tomprobert Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Cheers chaps... it's been a lovely day today and I've done the natural metal areas and grey undersides. Hopefully some photo's tomorrow... Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Tom Terrific progress on the Fortress and the paintwork is looking mighty fine. Nice to see an OOB Fortress coming to life Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mammut08 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Those colors are gonna really pop against the NM finish. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 I love those colorful NMF birds. This is one of the best combinations I've seen. I'm hoping to do one in 91 BG in NMF with the red tail, horizontal stabs, and wing tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Here's the promised pictures of the neutral grey undersides. It's all rather glossy at the moment so doesn't look all that great right now, but this will of course be remedied with a matt varnish in due course: The NMF areas are masked off under newspaper at this point, and will remain so until she's varnished to preserve the metallic sheen. The exception will be the centre of the fin as the serial number and ID letter will need to be applied here - this will therefore provide a nice contrast to the brighter stabiliser and tail turret. You can also see the 'Triangle H' has also been completed, too. For the greys I used Xtracolour Neutral Grey, with various panels lightened and darkened to create a bit of wear and tear. Each outer wing panel was replaced on 'Skipper' so these have also been done different greys to the remainder of the undersides. The next job is the one I've been looking forward to most... the faded and battered olive drab upper sides. Hopefully I'll get some nice weather over the Christmas period and get the painting completed... Tom Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Excellent paint work as usual Tom! Something about your builds, is so clean and well done looking (even when battered and weathered to hell)................I can only aspire to this height! Edited December 23, 2013 by Out2gtcha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 Excellent paint work as usual Tom! Something about your builds, is so clean and well done looking (even when battered and weathered to hell)................I can only aspire to this height! Thank you very much... This will require a fair bit of weathering as she was a high-time Fortress (over 100 missions completed.) I'll do this mainly with the airbrush and some pastels to keep it as controlled as possible. I want it to look worn but not like a patch-work quilt! Looking at the nacelles though, they are black as they come with all that oil and grime; I guess the paint held on to the muck better than the unpainted birds. I'm a little apprehensive about the olive drab to be honest, but I have an idea of what I'm going to do - multiple light layers of greens and browns, and we'll see how it looks. Thankfully, I have that colour picture I posted earlier of this aircraft to guide me which will make things a little easier... hopefully! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferry NL Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Looks awesome Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Tom Right with Brian .. magic with an air brush .. looking forward to the OD faded and weathered upper surfaces. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Fantastic work Tom! I'm with Brian, aspiring to be this good some day. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricksparks Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Coming along really nice Tom, looking forward to the unveiling !!! Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Nice job! I never knew the 1st AD put the triangle symbol on the bottom of the aircraft. That's a first for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Dollar Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Nice job! I never knew the 1st AD put the triangle symbol on the bottom of the aircraft. That's a first for me. Anyone know if the 3rd Division put square blocks on their A/C? I don't remember seeing any but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Your paint work looks really good. The different look on some of the panels really breaks up the big NG expanse. Can't wait to see the rest Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showtime 100 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Looking good . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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