mgbooyv8 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Hi guys, Thanks for the compliments! I must say it looks rather well OOB. Remember the kit is from 1957, so it was quite an achievement in those times. Chris, great you have the Copper State goodies as well. I'm afraid Revell was rightly blasted with the 1/28 D.VII, it is not that accurate, in comparison with the old trio from the fifties. Anyway, with WNW covering the WW1 subjects now in 1.32, I don't think Revell will bother anymore with expanding the series. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi guys, Work continued on the propeller. It was painted a Tamiya sand colour. The wood grain was pencilled on using my daughters colour pencils (permission granted!! ) It looked like this: Followed by a coat of Tamiya clear Orange: Unfortunately, the coat was too thick, the effect almost dissappeared. I applied a layer of Gunze flat clear and added some more wood effect with a darker brown pencil. Followed by a few layers of Klear. The result is lying in front of the SPAD with its engine exposed; The wood effect is clearly visible in real life, though I intended a bit more contrast. However this will have to do. Note that the gunsight has been installed on the upper cowling and the rocker cover blisters on the radiator cowling. Next job was painting Mr. Rickenbacker. According to our big friend Google, the USA uniforms at the time were "field drab". I don't have the corresponding Model Master bottle, so I mixed some Humbrol 116 and 29 until I got something that looked like it. Boots, gloves, belts and goggles were painted Revell 84, the leather cap Humbrol 63. The insigna got a drop of gold paint. Drybrushing was performed with Humbrol 29, shadowing with Tamiya smoke. The face was painted with Revell flesh colour. Highlights of the face (lipe, eyes, wrinkles) were applied by mixing in some white and red where appropriate. Eyebrows and pupils were painted with a mix of black and brown. The goggle glasses are simulated with a layer of Klear. Here are the tools: And here is Mr. Rickenbacker exposed: I don't paint figures often, but I must say I'm happy with the way he looks. Here is Mr. Rickenbacker in his office: The exhaust staining was applied with Tamiya weathering powder. An excellent and easy to use product! It was sealed in with some Gunze Flat Clear. Note that I glazed the windshield with Kristal Klear...I was lazy! Which means....Tadaaaa.... it is finished!!! Some temporary glamour shots in the next posting! To be continued... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hi guys, As promised, Here are some temporary glamour shots of my AOOB 1/28 Revell SPAD XIII on my workbench. Enjoy: Hope you like her. I do, it is a nice kit to build (except for all the ejection pin marks...). We all know it is not as detailed as a fifty years younger WNW kit, but hey, that's progress. With care, I think a pleasing model can result, even OOB! The kit was an enormous effort in 1957 and it can still hold its own. When I have time I will make more glamour shots with a neutral background. For the moment this will have to do. Which means: This build thread is finished! Now, back to the stash, which LSP next??? Cheers, Peter Out2gtcha and whiskytngofxtrt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Nice job Peter, LOVE it! Really do................this was not the easiest (or even best) kit out there to go together and you pulled it off smashingly! Really enjoyed watching this 1 come together, since you dont often see these being built! Ive taken the liberty of putting your beautiful Spad up in the WoTGW GB Gallery: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=43699&do=findComment&comment=486283 BTW..................what IS next?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Fantastic work Peter! Your original version of the prop, pre-clear orange, looks amazing! I do agree that the orange clear coat has tended to diminish the effect somewhat, but it still looks really good. Congrats on a really fine build. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 Hi guys, Thanks for the compliments, it's appreciated! Kev, Indeed, using colour pencils is an effective and easy to use technique for simulating wood. Especially when you have to make complicated multi coloured wood patterns. I used it for the first time on this SPAD. Because I wanted to finish the model, I didn't want to redo the propeller again, so I made the best of it. Brian, Thanks for adding the pictures to the WotGW gallery. Great! I'm still pondering what the next LSP will be. I have some unfinished projects lying around, with corresponding WIPs scattered here at LSP! On the other hand, it will be fun to enter something in the Anything but injection moulded! GB. I have two possible candidates: the Seafire FR47 conversion with the Revell/Matchbox Spitty Mk.22 and the XS Models Pond Racer. Oh, well... Decisions, decisions... Anyway, first I go away for a few days flying with the club! Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Great work. Well done on such an old and difficult kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR I Ace Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 nice clean build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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