AndrewS Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hi! This is my first W.i.p. here. I've started it some time ago, but I didn't know this forum, so it will look like I'm a very fast modeller because I'll post a lot of work in a short time. A few words about me: I'm 40, I come from Italy and I'm mainly interested in WWI planes, but I build a little bit of everything. Let's start: for this build I'll use the Wingnut kit, Lozenge decals form Wood&Wire, Gaspatch metal turnbuckles and few resin bits for the engine form Taurus model. Some closeups of the kit: usual WnW high quality. The Wood&Wire decals. I think that they are a great improvement over the kit lozenges... Finally the resin parts for valves and intake. Much finer than the kit parts and worth the price. That's all for now, in the next posts I'll post the W.i.p. Andrew BGB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Welcome aboard Andrew! Looks like you're off to a great start there. Looking forward to seeing more! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 to LSP! Great start on the Roland..............please continue to show your efforts. We DO love pics around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewS Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ok let's start: Painting the interior. Acrylic base and the Oil paint over it for the wood effect Some Scratch on the cloche I've addes ome details on the IP Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta 14 addict Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hi Andrew, wow great start on this beauty sir. I'm very intrested in this kit to, so i will follow you're progress from the first row. Those lozenges decals from Wood&Wire are indeed much better then those supplied in the Wing Nut box, the texture really gives realism to these. Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Stunning work on that wood effect ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewS Posted February 6, 2014 Author Share Posted February 6, 2014 Hi Andrew, wow great start on this beauty sir. I'm very intrested in this kit to, so i will follow you're progress from the first row. Those lozenges decals from Wood&Wire are indeed much better then those supplied in the Wing Nut box, the texture really gives realism to these. Greetz Danny Yes, the W&W decals are very good. They are transparent so you need to paint the base in a suitable color. I've used a clear doped linen base. as you can see I've tried to do some preshading, but I think that is a little hard to control, so I've decided to do a post-shading using oils. here's the wings with the rib tapes form the wingnut decals. The ribs decals are a little stiff, so it's not easy to apply them to the trailing edge of the wing, would be easier to paint them. W&W decals are very thin , so would be a good idea to lay down a clear cote as soon you have posed them and they are dry. I didn't do that and I had to retouch some scratches Post shading with oil paint For today that's all Andrew elmarriachi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Stunning work on that wood effect ! I agree 100% ! terrific job mate Shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelingbob Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Very nice. Please keep posting. I've got this kit in the stash so I'll be following your build very closely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Nice work! I've found that the WNW kits seem to compel one to keep adding detail. W&W decals look very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmh53wrench Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Welcome!! These kits and the incredible craftsmanship that folks put into them never cease to amaze me......fabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewS Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Hi! Thank sfor your comments The engine: I've painted it with alclad and I've added spark plugs wires. On this engine the intake manifold was usually covered with asbestos chord to keep it warm. The kit is lacking this detail and I had to choose between buying the Barracuda resin intake (wonderful piece) or try to make one by myself. I've choosed the second solution because I like to try new techniques and have something different from other builds. To replicate the chord I've wrapped a copper wire around the intake and textured it with milliput. In the pictures the effect seems a little be too harsh, but in real life is more subtle, anyway can always be improved... reference Installed with some other cables added. At the end the sides will be almost invisible. please don't look at the bad finish on the side of the tank, this part will be absolutely invisible In the next post I'll show you the fuselage paint. I'm going fast with the posts, but if you want to know more about some parts let me know. Andrew elmarriachi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewS Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) The fuselage on the real plane was half left in wood finish and half painted. The color of the front band could be black or red, nobody is sure about it, so I choose red to add some interest. Usually the fuselage should be painted after is joined, but on this plane I worked in another way. The engine should be added before closing the fuselage and painting all the fuselage after the assembly needs a lot of masking and on the engine there are a lot of fragile bits. So I have painted the fuselage befroe assembly, joined them, fixed the join line (very easy on wingnut kits, they are almost perfect ) and retouched only the join without the need of big masking. The wooden part needs some more work before using the oils. On the acrylic sand color base I've added with brush some color variations and the planks joints. Obviously at this point the contrast is too harsh so I overlayed a thin lazer of the base color and a light wash with brown oils. Now is ready for the oils First pass with oil color dragged with a sponge. The tail cross is painted and there's no shading yet on the red and the black That's all for now Andrew Edited February 7, 2014 by AndrewS elmarriachi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta 14 addict Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Very deep respect for this kind of work sir. Also the color scheme is on of my favourite. The wooden fuslage half in contrast with the red and black colors gives this a real contrast to the complete model. I think it is time to purchase a Wing Nut kit Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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