Speedman
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Thanks everyone.
MUD!!!!! Built up in four stages...
To start I used Revell's Dark Earth acrylic to give a base colour for the mud on the tracks and lower hull, I also added a little to the top of the sponsons and hull. I then made up a dark sludge using scrapings from a dark brown pastel and Microscale Liquid Decal Film and applied it to the tracks.
After all the sludge was used...
Not forgetting the wheels of course.
After this was thoroughly dry I dabbed on a coating of Polly Scale Dirt.
The last coat was a dry brushing of Polly Scale Mud.
I'll try to get a "daylight" photo or two posted up soon, the flash makes it look a lot lighter than it is.
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I've managed to take some photos in daylight at last!
I applied some orange rust to the tracks using Tamiya's Weathering Master set C to add some lighter tones, and I've dry brushed the rest of the model including the rear wheel assembly. I used four different colours to dry brush, white, cream, medium grey and light olive. Each was applied to a corresponding paint shade to keep the contrast over the camouflage equal.
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Next stage... An oil pin wash applied to every join, indent, recess and rivet.
Just applied.
Excess removed.
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The next stage of weathering is complete. I sprayed a "dirty" layer using Citadel's Nuln Oil & Agrax Earthshade thinned 50/50 with IPA, keeping the staining low on the hull and accentuating joints including those on the upper surfaces. I used a black Pitt pen to fill the sighting slots and used a cotton bud to remove the excess.
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Scratch built undercarriage (apart from the wheels), exhaust manifolds and wind shields. Finished in Chinese markings.
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Tailplane struts added, cowling re-profiled, canopy opened up at the rear and small braces added to the main wing struts. brush painted with Revell acrylics.
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My, those wheel wells are bright!
They hadn't had a filter or wash at that point, they toned down after they were applied.
Saturday got me to this point...
Almost there!
Lots of little detail parts ready to go.
And Sunday I finished! More photos of Glen and Rosey in the gallery.
The giant penny is back!
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Great work, the black lining on the camo must've been hard to do but very worthwhile.
It's looking great with the camouflage painting. How did you do the black outlines? I have to do something similar.
Similar job done on one in Airfix Model World a while back.
Constructor of that one just used a marker pen.....
I tried it a test area with a fine tipped Sharpie but the thickness looked to uniform, so I painted over it and continued to the rest of the model.
Looking very good indeed. I'm looking forward to seeing the weathering - please make sure you explain how you do it, it's not one of my strong points!
Ian
I'll do my best
So, a bit of weathering... I mixed an oil wash of Black and Burnt Sienna and dabbed it all over applying a little extra in any recesses. At the same time I applied a thicker wash of Yellow Ochre to the tracks. Once dried I removed it with a cotton bud leaving the paint looking dirty but not worn.
Wash applied.
Excess removed.
The effect of Yellow Ochre on the tracks.
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Upper surfaces have been painted and Rosey has been decaled.
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It took about 3 hours to sand both and then 20 minutes to polish them but it's was worth the time. I was a bit worried about crushing them between my fingers while polishing as they are very fragile now.Progress! Canopy masks were made and applied, then after a coat of primer some pre-shading followed by a few light coats of grey for the undersides.
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Fantastic work! That's a great display
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Cheers guys
The decal strips work really well and I'll be using this method again. It takes a lot of time to do it this way (about 4 hours for cockpit, turret and nose) but it's worth it.I'd never get them this crisp by masking...
It's finished! More photos in the gallery.
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I modified the front and added tow hooks, lifting eyes, headlights, tail light, horn and a plate on the left rear fender. Markings are very wrong for an early Dingo but there are none supplied with the kit and I had to raid the spares box.
I must be crazy!
Pre-primer, you can see some of the added detail more clearly.
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Be warned about the canopy for "Glamourus Glen". It will not sit right with the chair inside the canopy. I had to cut/sand the chair down, even then it is still a very tight fit.
Cheers for the heads up!
I decided to thin the canopies from inside to ensure a good fit, slowly but surely with a lot of 2000 grit wet and dry then polished with Autosol.Comparison between sanded and standard.
Malcolm hood sanded and test fitted.
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Please make sure you explain how you do it, it's not one of my strong points!
I'll get some photos of each stage of weathering and do my best to describe how I did it.
The tracks have been painted and given a light post shade spray to break up the block colour.
I've nearly finished the anti-grenade frame.
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Bummer on the decals, this was coming along so well. None in the spares?
Sean
Unfortunately, spare 1/144 decals are few and far between. I did manage to patch then up with a little paint and a couple of coats of Clear. It's had a pin wash and some post shading to dirty it up a bit and I used sliver painted decal strips for the framing on all the glazing, it's the first time I've tried this technique and it worked well.
Undercarriage is only test fitted in this shot.
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That's looking great! I really like the camo with the yellow, it's the kind of scheme that was ridiculously pointless yet looked so good.
trying to sort out a group build of Spitfires with 2 locals schools, bit like hurding cats !
Have you tried tranquilliser darts..?
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Great work! I'm looking forward to seeing it with both wings attached
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Stunning work, as usual from you
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I decided to thin the canopies from inside to ensure a good fit, slowly but surely with a lot of 2000 grit wet and dry then polished with Autosol.
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If we can build a subject from any period in aviation history, what are the rules regarding countries that no longer exist in name only? E.g., Rhodesia becoming Zimbabwe after independence in 1980? If I'm allowed, I'll do Rhodesia.