alex Posted February 6, 2010 Posted February 6, 2010 (edited) Hello there, I've started with my two WW1, planes, the Albatros and the Ships Camel. I like working on two kits at the same time, since that's a good way to save some time. After all, many colours are needed for both aircrafts, so you have to clean the airbrush only once. I started with the wooden structure inside the fuselage. The base was ochre (revell acrylics), and over it, I applied oil colour in a dark brown tone (IIRC burnt siena). After some 15 minutes, I removed the most of the colour again, and it leaves the typical wooden structure. The part in front of the wood will be paint in aluminium, and the part behind will be paint in "sail colour" from gunze, since it was fabric. The bigger fuselage on the first picture is a Albatros D.III, also from Roden, to show how really small the Camel is. The last picture shows the dashboard, which has been painted the same way. Of course, it will get some needles and dials, along with some switches Edit: just realised the dials should look black... Alex Edited March 21, 2010 by alex
crookedmouth Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 gods thats tiny! Try not to breathe in while yo're building - you could suck it up by mistake!
T-Tango Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 Oh boy, really minute, my 1/32 scale SE5A is only 1" bigger than a 1/72 'Mossie' so you must need a magnifying glass just to see yours.
Robert Stuart Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 That looks good I'm pleased to see an Albatros here, I think they are elegant aircraft
ollieholmes Posted February 7, 2010 Posted February 7, 2010 I like the progress you have made on this one so far but it is tiny. Keep up the good work.
blimp Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 . . . from the home of the totally insane http://www.part.pl/s72/s72242.jpg
ollieholmes Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 I wonde how many times enlarged that photo is? Only they would produce a bomb bay for a 1:144 Lancaster.
alex Posted February 13, 2010 Author Posted February 13, 2010 so, I changed the background colour of the instruments. Looks much better now. The cockpit is now ready. Seat belts are made with tamiya tape. The rotary engine is a gem. I painted it with tamiya aluminium, and after a few days, I applied a black oil colour washing. Alex
blimp Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 (edited) impressive paintwork alex , that enginge is right on the money for something the size of a little fingernail waddya think folks ! [/left] the real mcoy , hendon . Edited February 13, 2010 by blimp
alex Posted February 13, 2010 Author Posted February 13, 2010 Thanks for the picture. yeah, impressive how they got it right. A very small moulding fault, but extremely detailled. No need for resin parts here...
T-Tango Posted February 13, 2010 Posted February 13, 2010 That engines right on the nail, looking real good.
ollieholmes Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Can I join in with this group build? Im more than happy for you to join in. What kit are you planning to build? Please create your own build thread here.
alex Posted March 21, 2010 Author Posted March 21, 2010 So, ladies and gentlemen, the work continued... This is how I make the turnbuckels/fittings in 1:72. It's small, but it works. I take a copper wire and turn it around a 0.5mm-steel wire which I hold with a hand drill. Next I use a nail clip to cut them to the right lenght Finally, I glue them with CA into small holes. They look tiny, but still can withstand at least 100g stress. The Propeller was made the same way I did before. You know, I'm an old dog First, a layer of ochre, with brown I draw the lines, and at the end, I spray again dark brown over it, to soften the contrast. The fuselage is now finished. So far, I'm happy with the result. Regards, Alex 1
alex Posted June 27, 2010 Author Posted June 27, 2010 Decals are on, and they were a pain. Stubborn, and didn't react well to MicroSol. I had to apply many layers, causing the blue to be smeared over the white part of the roundel. I adjusted it with some diluted acryl white from revell, it looks better now. The fin flash were ok, but the lower side of the stabilizer has been painted, since I wasted one of the flashs. Alex
T-Tango Posted June 28, 2010 Posted June 28, 2010 Starting to come along well now Alex, decals don't look too bad at all.
SARowl Posted July 1, 2010 Posted July 1, 2010 Decals are on, and they were a pain. Stubborn, and didn't react well to MicroSol. I had to apply many layers, causing the blue to be smeared over the white part of the roundel. I adjusted it with some diluted acryl white from revell, it looks better now. The fin flash were ok, but the lower side of the stabilizer has been painted, since I wasted one of the flashs. Alex Alex What colour green is that? Were Camels painted PC10? John
alex Posted July 4, 2010 Author Posted July 4, 2010 AlexWhat colour green is that? Were Camels painted PC10? John If it's really PC10, honestly, I have no idea. In the beginning, I used some dark green, but it looked to greenish (obviously...), so I airbrushed some layers of "Italian Dark Brown" of Modelmaster over it, until I felt it looks right. The lower wing shows the green, and the top wing shows the correction. Alex
SARowl Posted July 8, 2010 Posted July 8, 2010 If it's really PC10, honestly, I have no idea. In the beginning, I used some dark green, but it looked to greenish (obviously...), so I airbrushed some layers of "Italian Dark Brown" of Modelmaster over it, until I felt it looks right. The lower wing shows the green, and the top wing shows the correction. Alex Alex, WW1 bi-plane kits seem to be either green or brown, yet I've read that they were all painted PC10 which was brown with a greenish tinge when it weathered - sort of dark khaki. Cecil Lewis in 'Sagittarius Rising' says the aircraft were chocolate coloured. John
Cummulus Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 Stunning work on such a tiny kit!!! Whole kit is amazing for 1/72 scale, especially wood imitation.
alex Posted July 13, 2010 Author Posted July 13, 2010 Stunning work on such a tiny kit!!! Whole kit is amazing for 1/72 scale, especially wood imitation. thanks. It's really simple... some acrylic ochre, then some brown oil colour, wipe with a dry, wide, hard brush, that's it. Actually, I find it even easier than brushing an even and regular colour... @John: thanks, that's what I heard from other modellers, before I resprayed the greenish colour with some brown. Alex
SARowl Posted July 13, 2010 Posted July 13, 2010 Looking forward to seeing it rigged! Keep up the good work, I've got an RNAS Sopwith Pup in my stash... John
Deacon Posted July 14, 2010 Posted July 14, 2010 This is looking great Alex. I have a 1:72 kit of the Pup so will be using this thread as a guide. Looking forward to the next update mate. Deacon
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