pacificmustang Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 lovely work Tony I have to hand paint a keg on the nose of my Boston, hope it comes out as well as your hand painted nose art. The model looks great, but its a Hurricane, so whats not to like? Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 lovely work Tony I have to hand paint a keg on the nose of my Boston, hope it comes out as well as your hand painted nose art. The model looks great, but its a Hurricane, so whats not to like? Bruce Cheers Bruce, If the keg that you are painting is in 1/72nd scale and is for the well known `Beer is Best' I might be able to help with a decal if you like? Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Just found this thread. Lovely work, great free hand art work. (Don't be so hard on yourself!). Everything made better in that it is brush painted. Despite what others are whispering in my ear about the "benefits" of air brushing, I'm not totally convinced it is better. Just a great looking model!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 That is looking amazing, nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zone19 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Cracking work Tony...Your painting skills are awesome!!! Do you dilute your paints with anything? Are they enamel or acrylic? Cheers, 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Hiya Folks, Cheers for your remarks,........the model is now finished!!. -19- no I don`t usually dilute paints and I use a mixture of Acrylics and enamels,....whichever colour is best for the job. Here is the completed model, depicting Hurricane Mk.IIb, BD776, WG-M of 128 Sqn, based in West Africa and flown by Sqn. Ldr. Billy Drake; I`ll put up a threat in ready for inspection later, Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 (edited) For anybody who is interested the photos of the completed model are here; http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234965570-revell-132nd-hurricane-mkiib-conv-with-grey-matter-fig-128-sqn-wafrica-billy-drake/ Edited August 11, 2014 by tonyot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Further update for anybody who might be interested!- I`ve gone and applied the wrong serial to the model,.....BD776 is actually WG-F which was the standby aircraft in case I buggered up the nose art and WG-M was actually BD897,...........so I`ve started to alter the serial and it should be correct pretty soon! What a prat,...but that is what happens when you rush to put the decals on late at night before you go on your hol`s,....doh! I`ll stick an update on the RFI pages, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Cheers Bruce, If the keg that you are painting is in 1/72nd scale and is for the well known `Beer is Best' I might be able to help with a decal if you like? Cheers Tony Thanks for the kind offer Tony, it is indeed, but I am doing it (or attempting to do it) in 48 scale for my D day build, so no choice but to paint it as I do not have the software to design and print the decal myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Thanks for the kind offer Tony, it is indeed, but I am doing it (or attempting to do it) in 48 scale for my D day build, so no choice but to paint it as I do not have the software to design and print the decal myself No worries Bruce, Good luck with the Boston mate, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 All brush painted. Nose art directly painted on to the model. Extensive structural conversion. Full-scale tidy-up of an ancient kit. And still he says things like "Although I`m more of a bodger compared to other more skillful modellers" I could watch you make Hurricanes all day long. Lovely, as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Thanks for your lovely comment, glad you like it! Well,.......just after posting the model as finished I realised that I`d put the wrong serial on the model,...oh bugger! BD776 was actually WG-F and was the stand by aircraft in case I couldn`t get the nose art right! The correct serial for WG-M should be BD897, so I`ve changed it overnight; and this is the finished model now; So I got there in the end! Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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