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The Macchi's! "Folgore" and "Veltro" in 1/48, Hasegawa plastic - COMPLETED! Page 42


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1 hour ago, Leonl said:

Thanks for sharing those fantastic pictures..... Beautiful.... All of them, mountains, food, modelling!

Cheers Leon, thanks! :thumbsup:

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8 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Looks a bit cold to me...sorry, not a mountain fan - no head for heights. But it does look very pretty!

 

Ian

Not that cold (7 Cenigrades) but very windy, at least that day. But I understand, my wife isn't a mountain fan, too - she likes the 30-40 Centigrades temperature range :frantic:

 

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40 minutes ago, The Spadgent said:

Lovely catch up G. Dems frets look amazebobs. :lol: wondeful mountains too.

 

john

Frets? What are frets? I only know frets on my guitar ... :frantic:  :shrug:  Thanks anyway :D:D

 

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Hi everybody, massive update this time.

 

Been working on U/C legs and wheels, I think I can call them completed now. 

Here's tail wheel, painted and weathered

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The painting sequence is nothing fancy: airbrushing primer, then Lifecolor Dark Gull Grey. Then my usual mix for tires: flat black, dark gull grey and flat brown, by brush. Then some drybrush on the tread using a mix of light gull grey and sand yellow, more drybrush with light gull grey on the strut, a black tempera wash and a final flat clear coat.

 

Main wheel legs, again all painted and weathered

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and main wheels (similar procedure as used for the tail wheel, plus some sponge technique for the tire sides with Light Gull Grey)

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The spinner/propeller received a bit of black tempera wash too, and a final flat clear coat

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Same for the radiator flap

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Here I brushed on a good amount of black tempera wash; then using a stiff brush, I applied light strokes in the air flow direction; after that, a moist cotton bud to remove any excess.

 

While the airbrush was loaded with flat clear (I used Lifecolor Matt Clear for these parts) I also sprayed the canopy, then unmasked it

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It's now safely stored away, waiting for the opening levers (which I need to scratch build) and some weathering

 

Time to start with the main airframe weathering! :pilot: First step was to use the black tempera wash for the movable surfaces lines and for the various vents, holes etc

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The front cowling gap was also accentuated with the black wash

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Then I mixed some blue, yellow and Burnt Siena tempera for the upper side panel lines; I didn't want a too stark of a contrast, and this way you get a sort of brownish wash

 

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I think I'll need another round with that, and also to reinforce a bit the black wash in some selected spots - going very feather handed here, I don't want to overdo (even though, with tempera it's pretty easy to recover any mess, you just need water and a cotton bud :winkgrin: )

 

Any comments welcome, as usual

 

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2 hours ago, massimo said:

Nice weathering!

Maybe another go on the main airframe and it'll be it!

Landing gears look fine to me.I like the sponge effect on tyres!!!:yes:

Cheers Massimo, thanks :thumbsup:

Yes, one more pin wash round and I should be done with panel lines :winkgrin:

 

43 minutes ago, Leonl said:

I'm interested to hear how you masked the tyres/wheels so well...

Actually I haven't masked them, Leon; I used my standard procedure, partially described above for the tail wheel. After priming, I airbrushed the rim color on (in this case Grigio Mimetico, that is Lifecolor Dark Gull Grey). Then for the tire, I normally use a wet brush to put some water along the rim edge, and then with another brush dipped in the tire color, I barely touch the wet area and let the paint flow. The rest is standard brush painting.

