Antonio Argudo Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 looking really good Joachim, love your weathering techniques! you might find this pic quite interesting, cheers! Antonio monthebiff, Uncarina, Fanes and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 15 hours ago, Antonio Argudo said: looking really good Joachim, love your weathering techniques! you might find this pic quite interesting, cheers! Antonio Thanks for the photo Antonio. I've seen that one before but just in a crappy resolution. That's one filthy port wing and the chipping near the wing root looks like an underlying camo? Antonio Argudo and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) One step closer to the finish line - panel line wash applied! The upper surfaces recieved a mixture of umber, burnt umber and dark brown oils to highlight the engraved detail. Well you have to look closely since I wanted to keep the effect subtle. I'm not a big fan of black trenches - ehm panel lines. That's it with the good news, now onto the bad: I somehow misplaced the antenna mast. Even after searching my entire workplace for about one hour it remains lost. I bet as soon as I have my replacement painted up it'll reappear from its hiding! Edited February 15, 2020 by Fanes TAG, USMC Herc, florin13 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 love the effect, subtle yet contrasty Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertD Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 You sure do some nice work. That lost part will show up as soon as you finish making a replacement. It's happened to me a couple of times. Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Forget about the antenna mast entirely. Look for a part, any other part and concentrate on finding that part alone. The antenna mast will feel neglected and magically appear! Great work so far. Wackyracer, Uncarina and Fanes 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 5 hours ago, AlbertD said: You sure do some nice work. That lost part will show up as soon as you finish making a replacement. It's happened to me a couple of times. 1 hour ago, Kahunaminor said: Forget about the antenna mast entirely. Look for a part, any other part and concentrate on finding that part alone. The antenna mast will feel neglected and magically appear! Great work so far. Replacement part ordered from Revell - wiating for the magic to happen Maybe searching for all the undercarriage parts might tickle the antenna mast? AlbertD and Kahunaminor 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Well the mast hasn't reappeared so far but there's still hope! Meanwhile the underside recieved its panel line wash (grey/green/blue oils). As before I kept it restrained. The upperside was then covered with a flat coat (50% matte and 50% ultra matte from AK). This way the finish isn't dead flat and keeps a light sheen which will be enhanced with some polishing in certain areas later on. Well I couldn't resist to put the main undercarriage and the props in place: The wheels were covered with pigments but more on that later on. That's it so far - maybe I'll get the beast finished this year florin13, MikeMaben, Shawn M and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Crack on then Joachim, only 10 months left! I so admire your vision in knowing where you are going with all your weathering, far beyond my ken! Fanes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 4 hours ago, mozart said: Crack on then Joachim, only 10 months left! I so admire your vision in knowing where you are going with all your weathering, far beyond my ken! Max - if I only had a clear vision of how the wheatering will look like in the end. I have to admit that there's a lot of trial and error going on right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 WOW. The weathered surface is great.You sprayed it over masks? I mean weathering. Thank you. Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 6 hours ago, CZPetrP said: WOW. The weathered surface is great.You sprayed it over masks? I mean weathering. Thank you. Petr Petr - can you rephrase that? I'm not sure which particular step you're interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 I am sorry. I mean those spots-sand, dust...and grime. Of course on the surface. Thanks. Petr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 11 hours ago, CZPetrP said: I am sorry. I mean those spots-sand, dust...and grime. Of course on the surface. Thanks. Petr That was my guess The splotchy finish mostly results from salt fading (there's a good how-to over Doog's website) and from a small mishap with said technique. The dark spots were caused by the paint used for fading eating through the previous layers. Hope that helps Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted March 1, 2020 Author Share Posted March 1, 2020 Final wheatering stage I had one day completely dedicated to modelling yesterday and I can show you some progress (beaware: many pictures incoming). I started with the wheels. They recieved some MIG pigments which were blended with mineral spirit. And the outcome was....meh Those pigments worked fine as long as there was a tread but the smooth tyre looks weird. Tamiya buff to the rescue! Not 100% satisfied but a lot better than before. Onto the fuselage and wings. I wanted to do some subtle chipping (it's not a Spitfire afterall) where the crew would regularily stress the paint. That would be the handholds, the wingroot and the port rear canopy opening: And of course some panels on the wing especially around the oil and fuel ports. I used silver oil paint from Ammo and I'm quite happy with the result. Definitely more control than with acrylic paint and a sponge! The picture above brings me to the next part: fuel and oil stans/leaks. I added a dark filter using oils (umber and van-dyck-brown) to add a filthy shade followed by small hand painted streaks. The drop tanks saw some heavy wheatering - maybe not a 100% accurate but an eyecatcher nonetheless. Speaking of fuel and combustion - the Messerschmitt's DB engines aren't known for a clean exhaust gas (comparable to nowadays Volkswagen ) Therefore I went quite heavy and added more paint then usually. Using MRPs premixed paint for the first time, I have to say that I'm impressed. Nice flat apperance and for my taste a good ratio of thinner/clear/pigments and the colour comes close to my usual self mixed paint. The area close to the exhausts and their tips recieved some soot pigments for the extra dirty appearence! Afterwards I started pulling the masks and adding the small stuff and here we are: I'll start adding the antenna wires after the dreaded antenna mast is rebuilt. Maybe I can shoot the RFI pictures next weekend - stay tuned! Out2gtcha, kkarlsen, Landrotten Highlander and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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