Greif8 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Interesting photo Gary, maybe he is bleeding the brake line. The weathering on your build looks just right IMHO. Ernest Gazzas and Martinnfb 1 1
dennismcc Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Impressive work, and the research is first rate, the photos sure back up your work. Cheers Dennis Martinnfb and Gazzas 1 1
Gazzas Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 19 hours ago, Greif8 said: Interesting photo Gary, maybe he is bleeding the brake line. The weathering on your build looks just right IMHO. Ernest Thank you, Ernest. I never thought of bleeding the brakes, but I don't think that is it. Last time I bled brakes, it was at the caliper on a 1981 Pontiac Firebird, and it was done by turning a wrench. The photo gives us evidence. The stream... or hose... doesn't look opaque. So, it either it has light passing through it, or light reflecting from it. Then there is the underside of the aircraft. There are bright spots which appear to be reflected light from behind the aircraft. Those could either be leaking oils... or wet stuff he is squirting onto the bell of the aircraft. Martinnfb and Greif8 2
Greif8 Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Good points Gary. I don't have a clue what the mechanic is doing and that is a significant amount of fluid staining on the underside of the fuselage, it looks like some of the fluid dripped onto the ground as well. The tire looks a bit under inflated as well, though that may well be due to allowing for expansion due to the heat. Ernest Martinnfb and Gazzas 2
Martinnfb Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) Looks like they are fishing a wire, right hands definitely hold something. Cleaning the lines or such. EDIT: or, Bro is just trying to flash out that pesky scorpion that's been terrorizing the whole crew for the past two weeks. Edited January 28 by Martinnfb Fanes, Gazzas and Greif8 3
Gazzas Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 Thank you for the kind replies, gentlemen. Much appreciated. The series of photos in this post will show something I have wanted to portray for a long time. And that effect is dirt catching the front of the rivet...small as it is... and piling up in front of it. Doing this with a paint brush would have been a never-ending tedious task with lots of paint to clean up and lots of perhaps accidentally cleaning off the effect you wished to portray. It hit me, that a couple years ago... when they first came out, I bought some of those AK weathering pencils. They not as hard as art pencils. The brownish color is called "streaking dirt". The gray color used for smoke from the MG-FFM is done with the pencil called "smoke". The trick is to blend them with a soft brush that is almost barren of moisture. Because a little bit of water goes a long way with those pencils. Another thing... I forgot to clear coat the lower wing. So, the pencils gripped the paint better. As the oils used for the pinwash are still drying, I've no idea what it'll look like when finished. Next ahead... Oil streaking of the lower fuselage and inner wings. So, it's about time to glue the wings on. I can tell you htat having the wings off has been a great help. I also wanted to show how the Dragon pink wheel inserts came out. Painted first with Tamiya paints and the detailed with aqueous acrylics and oil pin wash. See y'all soon. Greif8, Javlin1, Dany Boy and 7 others 9 1
Greif8 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Very nice effects using the colored pencils Gary! I have several Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils that work like the AK ones. I always use mine after I have sprayed the matt coat; as you have seen they work a lot better with some "grip". Again, really nice effects man! Ernest Gazzas and Martinnfb 1 1
Furie Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Awesome weathering work, Gary! And I can confirm watercolor pencils work best on a matte finish. On glossy paint the pencil just slides around and the pigments don’t stick. Keep it up! Martinnfb and Gazzas 1 1
denders Posted January 31 Posted January 31 That's looking really nice, Gary! Martinnfb and Gazzas 1 1
Javlin1 Posted January 31 Posted January 31 (edited) Nice work Gary I have to much fear for that much weathering that I will botch the whole effort. Edited January 31 by Javlin1 Martinnfb and Gazzas 1 1
LSP_Kevin Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Excellent weathering, Gary! Kev Gazzas and Martinnfb 1 1
Gazzas Posted January 31 Author Posted January 31 13 hours ago, Greif8 said: Very nice effects using the colored pencils Gary! I have several Faber-Castell Polychromos colored pencils that work like the AK ones. I always use mine after I have sprayed the matt coat; as you have seen they work a lot better with some "grip". Again, really nice effects man! Ernest Thank you, Ernest. Decals seem pretty resistant to most solvents used in weathering, and the SMS paints have a nice texture for weathering. Tamiya flats might be a bit too grainy to get unwanted paint out of. I have a little bit of MRP lacquers available because they were sold here for a short period of time. But they are for 74/75/76 paint schemes. . 12 hours ago, Furie said: Awesome weathering work, Gary! And I can confirm watercolor pencils work best on a matte finish. On glossy paint the pencil just slides around and the pigments don’t stick. Keep it up! Thank you, Denis. Yes, I have wasted time trying to weather a glossy model before...lol 4 hours ago, denders said: That's looking really nice, Gary! Thank you! 3 hours ago, Javlin1 said: Nice work Gary I have to much fear for that much weathering that I will botch the whole effort. Thank you. Really... practice makes you better. I don't spend endless hours working with paint mules. I look at each model as a learning experience and a chance to experiment and improve. My first attempts at weathering were far from this. Martinnfb 1
Gazzas Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 Welcome back, friends. As you know... I have tried to be faithful to the photographic record with this build. I mean... we're lucky to get one full side of a particular plane and often we don't even get a full side. But if we can find enough pictures of a certain model of a certain aircraft, we can build our model as if we had a full walkaround perspective. Fortunately for us, JG 27 had someone or a few someone's that took a fair number of snapshots. But even these can't always tell the full picture, so as I close out this build, I will take the liberty of using another historic and well-known photo in the middle of my RFI pics to explain my weathering choice. You'll see it when we get there. My subject is Gelb 6. Complete with an overpainted staffel kapitan's chevron, oil handprints, oil stains, and assorted surface anomalies. Now, despite evidence to the contrary, i.e., a ground crewman who actually looked like he was cleaning the underside of a 109E7, I decided to follow the path of this well-known photo and dirty up the underside a lot. Now, I doubt that the RAF boys gave the underside of this machine anywhere near the kind of love they gave their own locally produced machines, but I couldn't say for certain how well the JG 27 boys did cleaning the undersides of their charges while deployed to Libya. So, I tried to find a middle ground, but i think I failed. To be continued... denders, geedubelyer, mywifehatesmodels and 9 others 12
Gazzas Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 More... In closing, I'd like to thank LSP for hosting this GB of my favorite aircraft. And a special thanks to all of you who commented and helped to motivate me to select and finish this project. Martinnfb, denders, Dany Boy and 10 others 11 2
geedubelyer Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Nicely done Gaz. Your affinity with the subject is obvious by the attention to detail you exhibit. Time for another before the GB ends? Gazzas and Martinnfb 1 1
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