cdplayer Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hi Everyone. After a year of modelling abstention I finally got round to doing a project thats been in my mind for ages. A monochrome spitfire. I'm so used to seeing Black and white photos of the Battle of Britain that I wanted to paint a model with those images in mind. I chose the Tamiya Mk1 as you cant beat it and finally bought a set of montex masks and Eduard PE set at SMW last year. The whole project only took a couple of days to complete and was totally enjoyable. No worries about accurate colours just mixing variations of dark sea grey with either white or black (simple) The masks were a challenge as I havnt used them before but really worth the effort. Here are the pics Thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Ogilvie Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Superb! What a brilliant (and brave!) idea - me likes very much Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalguru Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 STUNNING! WOWOWOWOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osher Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 BRILLIANT. Absolutely brilliant. Words fail me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLP Publishing Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 That is simply stunning! Very well done and very convincing. It's not the first time I've seen this done, but you've really nailed it. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Dan~ Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Art. I bet that was hard to do. Fantastic stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve1964 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 WOW, totally inspirational. Now, that gives me an idea..... thinking cap on Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Belbin Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 So I'll be seeing it in the flesh – so to speak – in a couple of weeks then, Chris? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 (edited) Excellent and intriguing concept, brilliantly rendered! Minor nitpick: the elevators should probably have been dropped… I'm likely to stea… er, permit myself to be inspired by this idea! Top marks! Best, Joachim Edited January 6, 2010 by Spitfire31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Av8fan Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Very Very nice. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeza1 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 That is different but it looks fantastic - you have done a tremendous job - very well done and a brilliant concept. Des. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 I reckon that took considerable effort to achieve such a good finish, well done. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Excelent work now all we need to do is get it next to Dean's (deanflyer) monochrome Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 A differant look at things. Very well done ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 nice one looks stunning. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Absolutely fantastic!!! I've been wanting to do something like this with piece of a armour and so I'm really inspired now! Can you please expand on the colours that you used and how you arrived at the tones that you needed. Did you really only use shades of Dark Sea Grey?! Wow! Spence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Gypsy Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 awlstruck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Excellent! And the wooden base gives it a surreal effect. MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybadger Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Looks fantastic, how did you get the decals black and white too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daldroflas Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 That looks really cool! Very impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahross Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Superb. The tones are just right. Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Awesome.. totally convincing tones, and looks like a finely bult model too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 What a superb idea, brilliantly executed! A real achievement, and one in the eye for the BM'ers who enjoy arguing for thirty pages about what colour it *might* have been.... (you know who you are folks!) Thanks very much for sharing this one, Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad 10 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 You get a 'Fabulatus' for that. I havent been with Britmodeller that long but that is without fear of contradiction the best work Ive seen since I joined. Excellent Sincerely Richard McC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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