Guest Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 Wow!!.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) Mark , nobody said that the gearbay has to be functional.... . one word MAJESTIC! Edited June 15, 2016 by Martinnfb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Hey Mark, great to see you back posting. What amazing work! Rock on man. Jim dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 The Master returns! Kev dodgem37 and Jeff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Oh yeah, the Dr. is back in the house! Just so you know, after looking t your wheel wells, I boxed my Mustang up and binned it! No way I'm going to keep up with that! Fantastic (Dr.) Mark! Cheers, Wolf dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-neck Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Ooohhhhh my GOD!!!!!!!! If i didn't seen it with my eyes i couldn't belive it. It is AWESONE!!!!!! Ciao Lu dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swan-neck Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 If I had not seen with my own eyes... Ciao Lu dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Great to see some progress on this one Mark, and you certainly didn't disappoint! That's some very busy bays Craig dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Thank you, everyone. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 You have given me the inspiration to dust mine off and get back to work although with somewhat less talent!! Yours is a truly unbelievable build Mark. Bud dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted June 24, 2016 Author Share Posted June 24, 2016 Thank you, Bud. I think that is all a person could ask for, to inspire others. Everyone builds to their own comfort level. My scratch-building comfort level, after years of practice, happens to be high. My painting comfort level, now that's a different story. I have taken this build over the top, indeed. It was just so great for me to find that Airplane Parts Catalogue (AN 01-60JE-4, Airplane Parts Catalogue Army Model P-51D, British Model Mustang IV, 25 July 1944, Revised 25 October 1944, Printed by Wm. B. Burord Printing Co. 10-25-44). It seemed to make scratch-building what there was easy. So I just went with the flow. Wolf, please don't put your Mustang away. You've shown, and I've seen, your progress. What you do is head and shoulders above what I do. Thank you every one for your compliments. Sincerely, Mark Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted June 24, 2016 Share Posted June 24, 2016 Loving this! Really inspiring! dodgem37 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 Remember me? It's been so long that I'm finding an embarrassment to posting. Anyway, I have been wondering about what I've been doing as what I have been doing is experimenting. I have seen around and about models that illustrate chip and wear by way of an additive process. Chipping and wear are added, painted on. With this build I decided to do an opposite. Make chipping and some wear a subtractive process. For me, this required a LOT of coatings. Everything was painted Primer Grey, then Aluminum, then Futured. The Future I determined to be a protective layer. All top coats were value changed 50% by adding white before being painted. Then the top coat was painted on full saturation. Chipping and scraping were done with a scalpel. Everything was Futured, then washed with Titanium White to shift top coat values. I still must Future and flat coat to complete the process, so, I am not finished. But I wanted to take a break from all of this airbrush and detail work and as such, decided to take some pictures and share my anxiety. Gun Bay first, then Cockpit. No Engine. It's in the Repair Shop. Gun Bay. Chromate Green. Used Paynes Grey as a light wash. Other one. Even by my standards, this was tedious. Brass casings, copper tops. A few corrective areas. All wrapped into one. Guns were painted Flat Black, scraped with a scalpel, Futured, the washed with diluted Enamel Gun Metal. Still need to tie in white electrical wire. Broke the handle setting up for the photo shoot. Other side. Cockpit. Interior Green. Need to correct that scratch with Aluminum. Other seat structure popped off prepping for photo shoot. I forget what oil paint I used as dirt build up. The rod running along the top interfered with the edge of the armored plate so had to be cut. Still a little work to be done. To the extreme right, the red-topped handles. I think they are the bomb/drop tank release handles. You can see how fine-a-line one can get by using a scalpel to scrape the edge. Sorry about the cat hair. I painted the front 10mm Armor Sand then painted with Flat Black, then Futured. I used a scalpel and sanding sticks to get to the A.S. Flat Black is washed with Titanium white then wicked away leaving the white staining. Sand/Dirt is Umber or Sienna. More to come. Thanks for looking in. Sincerely, Mark KiwiZac, rafju, Jeff and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 I didn't bother staining the sides of the fuel tank. Broken red handle. It's always something. All together now. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking in. Sincerely, Mark Jeff, rafju, Shaka HI and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Just absolutely exquisite. Mal_Belford and dodgem37 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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