luck at the competition!

In a day light she looks stunning!

Great save on the tear, Martin I'm with OldTroll regarding the paint lift. I would leave at least some areas which would simulate worn out fabric with visible doped linen. Looks pretty convincing. Your call!

Thanks guys! I really appreciate your feedback. I'll proceed with this approach with the rest of the parts, I think when everything will be assembled I'll be able to better judge the final result. It's a learning experience, so if I made any mistakes and the effects are greatly exaggerated I'll be smarter next time. Martin, initially I've been thinking about thinned oils (wash) to be used in similar manner as the pastels, but I worried a little if the masking tape strips will really work and stop wash to get underneath. Pastels seemed a safer choice. Kev, yeah, I had trouble blending in the dots and had to work with the brush really hard sometimes. Next time, I'll definitely try gloss coat! Even though I think I put too much paint on the wings, I think it worked as sort of "preshading" in my case. If the dot-filter is to be used as a sole weathering technique, without pastels, I should be much more careful about amount of paint I apply. On the fuselage I was that much smarter, and I really like the effect there.

Thanks guys for the compliments! As I warned you in my last update, more experiments with new techniques are coming. I'm still not sure what to say about the results. I think I'll wait with any judgment until this stage will be finished and I'll attach the wings. I would love to hear your comments though. Be frank! First, I applied the oil dot filter inspired by DougN threads. The wings were prepared first by applying flat clear coat, then oil dots (white, yellow, burned sienna) and work with brush to blend it in. I treated this way only upper surfaces, too scared to do it on very bright undersides . There was bit of a shift in colors. I was anticipating it, but frankly not that much. I think applied too much paint. The fuselage is still wet on the photo, hence the shine. I'll be aiming at bit glossy finish on the fabric anyway (oils I'm using dry dead flat - see upper wing). Next step, weathering with soft pastels. I masked the tapes and any structural elements I wanted to be more visible on the surface. After pastels were applied around the masking tape, I rubbed them off with q-tip or even my finger. In the end, after the masking tape was removed, I sealed everything with a fixative for soft pastels (Sennelier Latour). After unmasking, I almost panicked, because the effect was way too much what I intended. I wanted something subtle and what I got was quite strong. It took me some time to remove or in some areas blend pastels more, so the contrast between masked and treated areas is less visible. I need to be really careful with the rest. Anyway, I'm still bit concerned that the effect is way exaggerated. I didn't want the wings look like piece of junk, but something used a lot.

We're just trying to be nice to you

Great model, Glenn! :bow: :clap2: I'm still scratching my head at some of your details. Amazing work!

Looks like a great debut on LSP! Great photography, presentation and modeling! I'll be following with great interest.

You are an airbrush artist, Ralph. Big time!!! Amazing work.... I'm speechless...

Really sorry to hear about the "finger accident". With your skills and determination, I'm sure you can fix it! I'm keeping my fingers crossed for good results!!! Don't let us wait too long!

This looks awesome, Brian!

:clap2: A lot of great ideas to digest. Thanks Glenn!

The engine looks just great! You've already put amazing amount of work into it. And there is still some work to be done. I'm getting dizzy thinking about the final product

Nicely done, Dave Great idea with the display! Looks very appropriate. I miss in this final gallery some close-up shots which really show your skills. I enjoyed a lot your build thread, and I'm looking forward to your Le Rohne build -I would love to see it a bit weathered

I love the detail of this wing!

You really like your little, neat trick with Mr. Surfacer, don't you?

Superb results! I love the cowl and treated foil on exhaust panels!

Nice trick with the strips of cigarette paper, Martin. The result after a first coat of paint looks really good. I love it! Can't wait for some green then .

I knew I should keep my mouth shut... I wasn't ill intended, Chris, believe me

suggestion removed - too silly and dangerous to keep it on the forums Kevin's suggestion seems more reasonable...

Thanks Taffy for looking in! I hope not to disappoint you, but there will be no cooking recipe from me today Gil, Again, big thanks for the tips! Thinking hard about it I decided to follow my old path of embossing . I'll definitely try to experiment with your technique because the effect is really interesting. As an excuse for my laziness I give two reasons. One, I think it will be better for the model that I'll stay consistent. Maybe a different technique used for the wings will stand out too much? Second, I decided to push forward embossing a bit and see how an attempt at simulating stitches on the rib caps would look like. The tapes were done in similar fashion as on the tail surfaces. Areas were moisten with diluted O'glue, and embossed on soft surface (rubbery bottom of a mouse pad). The edges of the tapes were given more sharpness on the outside while the area was still moist. When everything dried, with a thin but dull tool I embossed the stitching on harder surface (cutting mat). Position of the ribs was fairly accurate in comparison with the in-scale drawings. The whole structure was pretty solid and it helped a lot in skinning. You can see some visible spots of CA application in the center section of the upper wing. These should disappear after a flat coat. Overall, I kind of like the subtle effect embossing gives. From some distance it barely can be seen, the stitching is visible only really close. I'm thinking about applying a oil dot filter on the wings on this stage (lifted from DougN threads) and subtle weathering which role will be to enhance a bit my embossing and simulate more the structure of the wings. Let's see how it goes....