 

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Wow giemme,

I think you if you added some aviation fuel ⛽️ she would fly👍

 

This is has been such a great build to watch and read about and I and looking forward to your updates 🤓

 

Cheers,

 

Mr.Happy (In name only)

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1 hour ago, Fritag said:

I like the logic of different colour pin washes for different purposes/parts of the airframe - definitely giving you a more sophisticated finish :D

 

Nice brushing technique on the wheels too :thumbsup:

Thanks Steve :thumbsup: The different color washes should hopefully give the right look to the model - no panel lines at all looks too toy like, to my eye, but this kind of camouflage doesn't go along with a generic black wash

 

7 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

I'm sure I've said this before, & I'm sure I'll say it again - lovely work Giorgio...!! :thumbsup:

 

Keith

Cheers Keith, glad you like it :thumbsup:

 

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On 16/08/2017 at 9:10 PM, giemme said:

Frets? What are frets? I only know frets on my guitar ... :frantic:  :shrug:  Thanks anyway :D:D

 

Ciao

Sorry. I should really proof read my messages " legs " is what I wrote. At least I think that's what I wrote. Great work G that weathering looks great.

 

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Very nice weathering work!!

 

I'm not sure if it's too "soft" .. but it depends of what you want to do ... jejeje i like the extreme weathering but i understand that it's not the common way to do it. 

 

It's almost ready!! 

 

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17 hours ago, Leonl said:

Thanks for the tip... I'll certainly give it a go..

No problem, Leon. :thumbsup: It's a lot easier than it sounds, you'll get the hang of it in no time

 

14 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

Sorry. I should really proof read my messages " legs " is what I wrote. At least I think that's what I wrote. Great work G that weathering looks great.

 

johnny

:D Alright, now I got it. Thanks Johnny :thumbsup:

 

12 hours ago, Thom216 said:

That Falgore is looking nice!

Cheers Thom, thanks :thumbsup:

 

4 hours ago, Jamie_Graham said:

Very nice weathering work!!

 

I'm not sure if it's too "soft" .. but it depends of what you want to do ... jejeje i like the extreme weathering but i understand that it's not the common way to do it. 

 

It's almost ready!! 

 

Thanks Jamie :thumbsup: I'm all for a well battered aircraft, but I prefer to have photographic evidence of that - which are very limited, in this case. Anyway, there's going to be a bit more of weathering after the panel lines wash, you'll see :winkgrin:

 

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15 minutes ago, Fritag said:

Giorgio, I've just been back and looked again at the photos in yesterday's posts; e.g:

I have to say that she's looking dazzlingly good.  

Cheers Steve, thank you, I'm glad you like her :thumbsup: 

 

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3 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Looking very sweet indeed G.

Time well spent there.

The U/C looks great, like the weathering on the tyres.

 

Thanks Simon :thumbsup: Weathering is a time consuming task, but as you say, I think it's time well spent. Still some to do, though :pilot:

 

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On 18/8/2017 at 22:03, PlaStix said:

Truly beautiful modelling Giorgio.  :worthy:

Kind regards,

Stix

Cheers Stix, thanks :thumbsup:

 

Hi everybody, as anticipated I did another round of panel line wash, and here's the result:

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It doesn't show up very well under artificial direct light, though

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Like I did on the top surfaces, on the bottom side I used a black tempera wash for flaps, ailerons and elevators lines and a dark grey one for all the other panel lines

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Then I airbrushed the whole model with Italeri Flat Clear, thinned with Windex and water

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Exhaust fumes: a mix of Tamiya Flat Black, Flat Brown and Dark Sea Grey, very thinned and airbrushed at very low pressure

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Then a bit more of weathering on the movable surfaces: using a light grey tempera mix, very thinned, I went over the fabric covered areas in between ribs. In next pic, on the left the aileron is done, on the right undone

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Same on the rudder, but again this effect is very subtle and not easy to catch on a photo - should hopefully be more visible when I take RFI pics

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Aileron top side (You may notice I removed the masking from windshield and cockpit :) )

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Then I started working on the resin exhausts: double taped them on a wood block

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and using the stiff brush technique with Model Master Metallizer Titanium ( I ran out of burnt metal, I really need to find someone in Italy stocking these paints :frantic: )

 

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That's it for the day, comments welcome

 

Ciao

 

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