Out2gtcha Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 4 hours ago, Alex said: Thanks guys. I’m still climbing the learning curve on the whole DIY masking thing, but it’s an amazing tool. Being able to paint stuff like this rather than having to rely on decals is a game changer for sure. 100%. Best thing to hit the model market in the entire time Ive been modeling. Id venture to say my first gen Silhouette machine that I traded a P-51 for about 3 or 4 years ago (of which I paid roughly $100.00) has now paid for itself MANY times over with the amount of decal purchases its saved me. Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Beautiful work, Alex! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Luv it, unusual bird and great building skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Feeling pretty well wrapped up with this. I had originally thought I might try to weather it more extensively, but at this point I'm hesitant to screw up what I've got so far. And I'm excited to get on to the next thing. So I just did some panel line wash on the floats and added a little bit of light gray to the matte coat to fade it a bit. One thing that I do plan to do at some point is take a swing at an ocean diorama base for it. You can vaguely see a bit of the cockpit through the canopy. I tried a new approach to rusty exhaust headers. After painting them black, I sprayed each one with a coat of clear matte acrylic and then white it was still wet sprinkled a mix of brown, red, and orange pastel dust on it. The surface roughness is a bit overscale for 1:72, but the color looks right to me. Even with all the weight I put in the front of the floats, it still wants to tip back onto the back of the floats. Hence the lump of blue putty propping it up. The Madhatter, chukw, Sepp and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashotgun Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 MOST excellent! Really a different look to the air frame and paint for sure. Well done! Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Out2gtcha said: MOST excellent! Really a different look to the air frame and paint for sure. Well done! Thanks! These old planes, especially big ones, always make me realize that like the only proven past engineering context that the guys designing them had was designing and building boats. Lots of planes from the nineteen-teens, and even into the 20's like this one, have a distinctly boaty look to my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 That looks super, Alex! And very different, too. Something unique for the display shelf. Kev Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 What a bizarre machine; looks real good though, I will say that. Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 41 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: What a bizarre machine; looks real good though, I will say that. Yeah in addition to boaty it has a distinctly agricultural (I.e. farm equipment) look about it. Gotta love that Soviet practicality. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 It looks really excellent, and definitely something off the beaten bath. Looks like the Mikro-Mir kit is a quality item. Matt Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Outstanding finish, Alex! Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Wow Alex, What a fantastic build! Absolutely love the look of the airplane with it’s beautiful colour scheme. Cheers, Wolf Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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