Mal_Belford

Thx all for the kind words. Its been a real nice weekation build on this one, ill do that again for shure /Mal

Wow....Impressive build and paintinh and tastefull weathering is superb when im eyballing this birdie. Just love it /Mal

Wow. Thats a real nice, clean build there, and very well built. I like it, real good job sir. /Mal

Thx all for the nice words. This for me were a weekation build, wanted to keep it simple and traditional basic style. wanted to do something else from my stang 1:32 Tamiya that ive been working on since July last year....got a build log another forum. a peek on my previous jobs..... http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/index.php?act=filter&field=author&data=Mal+Belford

Allright here we go. This is my No: 12 since my restart approx two yrs ago, havent build in 19-20yrs before that only with Humbrol enamel and a brush, didnt know what a wash were back then. The Kit... The kit is the Tamiya FW190a3 1/48 scale, it went togehter without fuzz, no filler needed at all, the only tiny gaps this model had were located at the upper wing root and on the joint between enginge cowl and the fuselage, the wing joint ive use hombrew surfacer made out of tamiya putty solved in acetone (benefit, it dries fast), take a small bruch an let the capilaryforce do the rest, and the gap at the enginecowl were solved with some thin sheet of plastic card, glued in to place and after that futted to right shape. Paint, Weathering and Techniques Used... Model were primed with Vallejo Neutral Grey. The paints ive used is Tamiya in the cockpit and detailed with Vallejo Model Colors, ive used the dryprushing techunice with Vallejo colors to make things pop out, the camo painting i went for Vallejo Model Air, the clearcoat was Tamiya Clear heavily diluted in Isopropanol, and many thin coats, The Airbrush i used is a H&S Infinity whith 0,2 (my first Aibrush for that matter lol ) decals were tricky one, theu were very stiff inded, bucket loads of softener needed to get them down in them panel lined, little help from a scalpel cutted along the panel line, after that they got settled down nicely. after that clear coat over the decals and then after that the Oilwash, ive used Windsoor Water Mixable Oils, the colors were lamp Black and Sienna Red solved in Beckers odurless thinner (yep don got to use water, they mix perfectly with beckers Paint Thinner), and ive pinnewashed all the corners, and lines and let the capilary force work for me. On top of that decanned Tamiya TS 80 Flat clear and airbrushed, love that flat finnish (ive tried many different flat clears). I Really do rekomend this kit, its cheap, nice fit, aceptable detailed thats enough to get a nice model out of it. All in All it took one week for all of this. allright enoug words and over to the pics instead. The result, at the end few pics from the progress. Enjoy. /Mal

Wow.... Impressive size, and looks real great when im eyballing it all, So keep them updates coming, want to see more of this beauty coming alive.

I bought mine from http://shop.maketar.com/store/aircraft-insignia-markings-148/ And they are great. I usually cut my own masks for insignias and numbers, all that i can mask i paint. exept to small numbers and so on. My FW190 was an exeption, one of the few ive used all decals on lol, but thats cause it was a quickbuild, nothing else and relaxed one to. Benefit of doing them self is the fact so much more cool indeviduals to choose . All these are home made masks. http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/?act=filter&field=author&data=Mal+Belford That cutting machine looks something for me for shure, since im alot in for it. I Also bought new steel sheet mask from Alliance models (reusable), ill shure will try them on my next build. /Mal

Looks real good start for shure. Also guitar strings are great to use as detailng and making tools out of them. The plain ones 015 i make scribing owls out of them, sharpen the end with whet paper, and also the thinner ones 009-010 i use to apply CA glue with, since they are very slippery and the glue gets on right spot easily. /Mal

Real cool weathering, and effects. Those masks you use, are they home made?, if so do explain how you get them so precise, Painting insignias and id is yhe way and looks faar better then decals, good job. riktigt jäkla snyggt jobb, grymt jobbat /Mal

This shure looks great and enginering solutions going on here, and the result speaks for it self. I like it alot. /Mal

Thx Wow. Thats a real artists corner in the middle of great work The important thing ia to have a workplace thats fits its own needs. I do clean up after build sessions, clean brushes, put things in place, but when im middle of work thats some thing different. I like to start new build session when things are in order and clean. The only thing i can see is it to small place for the model bigger table or small shelf for the colors so that you get more room for your great creativity, that FW of yours looks real awesome

The kit was a old Tamiya kit dated in the box -94, these kits are shure fun builds, snaps together without no fuzz, Didnt use any putty at all, not needed, only thing was the wing joints, there ive used homebrew surfacer (Tamiya Putty+acetone), and had a gap between the Engine cowling and the fuselage, that solved with some plastic card, and then polished. only had to use 2000 grit wetpaper and a 4 grade nail polish stick to go over the model fuselage and wings, so no seen seams were wisible at all. Paints ive used is Vallejos Model Air and Model Colors and some Tamiya, some scratch new machine guns from brass pipes, and the pitot tube is made from plastic rot with a tip from guitar string, since models on them details the casting were a bit off so neded to be replace, seatbelts is from Eduards. Oilwash i went for Windsor Mixable oils mixed with oilcolor Solvent and only pinwashed along the panel lines, corners, joints and so on, Techniques used was basic drybrushing and of course minor weathering using airbrush, different tones on the exhasus gases and some other areas. /Mal

Thx Houston. Im glad you liked it. /Mal.

Thx Somnas for the kind words. Yep got on thread there on my stang, ill try to get that one finnished next week, not much left on that one. Tackar tackar

Thx. One question what does word "dab" mean? (sorry, im swedish :/ ) Yep, thats Alclad, use different Alclad tones when i work with bigger birds, want to get those different shades and so on, my Bonnie is a used bird, wanted that combat mode look, worn NMF and so on, put lots of work in that one lol started in July last yr with that one. /Mal

Allright, Im Finnished with my quick build, took 1 week, fun and relaxed build, will publish later this week better photos and post it on the finnished builds. Enjoy.

Thx All for the kind words. Yep like it tidy, cleaning it up after a build session but when building it looks different haha, also a glass table is awesome, easy to clean and fast from paint alcohol on a cloth, and its like brand new. Doing this quick build as a relaxing build, since im deep in to my stang that ive ben working on since July last year, so needed something between. Few pics on that one. Cowling, spinner and some parts just dryfitted, not in place yet. /Mal

That table is just cleaned after a build session . Always do that cause its nice to start new session when all is in order. Pointing out that i do not have that many shades, i mix many colors if i dont have it instead of filling the stash with one more shade, Mostly do Tamiya colors and Vallejo Model Air, them i got two or three bottles of them colors i use freq thats why it looks like many different colors of all shades on the shelfs. but its not. And Use them Vallejo model colors for dry brushing in various tones and detail painting. /Mal

Hi. My first post here, this one is a strong candidate for beeing my No:12 in my building order since my restart on moddeling aprox 2Yrs ago, havent been building in 19-20yrs (got kids, family other things in life) and back then only brush and Humbrol Enamlels. Allright and here we go. Planning get this one finnished tonite. /Mal