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The Shearwater

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    Work in 1/1 aviation to pay for the 1/72 aviation!

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  1. That’s incredible - three decades off and you decide to start with a limited run kit!!! Glutton for punishment - but you’ve done a great job. That cockpit detail in 1/72, wow 👏. Hope my own Sword T5 comes out as well as this.
  2. Your eyes are obviously still pretty good, that’s a lovely build! Nice work 👍👍
  3. Wow - I know that’s a small model, and I don’t think I’ve seen one so well finished. Amazing detail.
  4. I’ll look it out 👍 Thank you all, much appreciated
  5. Many thanks to everyone for these kind comments. It’s really interesting that whenever I do a mix of photo styles, it’s the night ones which seem to go down well… and that’s true on all the platforms I post shots on! Certainly it’s harder with the ‘daylight’ backdrop ones, to match the light temperature on both the model and the photo behind, which can sometimes make them look very subtly wrong. Also… the night ones hide a multitude of little errors 🤣
  6. First, the photos... Here's my attempt at the 1/72 Airfix S.2B Buccaneer. For a kit which has had rave reviews, I had mixed feelings on mine, not helped by the fact that one of the wings was quite warped in the box, and I never managed to get it entirely straight. A couple of other fit issues around the big fuselage components left a bit of a messy finish, though I'm sure a more skilled modeller would have done a better job. That said... some components went together really nicely and were quite cleverly engineered, and the surface detail is pretty good too. It was built almost totally OOB, with the exception of some Eduard etch for the cockpit, and those Quickboost intake FOD covers. Paints were Hataka acrylic, mostly airbrushed but a bit of detail added by brush. I wanted to weather it enough to represent a late-life, well worn example, and this was mostly done with oils (a little clay wash shading too). To get that properly worn, faded look, the whole thing was sprayed with Windsor & Newton Galeria matt acrylic varnish. When they say “matt” they really mean it! The flattest finish I’ve ever used. I deviated from the Airfix guide on the weapons colours, and went for 'live' markings on the Paveway and the AIM-9L. All photographed on the dining room table, as usual... the 'night' ones were done with just two torches for illumination. The hangar backdrop photo is courtesy of Nick Challoner, and the first generic airfield backdrop was a large print made after purchasing the shot from Shutterstock. Overall I'm fairly happy with it for the small scale - I think it was NavyBird who said how unforgiving close-up photos of small scale models can be, and he's right...don't zoom in too closely! Thanks for looking.
  7. 🤣🤣 thank you! Credit to your eagle eyes on the hard standing detail… it hadn’t even occurred to me. And you’re right, it’s a Noy’s Miniatures “Israeli Air Force” apron sheet (purely as I needed a large concrete-looking base) hence 0% accuracy with a RN SHAR parked upon it…
  8. Here's Italeri's 1/72 Sea Harrier FRS1, which I built a little while ago - I didn't post it at the time but have recently printed a new diorama backdrop image, and wanted something different to park in front of it. It's been sitting in the loft for quite some time and is a bit dusty... didn't see that at the time but those close-up photos are brutal! I think it was mostly built OOB although that pitot probe is aftermarket (Mastercasters IIRC), as are the Sidewinders and RBF tags. I think the decals were aftermarket but can't remember which ones, sorry. Scratch built FOD covers, pinched from my recent T.4 build. Paint was Xtracylics and I seem to have been far too subtle with the weathering - not sure why, as most Harriers were somewhat dirtier than this example. Not the tidiest build ever but I'm still impressed at the sharpness, and lack of paint bleed, on the fuselage masking line between the DSG and the white!!! As usual with these diorama shoots of such small models, the above three shots are focus stacked from about 10 shots each (this creates the illusion that your eye is looking at something which is larger than it really is) and, coupled with a large photo print in the background, gives an effect which I love, especially as it's just a 6" long model after all. Thanks for looking.
  9. Beautiful rendition of a very graceful aircraft - nice work!
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