Ralph Riese Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Dragon's 32nd scale Bf110 D/E using Miracle Paint Masks masks. Open style crosses chosen as the appear to be a better match to those seen in pics of 3C + AR in Classic's "Luftwaffe night fighter units 1939-1943" (p67), than those provided on the kit decal sheet. Extra rivets courtesy of RB Productions Rivet-R tool (0.75mm wheel). Tamiya acrylics... Apologies to those who might have already seen it over on Hyperscale. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Ralph. Rdrunner 1
Ralph Riese Posted June 26, 2011 Author Posted June 26, 2011 ...and afew "getting there" shots... florin13, Rdrunner and tomv87 3
dodgem37 Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Good God, Ralph. You are one of the most gifted illusionists I have ever seen. And on top of that, your preliminary building is so clean! Sincerely, Mark
Ralph Riese Posted June 26, 2011 Author Posted June 26, 2011 almost back to the start... Still getting used to posting to this style of forum. Thanks for looking. Comments/questions most welcome. Cheers, Ralph. florin13, tomv87 and Rdrunner 3
Wurzacher Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Still searching for words to describe my enthusiasm (especially difficult for I have to do so in English...). Ralph, the first pics made me admire you having solved a big problem: giving a flat black surface some life! And you managed to do simply gorgeous! Then I have seen your "in progress" shots, and I am flabbergasted! Gentlemen, we have a winner here! Please tell me about you way to do such an artistic play of colours! And, of course, more pictures, please! Thomas
miamiangler Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 Very nice ,great work on th interior of the cockpit . love the color scheme ,black is a tough one ! Willi
Kagemusha Posted June 26, 2011 Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) Fantastic painting Ralph, great to see it over here - I've been following it on Hyper. If you're going to model the aircraft with the solid spinner, have you thought about posting a request for those with unused ones from the Bf 109E kit? Edited June 26, 2011 by Kagemusha
Pfuf Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Hi Ralph did not notice your build post here on LSP. Fantastic work I was following your work on Hyperscale really sharp the paint job specially the mask very nice the landing gear. My nex BF110 will get some more rivets to looks so much beter. Johan
scvrobeson Posted June 27, 2011 Posted June 27, 2011 Wow, this build is just jaw-droppingly good! Quick question though, what Tamiya colors are you using for the paint work? It looks prefect, both the interior and exterior. Matt
Ralph Riese Posted June 28, 2011 Author Posted June 28, 2011 Hello Gentlemen: firstly many thanks for your kind words - much appreciated. And secondly, some info... The model was base-coated with a 50:25:25 mix of Tamiya acrylic X-1 Gloss Black; XF-8 Flat Blue, and XF-63 German Grey; then post-shaded with 50:25:25 X-1, XF-8 and XF-13 JA Green. Exhaust areas and inboard wing "squiggles" were added with post-shade mix plus afew drops each of XF-19 Sky Grey and XF-22 RLM Grey. Exhausts and more inboard wing squiggles with XF-52 Flat Earth. The insignia "white" was a 90:10 mix of Tamiya XF-2 Flat White and XF-19 Sky Grey; then mottled with a 70:30 mix of XF-2 and XF-78 Wooden Deck Tan. Can't really see it in the pics as the camera really struggles with the high contrast. The "RLM77" was mixed without access to a colour chip. It is generally described as a "pale grey" so I tried a 20:50:20:20 mix of Tamiya XF-2 Flat White:XF-19 Sky Grey:XF-54 Dark Sea Grey and XF-65 Field Grey. I tried to adjust for spraying it over the black, so it looked much paler in the mixing jar. Many thanks for the "surplus to needs" Bf109E capped spinners idea - hadn't though of it, so will try a "Looking for..." post. Cheers, Ralph.
Mikester Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 Some amazing work, Ralph! I'm starting the Dragon 110D soon (we seem to be like minded in our builds lately) and you've provided some great inspiration.
scvrobeson Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 On 6/28/2011 at 7:34 AM, Ralph Riese said: Hello Gentlemen: firstly many thanks for your kind words - much appreciated. And secondly, some info... The model was base-coated with a 50:25:25 mix of Tamiya acrylic X-1 Gloss Black; XF-8 Flat Blue, and XF-63 German Grey; then post-shaded with 50:25:25 X-1, XF-8 and XF-13 JA Green. Exhaust areas and inboard wing "squiggles" were added with post-shade mix plus afew drops each of XF-19 Sky Grey and XF-22 RLM Grey. Exhausts and more inboard wing squiggles with XF-52 Flat Earth. The insignia "white" was a 90:10 mix of Tamiya XF-2 Flat White and XF-19 Sky Grey; then mottled with a 70:30 mix of XF-2 and XF-78 Wooden Deck Tan. Can't really see it in the pics as the camera really struggles with the high contrast. The "RLM77" was mixed without access to a colour chip. It is generally described as a "pale grey" so I tried a 20:50:20:20 mix of Tamiya XF-2 Flat White:XF-19 Sky Grey:XF-54 Dark Sea Grey and XF-65 Field Grey. I tried to adjust for spraying it over the black, so it looked much paler in the mixing jar. Many thanks for the "surplus to needs" Bf109E capped spinners idea - hadn't though of it, so will try a "Looking for..." post. Cheers, Ralph. Hi Ralph. Thanks for the insight on your painting. Two questions though, what airbrush do you use, and where do you have access to the Tamiya paint? Here in California, it's almost impossible to find any of it, and yet you have all of these colors. Do you have a secret supplier? Anyway, keep up the amazing work, can't wait to see more. Matt
LSP_Kevin Posted June 28, 2011 Posted June 28, 2011 On 6/28/2011 at 11:01 PM, scvrobeson said: Hi Ralph. Thanks for the insight on your painting. Two questions though, what airbrush do you use, and where do you have access to the Tamiya paint? Here in California, it's almost impossible to find any of it, and yet you have all of these colors. Do you have a secret supplier? Anyway, keep up the amazing work, can't wait to see more. Matt If I'm not mistaken, Ralph's based in Queensland, Australia. Tamiya paints are plentiful down here. Can't seem to find any Extra Thin Cement though... Kev
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